Anyone use DEPO Taillights?

[WhipE350]

Actually Shawn's pic is exactly how mine look, neither of my photos seemed to show a real life representation of them. On my Guards Red they look really nice, I've not had one person say anything but positive which surprised me for an inexpensive after market system.

[986NY]

Thanks for your write up on the Depo LED rear lights.
I was high bidder on a eBay pair and I am deciding if I should pay for the lights depending on your favorable recommendation.
Do you have LED night lights as well as LED brake lights and LED turn signals and LED back up lights?
You said you were able to install the right side fog light bulb only.
Did I get it all correct?
Is there anything about on the Depo set up that is lacking compared to the the factory rear lights?
Thanks.

[WhipE350]

I think only my brake lights are led. There is another set of leds, as guys have indicated things can be wired to utilized more. Let me check again, I can never remember but I think there are two sets of led but I'm not sure how they are utilized, maybe someone else can quickly remember.

[99 Boxcutter]

Originally Posted by Shawn

I've had them for about 6 months. Love them.

Where'd you get that spoiler from and how does it work with the stock spoiler?

[AndrewG]

You can reroute the wires so one of the sets of LEDs feeds the rear running lights and the other set of LEDs feeds the brake. I have my DEPO lights set that the inside set of LEDs are always on when my lights are on and the outside set for brakes. It takes a little patience to feed the wire plug through the light assembly but worth it.

[ilikeching]

not the best pic...., just installed smoked tail light, way much cooler than oem..
and thanks to coco701111 from ebay for fast shipping overseas..

[ilikeching]

Smoked Depo lights with wing decal sticker

[DFW02S]

Originally Posted by ilikeching

not the best pic.... ...

Ching, no more pics until you wash your car! Please.

But the lights and decal look nice.

[Springman26]

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[dghii]

What you gonna do with your originals?

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by AndrewG

You can reroute the wires so one of the sets of LEDs feeds the rear running lights and the other set of LEDs feeds the brake. I have my DEPO lights set that the inside set of LEDs are always on when my lights are on and the outside set for brakes. It takes a little patience to feed the wire plug through the light assembly but worth it.

I peeled back the grommet, moved the other wires out of the way and still could not get the plug to fit in that little space. Then being impatient I got out the drill gun.
don't do this without moving all the wires out of the way. But with two 1/8 holes it cleared enough space.

I'll miss that parking light though. I use that all the time when I leave the car parked in a dimly lit parking lot. makes the curious think someone's in the car.

EDIT:
You don't lose the parking light after all. But strangely after i start the car and turn on the lights the rear lights will only turn on if i turn the lights off and then turn them back on again. Also, its a good idea to have some touch up paint handy. I had some chipping under the old tail lights and Depo lights have a slightly smaller footprint which revealed the paint chip.

[Perfectlap]

Wow these LEDs are way bright. I had the parking light on around dusk, still plenty of daylight, and you could see it bright as heck a block and a half away. Excellent for distracted drivers who get too close to parked cars. And lately I have become paranoid about parking to close to the curb, i will often park around the corner but sometimes its unavoidable. This mod gets six cylinders on the bang for buck scale.

[Steve03986]

Have the smoked DEPO LED taillghts. I did a bit of re-wiring so the inboard and outboard LEDs function as brake lights. No issues with fitment or function.

[BruceH]

Originally Posted by Steve03986

Have the smoked DEPO LED taillghts. I did a bit of re-wiring so the inboard and outboard LEDs function as brake lights. No issues with fitment or function.

How did you wire it? I would like to do the same thing. Thanks.

[Steve03986]

I did it last summer, but recall it involved cutting the + and - wires from the parking light, splicing-in extensions to each of those wires, and then splicing into the + and - from the brake lights. There is not much room to work with inside each light fixture. Hope this helps.

[BruceH]

Originally Posted by Steve03986

I did it last summer, but recall it involved cutting the + and - wires from the parking light, splicing-in extensions to each of those wires, and then splicing into the + and - from the brake lights. There is not much room to work with inside each light fixture. Hope this helps.

That sounds simple enough, thanks!

[BruceH]

Originally Posted by Steve03986

I did it last summer, but recall it involved cutting the + and - wires from the parking light, splicing-in extensions to each of those wires, and then splicing into the + and - from the brake lights. There is not much room to work with inside each light fixture. Hope this helps.

So I tapped into the brake leads and then tapped into the outside LED/parking LED. It works, but not all the time. Sometimes, the first press of the brakes results in only the original brake LED's coming on. The second press results in both the inside and outside LED' illuminating. Does yours do this?

[particlewave]

This is very common...there's a solution floating around on one of these threads. Need a resistor somewhere, but can't remember where and I haven't gotten around to playing with mine yet.

[dragonflyoh]

I just purchased a set of the Depo lights and have what looks like glue leaked around the seal. Anyone else have that problem? The seller is wiling to refund my money but if they are like that then I may keep them. Hard to see the seal from a few feet distance.
Jim