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Old 02-18-2023, 04:39 PM   #1
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718 style tail lights for the 986

Looking for suggestions on the best vendor/site to source the '718' style rear tail lights. If this style is not reliable, I am open to other suggestions as well. I had the Dectane style LED, but the brake light has stopped functioning hence looking for a new set up. Thanks and look forward to your input.

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Old 02-19-2023, 02:36 AM   #2
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I bought mine from United style racing and everything went well until I received the tail lights.
They sent me the wrong ones (edit: or at least not the version I wanted, the product page was a bit unclear) and didn't reply to the one email I sent about it.
I got a reply to my google review asking me to reach out to them but at that point I didn't care anymore.
I ordered the Joe Toth ducktail that fit nicely with the taillights.

I've had them only for a year so can't say much about reliability.
But I'd like to point out that the lights aren't that bright, expecially the turn signals which might be a bit hard to see in daylight.


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Old 02-22-2023, 11:45 AM   #3
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I second that.
The brake lights are good, cornering are so so, while blinkers terrible.
You cannot really see them.

Hence I went back to OEM.

I was going to try to swap the internals with OEM LED from a broken 718, but it would be to expensive.

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