Andrew McCarthy

Has anyone purchased anything from Brian at Tec-Toyz lately?

I bought bulbs back in the spring and had a couple problems with them and he was quite helpful at the time.

One of my rear plate bulbs began to flicker and he told me to send it back and attach my e-mail to it and he'd send a replacement. Since I sent them back I've heard nothing- he hasn't return my e-mails- and haven't gotten anything back. This was several weeks ago.

Is this guy still around?

thanks!

raginghormones

i think his email system got screwed up..he had problems with it lately.

if you can't wait, you can call him directly and ask. he's a great guy to deal with.

theklassic

doesn't matter where you get the LED's from they'll always flicker if you use them for the lic. plate.

jayhawk101031

i bought them like 3 weeks ago, the 9 led blue bulb set and it works great and looks amazing, i had no problems

dwest1023

Just bought 4 pair of LED's from him on ebay. He has lots for sale on ebay. You can find him there.

dwest1023

Not true, the new single super white Leds cannot flicker.

ronrecr

The have lights for my 2000 tl..anyone buy from them or hear anything about them. I wanted to know what the single bulb leds any help would be greatly appreciated

snavarrette

I had the same issue. with my plate lights. they finally burnt out. I sent them to him and he sent me replacements. since then I kept regular bulbs in there. I think the problem is when you lock the car with the remote the plate lights flicker.

simonsez

bought tec-toyz 9leds couple of months back...
now its starting to flicker on one side... looks very retarded...

TLyoung'un

His service is great but dont expect the bulbs to last very long. They look great so I've just accepted the dimming/flickering bulbs and have bought new ones from him every couple months or so.

lyk3n0other8

I bought whites, they look kinda purple I dont like it

rockyfeller

iTrader: (6)

Brian is great but I agree he's a bit slow to reply to your emails. Just send him another email.

simonsez

just to let you know.
White LEDs have 3 different types.
1. white hue
2. purple hue
3. blue hue

Brian sent me White leds with purple hue in them, which i hated. so he sent me a white one but it took like 3 weeks. he had to wait for different batch to come in..

Bearcat94

Why??

Is there no LED alternative?

Had SuperBright 9 WLED's in the plate. One started to flicker about a month ago.

Swapped in spare 12 WLED's I had left over. Now one of them flickers.

These are supposed to have a 10,000 hour life. That's well over 1 OPERATING year. I've had 'em maybe 4 months.


What's the current best License Plate LED - Cool White color, decent illumination, long-lasting NO FLICKER operation?


(yeah, yeah, I know - old thread - but it was the closest I found to what I want to know.)

rockyfeller

iTrader: (6)

We discussed this months ago in another thread. You're not the only one with the flickering LED license plate lights. It's happened to almost everyone that has tried them. It's been theorized that the shock and force of closing the trunk must be what is killing them. Must be screwing up the resistor or something.

For license plate lights you should be going with the 1 watt LEDs, the other LEDs that Kennedy has suggested or doing the cold cathode tube mod like I did. Most of us using these alternatives have whiter, brighter light and no problems with flicker or burnout.

Bearcat94

Thanks rocky. Didn't find that thread, but I've seen the threads on the better/newer LED's. No CC for me.

I'll probably change everything out late spring/early summer.

If it keeps flickering, I'll double check the contacts.