Led rears too bright at night ?

Ive had my led rears on for some time and love them.. but.. as the nights draw in ive been doing more night driving, the other night a few flashes from behind thought nothing of it, then last night when driving home i could se in my rear mirror the reflection from the signs going the other way, if that makes sense ! and boy do they light up, it looks like the rears might be a tad too bright, i compared them with my mates M6 rears and yes mine are brighterm is there a simple way to lower the brightness on the lights, not the brakes i want them super bright, just the normal led night lights ? anyone else had a issue ? thanks martyn

You might want to drop GT4 a line on this as he has the same type as yours, I think? By the way, I thought the LEDs are a great improvement on the orginals in that they light up more attractively and more of the lights are on at night time too. I never liked the the original lighting pattern of the 996's except for the WB models where their lighting pattern is slightly different. ~ Maxie

Have you got the 'smoked' or clear rear LEDs ? I have the smoked ones on mine (the black tint is very slight) and not had the problem you mention. You can get a tint film on a roll made specifically for darkening or a special spray off a few places on ebay if you wanted to tone them down a little. Mine were from the porscheshop.

+1 to smoked and no probs.

mine are the clears, it might just be me being paranoid , i mean can you have too brighter rear lights ? its not like i get to see them :floor: but i do pity the poor souls behind me if they are piercing'ly bright.. can you offer any advice on how to lower the brightness GT4 ? I wondered about a varaible resistor of some sort... or maybe i will have to give them a light spray with some tinting spray ( god help me ! ) and hope i dont make a boo boo of it.. :?:

Was that you in Costco last night GT4? I was on the J5 slip road when 'you' went north on the A41. Sounds good.

You can buy tinting lacquer AFAIK from Halfords etc. Lots of people use it to create smoke lenses. If you plan to do this, find a Peugeot, Vauxhall etc forum for advice, they do it all the time. Just whip off lamp cluster, mask the straight intersection beween top and bottom and spray lower section. Personally, I would ignore them (the flashers ). AFAIK there is no such thing as too bright (unless you accidentally fit fog bulbs where the brake bulbs go, but the LEDs have a separate incandescent bulb for the fogs).

No, wasn't me. I'd be surprised if there was another Iris Blue with Aerokit and LEDs. I do live within 30 mins north of Costco Watford and do have a H&S PSE1 by-pass though, so I think I should check the garage and make sure GT4 is still there

+1 on the smoked and i've never had a problem

I'd be inclined to leave as is - having just seen them, I think they look great!!! Smoke lenses can look a little bit 80's IMHO..?? :dont know:

AFAIK there is no such thing as too bright (unless you accidentally fit fog bulbs where the brake bulbs go, but the LEDs have a separate incandescent bulb for the fogs).[/quote] I think there is an issue, if the brightness is more like having your brake lights on. Just ignoring people who you are dazzling is just ignorant, if your lights are too bright then sort them out.

Having just seen these - the brake lights (standard halogens) are still brighter than the LED's. Some cars such as the newer beamers etc do have brighter rear lights with the LED's, but I think these look great - so much so, I'm considering swapping mine out... Generally, peeps that drive along with the fog lights on, do pi$$ me off, but I think these are fine and wouldn't worry about it..

Why would you want to do that, Lee? Your WB rear lights light up more clearly (and more attractively imo) than the standard 996 fare. Note - on all 996 WB cars, it's 2 segments per cluster that light up whereas it's only one on the NB cars. Also, on the WB one of those segments also serves as the brake light whereas on the NB it's the same segment that has to serve as the brake light too. Why Porsche did it that way for the NB cars I don't know. Besides, I don't think there are LED tail-light units for the wide bodied 996 cars yet are there? ~ Maxie

No WB LEDs

Wonder why no one has done the wb rears in led yet? Can't e that tricky. Spectral if you find any would be very keen!