Rate That Mod Day 24: Technostalgia Taillights

[R Kern]

I have the basic LED tail lights, that work just like the factory ones. They don't have the rapid-fire, sequential and show modes, and are $150.00 less.
I give them a 9/10 for looks, but 5/10 for quality control. I had to send one back to fix 3 of the afterburner LEDs. They fixed it promptly, but just a hassle to remove and re-install.
The actual tail light itself is well made, and looks very close to the RS darker ones. I don't know if you could get the LEDs any smaller. Most other vehicles that have LEDs in the tail lights are about the same size or larger.
I look at it also as a safety mod, to help people see me braking and stopping, as every week there is somebody on the forum posting about getting rear-ended.

[Shesabeast]

I have them. Had an issue with the after 2 months, and called Technostalgia to get it taken care of. The promptly sent a new part and i had it by the end of the week... These come with a one year warrenty. Technostalgia said he trusted that i had just purchased them, and didn't make me Prove with a reciept. Thats hassle free customer service. anyways,

The Rapid Fire is kinda cheesy, i overheard a drunk behind me in a drive thru telling someone "his lights are effin with me, they are shorting out or something." They are bright and the flash COULD be irritating to someone behind you at a light or drive thru, but my exhaust is loud and im sure that irritates some too. When installing the lights, you can disable the sequential AND/OR the Rapid Fire, leaving you with the functiality of stock tail lights, with the added bonus of the afterburner rings. FYI, Mustangs dont sequential nearly as nice, im sure they envy mine. :-)

[Normagene]

Mine after two weeks, could of happened the next day, but I didn't notice till today which is about two weeks at most since I installed. Love these lights, but wasn't expecting a problem sooooo soon.

Day of install

Today, bottom of inner lite/passenger side bottom half circle out?

[AdamZ]

Originally Posted by Normagene

Mine after two weeks, could of happened the next day, but I didn't notice till today which is about two weeks at most since I installed. Love these lights, but wasn't expecting a problem sooooo soon.
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Day of install
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Today, bottom of inner lite/passenger side bottom half circle out?

Mine are working just fine. Tell you what, I'll be a nice guy, trade you Camaro's straight up. Then you'll have working ones

[The Blue Ox]

Originally Posted by vroomapunk

4/10. I like the idea of them, but it needs to be smaller leds, of they need to be diffused, or ccfl, or something.

Big ole' bubbly LEDs are totally not my style and they look very cheap to me.

I also think the weird flashing thing that happens when you hit the brakes is cheesey.

Ive also heard of tons of people on this forum having problems with them

This!

[Normagene]

[QUOTE=AdamZ;6635860]Mine are working just fine.

How long ago did you install? Two weeks for mine, but that one could've been out for days now, I just checked them the other day and found that one not working. I'll go over the wires today and see if anything is loose. Very Disappointed. Emailed Phastek Performance to help troubleshoot the problem and haven't heard back yet. Hate to remove, ship back, and then what, I'll have a stock one as a temp until they fix. If they send a new one I'll have to retint/clear/reinstall. These were a real pain in the butt to install!

[CamaroKiddy]

[QUOTE=Normagene;6636297]

Originally Posted by AdamZ

Mine are working just fine.

How long ago did you install? Two weeks for mine, but that one could've been out for days now, I just checked them the other day and found that one not working. I'll go over the wires today and see if anything is loose. Very Disappointed. Emailed Phastek Performance to help troubleshoot the problem and haven't heard back yet. Hate to remove, ship back, and then what, I'll have a stock one as a temp until they fix. If they send a new one I'll have to retint/clear/reinstall. These were a real pain in the butt to install!

i had this problem the other day with one entire afterburner out. This is an easy fix. Just remove the light get a peek at the circuit board and be sure to push in all the internal connections, Preferably the very top one which powers the afterburner. Too much stress during installation could cause it to be disconnected.

[Splat]

When i saw these i wanted them so bad, then my friend pick it up before i did.

After looking at for a while, i started not liking them, looked really cheesy.

Now my friend had 1 fog up after a wash, and another does a flicker.

I gave it a 3/10

[AmericanMuscleCars]

oh wait I am the troll!

[Normagene]

[QUOTE=CamaroKiddy;6638599]

Originally Posted by Normagene

i had this problem the other day with one entire afterburner out. This is an easy fix. Just remove the light get a peek at the circuit board and be sure to push in all the internal connections, Preferably the very top one which powers the afterburner. Too much stress during installation could cause it to be disconnected.

Yeah good info. Just got an email response and they told me just that same thing. I'll try that tomorrow or Sunday. I love the look of these lights and I have'em tinted nice and dark like I wanted.

Tried to post a copy of the email, but it wouldn't copy for some reason. I'm pretty certain this will fix those lower LEDs!