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Old Aug 24, 2014 | 03:38 AM
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What are your guy's thoughts on this product? Seems to be a far easier/cleaner option to the Rigid Dually lights for reverse application. I think I want one. 3500 Lumens for 150 bucks?!!?

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Old Aug 24, 2014 | 04:34 AM
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150 No way get two reverse quad lights thats what I did and they light up the park man. Easy to install and amazingly bright.

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Old Aug 24, 2014 | 02:05 PM
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Those look cool but I don't care for having them hang down under the bumper.
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Old Aug 24, 2014 | 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Chrisc321
What are your guy's thoughts on this product? Seems to be a far easier/cleaner option to the Rigid Dually lights for reverse application. I think I want one. 3500 Lumens for 150 bucks?!!? http://www.vleds.com/lpf/new-lpf.html
I have the older version and they are bright! I'm sure the newer version is much brighter but looks much pricier as well.
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Old Aug 24, 2014 | 09:02 PM
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I had the old $25 Vled license plate light. Very bright, but didn't last. Plastic cover fell off like the 2nd day. In my driveway...so I zip-tied it back on. After a couple of months, the clear plastic lens faded and looked crappy. I eventually took it off and tossed it. Got less than a year out of it.

Btw - If you have a back-up camera, the license plate light will overload the camera at night. The center of the picture will just be a pure white fuzzy spot.

I switched to in-the-bumper Rigids. Very happy with them. They also wash out the camera at night. I built a custom mount that angles them up just a bit. This moved the white spot in the camera further down the road and makes it less obnoxious.
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Old Aug 24, 2014 | 10:34 PM
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i had the old version for 2 years and forgot to install it. i had it on my old truck for like 2 months before it blew the motor. i tried putting it on my '13 but the frame is to big. i like the new one, but idk if i want to pay for it yet. prob wait till black friday
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Just put some Duallys or 'Cubes' and call it a day. I had the older version of the VLED license plate and it only worked for 30 days.

Originally Posted by Chrisc321
Those look cool but I don't care for having them hang down under the bumper.
Just mount them on the leaf spring shackles. The only way you can see them is if you were crawling on the ground. I was the same way and didn't want anything to be seen hanging down.








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Old Aug 25, 2014 | 12:12 AM
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Originally Posted by NastyFFX4
Just put some Duallys or 'Cubes' and call it a day. I had the older version of the VLED license plate and it only worked for 30 days.


When you mount them underneath. .does it was out the backup camera?
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Old Aug 25, 2014 | 04:57 AM
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I've had their original LPF for over a year now. The plastic cover did come off. I put 3M double-sided tape on it and it's been good ever since. Makes backing up much better, especially with tinted windows.
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