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the problem is the recipe, my friends.
in the automotive aftermarket, you simply cannot combine:
- large quantity (mass production)
- low cost
- high quality
- fitment / OEM replacement
when you try to do that, SOMETHING has gotta give. with aftermarket lights, look at the fitment.. why is it they never fit the same? why is it the plastic is never as good as the OEM plastic? the plastic is always thinner material and easy to warp when heated. if the lamp is chrome, why is the chrome-job horrible and easy to flake? if painted, why does it look quickly sprayed and cheaply painted. why is it that the bulb holders never fit snug and the connectors dont even have seals to prevent them from corroding? with signals that use incandescent bulbs, look at how loosely the bulbs twist on -- weak connection to the bulbs is the number one reason i hear people having issues like "quick signals" because the flasher unit thinks the bulb is out. with aftermarket headlamps, how come the headlamps dont have a proper beam pattern and why is it that the HEADLAMPS use FOGLAMP BULBS? Apparently, most of these companies fail to calculate these things.. who knows, its quite obvious they dont even engineer a lot of these products.
Now we're talking LED. LED requires quite a lot of circuitry to operate properly and of course, what quality of LEDs are being used?
The funny thing that cought my attention is that one page listed the product and said "36 replaceable LED bulbs" -- hmm.. thats like saying your ROTARY MOTOR has UPGRADED PISTONS. HUH?
LED = Light Emitting Diode
BULB = Filament
HID = Arc Capsule
Apparently, these companies focus more on mimicing and less on engineering. Anyway, just felt like sharing some insight. While I am sure these "look-like G35-styled amps" the reality is, there is NO WAY they will even come close to being as visible and distinctive as the higher quality G35 OEM tail lamps.
ps: I personally dont even like the G35 lamps, I think seeing the naked LED is quite ugly and annoying (excessively bright and bothers my eyes). This is why all the LEDs I work with are diffused, helps reduce the eye strain. But, I guess you need to sell whats trendy. Good luck everyone!
- Mike / ClearCorners.Com
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