Pic's of PIAA LED to PIAA TERA LED(new technology)
 

Today I installed my Piaa TERA Led's into the clearance strip. I had PIAA super white LED's, but they weren't as bright as I had hoped. These new LED's are much brighter than the old Piaa LED's, and have a much wider viewing angle. This all translates to better illumination of the clearance strip. I'm happy with the results. Sorry that some of the pictures came out blury.


Here is the original thread where I learned about these leds:
https://g35driver.com/forums/showthr...0&page=1&pp=15

The LED's are a little bit longer than the old Piaa LED's:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...k/P0001644.jpg

here is the resistor with the crimps already connected
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...k/P0001633.jpg

Piaa super white led's followed by the Tera Led's
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...k/P0001634.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...k/P0001635.jpg

different angle same sequence
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ok/before3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...vok/after3.jpg

Here's a good shot showing the difference in output between the 2
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...k/P0001636.jpg

with headlights on:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...k/P0001649.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...k/P0001651.jpg


The led's seem to output the same color, but as you can see with the old LED's, they aren't bright enought to fill the whole strip and the light looks more blue at the bottom. These are brighter and are better at keeping the blue away. I'd say the new led's tera led's have very little to no blue hue to them.

those are nice...now you need some clear sidemarkers with LEDs to match...

Very nice, I think this is the first thread I've seen with a direct comparison between the old LED and new TERA LED. Good info!

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Cant a socket be customized at the bottom of the strip to fully fill in the strip? Thats what I was thinking of doing. I was going to do a long row of LEDs from top to bottom, but I think having one at the top and bottom would be alot easier!

thats cool! my buddy has been running his just like that for about a year now!

yeah, Livaythan has that Piaa Tera's too

looks awsome where can i buy some tera LEDs?

I'm interested tooo... will we save a lot if we do a group buy?

great, just in time for my new G eye color.

I don't think the TERA has even been out for a year for your buddy to be running them that long. The old LED have been out for many years now though.

Good luck getting and significat discounts on these, PIAA is very strict on pricing. The TERA bulbs run $50+ for the pair.

ouch, thats 100 bucks for all 4, right now i have regular PIAA bulbs cost me 14.99 a pair and they dont look THAT bad

Agreed. I admit, the TERA looks really nice, but $50+ for a pair of bulbs? I paid $20 for my PIAA LED and that was a lot already. The TERA looks good, but for $30+, I'll save that for another set of regulars or something else.

i use the white leds. 25 a pair lol i got 2 sets. =[

that looks so nice cryhavok,where did you get those piaa tera leds.im gonna order them this week

ebay?

That's steep... but they should last forever, and they do look great!