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Old 10-04-2004, 06:25 PM
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Check em' out on my page. I ended up using a 30 LED right-angle 1157 replacement bulb in the stock housing. Its pretty bright as you can see and shines straight out the back unlike the standard straight LED's out there.

I did run into one problem with the stock housing however. THe way Bomb mounted the 1157 housing forced the LED to face 180* in the wrong direction. Towards the front of the bike rather than out the back. The 1157 housing and support bracket are actually two separate peices of metal that are pressed together. I used a very small flathead screwdriver and hammer to loosen the retaining ring so that I could grab the housing with a pair of vice grips and rotate it 180*. I kept the stock 1157 bulb in the housing while doing this so as to not collapse it with the vice grips when turning.

If your tired of replacing halogen bulbs like I was give it a try.

 
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Looks good. Where did you find that bulb?
 
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Old 10-05-2004, 12:30 PM
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I bought the bulb here: http://www.superbrightleds.com/1157.htm

Its kind of pricey at $15 but at the rate I was replacing the halogens I figure it is worth the hassle.
 
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That is a pretty cool set up...thanks for the info. I'm gonna order a bulb now, so when mine goes, I can replace it immediately.
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Old 10-05-2004, 09:08 PM
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I had the same problem, also went through 3 1157 LED bulbs while running paddles in the sand. I finally picked up a 450R tail light off eBay for $25 bucks and made a couple drop down rubber mounts to hang it on. Now no vibration gets to the tail light and it also looks cool. Your light looks great, its just the vibration from the paddles would still knock it out on my bike. I have a couple pictures of mine if they approve them.
 
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