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Old 05-28-2005 | 06:16 PM
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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:


here is the resistor with the crimps already connected


Piaa super white led's followed by the Tera Led's



different angle same sequence



Here's a good shot showing the difference in output between the 2


with headlights on:




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.
 
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Old 05-28-2005 | 07:05 PM
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those are nice...now you need some clear sidemarkers with LEDs to match...
 
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Old 05-28-2005 | 07:45 PM
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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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Old 05-28-2005 | 07:52 PM
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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!
 
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Old 05-29-2005 | 04:51 AM
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thats cool! my buddy has been running his just like that for about a year now!
 
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Old 05-29-2005 | 06:44 PM
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yeah, Livaythan has that Piaa Tera's too
 
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Old 05-29-2005 | 07:04 PM
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looks awsome where can i buy some tera LEDs?
 
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Old 05-29-2005 | 07:26 PM
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I'm interested tooo... will we save a lot if we do a group buy?
 
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Old 05-29-2005 | 07:29 PM
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great, just in time for my new G eye color.
 
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Old 05-29-2005 | 07:50 PM
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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.
 
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Old 05-29-2005 | 10:21 PM
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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
 
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Old 05-29-2005 | 11:12 PM
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Originally Posted by S-Tuned
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.
 
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Old 06-01-2005 | 01:26 AM
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i use the white leds. 25 a pair lol i got 2 sets. =[
 
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Old 06-01-2005 | 01:59 AM
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that looks so nice cryhavok,where did you get those piaa tera leds.im gonna order them this week
 
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Old 06-01-2005 | 10:08 AM
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ebay?

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


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