Not so Super Bright LEDS

[Old Henry]

I just got in some LED bulbs from http://www.superbrightleds.com/ to try in my tail/brake lights on my '47. I have blue dot lenses. The LED bulb sure lit the blue dot up nicely but nothing else. It is totally directional one direction. It throws no light onto the rest of the lens nor anything to the side or back into the fixture to light up the rest of the lens. Woefully inadequate. I'll be sending them back and getting replacement for my halogen that just burned out. Here are some photos showing comparison of LED to standard incandescents and halogens.

LED lighting up the blue dot only:


LED on the left. Standard incandescent on the right:


LED on the left. Halogen on the right.


Standard incandescent on the left. Halogen on the right.


The LED I tried:



P.S. The LED bulb would not work turned in the socket, only just pushed straight in. And, there was no change in the bulb when brakes were put on.