Flip

Hey Everyone,

I was wondering if anyone has done this or knows what this would look like:

I purchased the Quarter Marker Tint from American Muscle, and plan on putting it on when it arrives. I also have a few extra Blue LED 194 Bulbs just sitting at home. I want to replace the stock quarter marker bulbs for these Blue LED's.

I know the stock Quarter Marker housing is bright Red, So considering i tint it and the blue LED bulb which emits light giong forward... not 360 degrees.... what would this look like?

what the light still shine? or would it look purple or no light at all since the quarter marker bulb stock emits light facing towards the front of the car in a 360 degree angle while the Blue LED shoots the light straight only

hawkeye18

Shooting a pure blue light through a red lens equals pretty much no light at all. The tint will just reduce what little light is left even more. A red lens is red because it filters out all wavelengths of light other than red - only the red gets through, which is why that's what you see.

A blue LED light produces a very pure blue spectrum, with almost zero red light in it. Blue and red sit almost at opposite ends of the color spectrum, so the red lens will very effectively filter it out.

You might as well just remove the light bulb and remove a .1W load from your alternator.

Flip

Thanks for the info. It does make sense actually. I guess I might as well just keep the stock bulb in it then since the blue LED is useless

Thanks again

HizliBullet

Hawkeye is right you'll get a blend of red and blue (dark purple) with the tint it'll look awful, stick with stock and use tint or get white marker lenses and use the blue LEDs

Flip

I would love to get clear or black housing for the quarter marker lights but all i could find is the tints... i did get the front sidemaker housing black... but they dont seem to make them for the back side markers

Sky Hye

No to mention it may be illegal to have blue lights (at least it is in California) it simulates police lights.

cpotts13

Its illegal everywhere

JimmyM

There are clear lenses... my buddy has clear on his Kona

SouthernStang

Speaking from experience, you will get pulled over for having ANY blue lights on your vehicle (I'm a cop). I have pulled over two vehicles in three weeks with blue LEDs. One was a white Dodge Charger with blue LED fog lights. I thought it was an Arkansas State Police cruiser, and I did a double-take when I saw it wasn't. The other was a motorcycle with blue LEDs in the engine compartment. It was coming up behind me and it could have been easily mistaken for a police motor unit. Don't do it! Illegal in all 50 states for on-road use.