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      11-09-2024, 06:31 AM   #1
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Reducing the brightness of the tail lights.

Hi Everyone,

Unfortunately, the price of the original facelifted tail lights exceeded my budget and I really wanted to change them. I decided to take a risk and buy a cheaper replacement. Overall, I am very happy with them, everything works as it should and they look much, much better than the originals. The only problem I have is that the brightness of the running lights is too strong. I would probably leave it, but the difference between the brake light and the running light is too small, and I am mainly concerned about safety.
Is there a way to safely reduce the brightness of the running lights only?

Cheers guys.
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      11-09-2024, 06:34 AM   #2
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What makes you think they are to bright? Which ones did you fit?
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      11-09-2024, 06:59 AM   #3
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Right, after installing them, I noticed that they are quite bright. I asked my brother to drive behind me in the evening and he also said that they are a little too bright. Compared to other cars, mine were the brightest. But as I mentioned, it wouldn't be a problem for me, if not for the fact that in my opinion, there should be a bigger difference between the running light and the brake light. If I just turned down the brightness of the running lights, it would be perfect.
I got them from AliEx.
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      11-09-2024, 07:45 AM   #4
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I got them
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      11-17-2024, 09:58 AM   #5
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Were they plug and play no modifications to the wires? Do you have a link to the actual ones you bought? They look superb.
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      11-18-2024, 06:04 AM   #6
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Yep looks really nice. Just plug and play. No faults and any other issues (apart from what I mentioned in the post). Also you can have dinamic indicators like in Audi or standard one. I prefer the standard one.

https://a.aliexpress.com/_Evu2d6v
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