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Old 02-04-2012, 07:56 AM
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2012 W204 - brake lights not LED

Waiting for arrival of my car. Last I heard on 1/21 was waiting on the boat.

I really like the look of the 2012 tail lights, but my impression was that all lights were LED except the brake lights, which is kind of weird. Has anyone updated just the brake lights to LED? Is the difference noticeable from the incandescent since it is behind red plastic?

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Waiting for arrival of my car. Last I heard on 1/21 was waiting on the boat.

I really like the look of the 2012 tail lights, but my impression was that all lights were LED except the brake lights, which is kind of weird. Has anyone updated just the brake lights to LED? Is the difference noticeable from the incandescent since it is behind red plastic?

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There is already a thread involved with this on the C204 coupe forums. I don't know if you were involved with that yet or not. To my knowledge, nobody has changed these to LED yet. AZNOptics does carry these LED, as far as a noticeable difference? I doubt it - it would light up slightly faster (like the 3rd brake light) and won't fade on/off like other incandescent bulbs. But you would probably sacrifice light width (as in how "full" the taillight housing is). This is because the light on LED is not as well reflected in a housing that is designed for incandescent bulbs.

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