Anyone replaced all tail bulbs with LED?

[Jeph]

Originally Posted by lucky_topher

http://www.ledtronics.com/ds/aut1157/

sells LED tail bulbs that output 100lumens in red...

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3012/is_2_184/ai_113602893

when someone says it won't perform as well/efficient... HOW much difference? 10%? 75%?

After looking at the first link, I can tell you ledtronics.com is a joke. Those bulbs do NOT put out 100 lumens. That is very misleading. I imagine that they are coming up with this number by saying each of the 24 LEDs is 4 lumens, so in total, it's 100. That would seem viable.

The second link/article is talking about where the LED is directly exposed through the rear -aimed directly to the rear... like most factory LED taillights are. You can't really compare those to the LED-styled bulbs. Plus, your Boxster's lights have a lens.

I've tried the LED route (not in my Boxster). In daylight with a chaser car behind me, they were unable to tell that I had my blinker on. At night time, it's easy to see the blinker, that is until you turn on your parking lights. Granted, every car's lighting set up is different, but the overall result is garbage, and NOT safe. That's the biggest issue I have with it. Not so much for blinkers, but definitely for brake lights.

One other thing, you may have to install a regulator so the thing doesn't blink too fast. It's not hard, but you'll have to be comfortable with splicing wires on the Boxster.