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4.5
The images online look really good, but, do these no justice whatsoever. I was apprehensive initially (as you should be with any aftermarket mod/purchase) but all of that is out the window now. First, the packaging is nothing short of a Fort Knox transport. You'd have to hit it with a car to damage the tail lights inside. They're protected by liquid mold foam that solidifies to hold its form inside of individual boxes that are paired inside another box. THAT box is then placed inside a larger Amazon box with air wrap and paper inside.Wow. Thank you for being so dedicated to protecting my investment.As for the install? Piece of cake. If you've ever changed a blown rear bulb then you already know the process. If you haven't, your driver's manual has instructions or just go to Youtube. It literally took me 10 minutes or less and I was home free. It's a complete plug and play. No new pieces or add ons are needed as with some other LED upgrades.The look? My Magnum went from very nice to flat out sinister (which is my goal). The LED upgrade is terrific and I'm upset that I didn't do this sooner. The lights are uber-bright and there are also LEDs on the sides of each lamp which I wasn't expecting so it was a VERY nice surprise. The quality of the lamps are stellar and may even trump OEM build. Solid and just weighty enough to let you know they aren't cheap pieces of crap glued together.Lastly, going from incandescent to LEDs, I immediately noticed how "fast" the bulbs respond to the brake being pressed. It's almost telepathic. If you even think about pressing the brakes these things like up the night behind you. Even the most distracted driver gets a face full of "WHOA BUDDY!!" and literally is not a miniscule second of delay once the pedal is pressed.I don't write reviews unless I'm floored. And I am right now. Do yourself and your Magnum a favor and get these. Spyder has really outdone themselves here. Salute.I searched around for quite some time before purchasing these tail lights. They claim to use Phillips Lumileds which are the bulbs that Many OEM manufactures use in their led 3rd lights.Pros: They look good in my opinion. when behind the vehicle, they are brighter than oem tails, way brighter. There was no fitment issues.Cons: Not as bright from the side of the vehicle. ( Not an issue as brakes are meant for people behind you.) You'll need to remove the wire harness from your old tail lights. With led tail lights, you must test to see if it works before assembling. Just turn on your parking lights and if it doesn't work when you connect the LED connection, flip it the opposite way. With LED bulbs, they need the correct polarity while that doesn't matter on filament bulbs.Those are some extremely minor cons, I just listed them to list cons.I'll post a picture of the light reflection between oem and these tails. The OEM is on the left.They were a bit of a hassle to install (not due to the design of these lights, but the design of the car itself), but not impossible, and defintiely worth it. I did notice that when I put one of my reverse lights into the new housing, it didn't exactly fit perfectly. I don't know if this is due to my harness being messed up, or if it was the new housing itself, but it did not twist in like it should have. I was able to get it snuggly where it needed to go, but it didn't go in the way it was supposed to. All in all, these are great quality lights that look fantastic. A definite upgrade. Maybe even better quality than OEM. I've always had positive experiences with Spyder products and this is no different.Super simple to install, might possibly take 5 minutes per light. Really enhances the look of the car. Lights are super bright and very cool looking.There really is no documentation on the install process, but there is a video by Spyder Auto on youtube that shows you how to do it. It's essentially plug and play. One tip for anyone that hasn't removed their Magnum tail lights before, when you are taking off the plastic wingnuts that hold the lights in place, stuff a towel down into the area below it before you unscrew the wingnut. There is very little room to get your hand in so it's hard to hold onto it, and If you drop it down into this area, it's gone. Other than that, enjoy your new lights!These lights are fantastic! They work perfectly and installation was easy (one note: Make sure you stuff a rag into the hole in the body before you take the plastic wingnut off to unmount the existing lights... you may accidentally drop one inside the body cavity). The lights look amazing! Like a new vehicle again. The LED's are strong and bright. The circular turn and reverse lights look good too. Fit is pretty good - I'd say about 95% of OEM spec. Love em!Lights are bright, work well. I would have liked them to be all red / clear, without the black band on the perimeter (this would look great on a black car--mine is red) Hope they don't fog up like the OEM ones.Good quality, good fit. Note these have LEDs only for brakes and running lights. Still have to use bulbs for turnsignal and reverse.These tail lights are great they are easy to intstall and make my magnum look spectacular. I recommend theses tail lights to anyone looking to black out their magnumexcellent prodiut.
