alright so i wanted tinted tail lights but my cars registered in VA and i have state inspection coming up soon so i didnt want to nightshade them and then have to buy a new stock set so im planning on buying some oem shaded ones off ebay. now i want them to be as dark as possible which ones do you guys think i should get?

1. 05 06 07 08 09 10 COBALT COUPE SMOKE NEW TAIL LIGHT SET | eBay

2. 05-09 10 CHEVY COBALT 2DR SMOKE TAIL LIGHTS 4PC COMBO | eBay

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3. 05-09 COBALT 2D COUPE SMOKE TAIL LIGHTS REAR BRAKE LAMP | eBay

thanks guys! anyone have any of these btw?

 

might as well get some smoked LED tail lights

 

eh yea i could spend the extra 40 bucks and get led's but i dont really want led's cause i dont wanna mess with all the wiring and having to put resistors in and what not
do you have an opinion ? anyone

eh yea i could spend the extra 40 bucks and get led's but i dont really want led's cause i dont wanna mess with all the wiring and having to put resistors in and what not
do you have an opinion ? anyone

 

you dont HAVE to put resistors in, it just fixs the hyperflash. I personally like how hyperflash looks

 

i have smoked led ones and they are awessome but all the lights u are looking at are all the same

 

ha you think so i think some look darker then the others
no one else agrees?

 

I guess it depends on the color of the car. I personally prefer #2 (with LED) or #3. Like said above, the #2 seller sells that one with LED, and I had already in mind of getting those ones. It would look great at night. If you don't mind the LEDs, well 1 and 2 looks pretty much the same IMO

 

you also have to remember depending on how they are built they dont "have" to make the hyperflash. 3 looks the darkest to me but imo its all in the picture

 

if your going to go smoked, get the LED there is no other way to go. the normal bulb barely shows through. I have some smoked LED tail and absolutely love them.
during the day they look damn near black, but come night time with the lights on, im sure my tail lights are brighter than my reverse lights.

 

Get LEDs. You'll be satisfied And wiring the resistors was suuuper easy.

You want this

 

leds do look pimp. just wish someone made some "passat" style lights for cobalts

 

you can also make a new harness that clips into the factory harness, so that if you decide to go back to stock then the stock wiring is untouched

 

^^Agreed. I'd love to do the retro like that one guy did...but OEM Passat tails aren't exactly cheap.

 

What?

Are you referring to passat retros or installing resistors? Because if you're talking about resistors...then you don't even have to touch the stock wiring anyways.

 

i was referring in general to people not wanting to cut up the wiring harness' for any reason. and they use that as an excuse not to mod. the connectors are readily available out there to make a wiring harness extension that you can mod and leave the stock harness alone. i know a resistor has nothing to do with chopping the wiring harness but relays and such for other things do

 

i know they are expenisve as ****. lol i thought of the idea way before that guy did it to be honest and i even went down to the local vw dealer and asked (had a much harder time talking to the vw parts peeps then chevy btw) but once i herd the price i walked out. idea down the drain real quick

 

whered you buy yours from? you got a link ?

and yea #1 does make those in led's but they dont look that dark

so im assuming the led tails come with a completely new wiring harness, or you can just plug and play but you get the really fast blinking?

 

Get 'em on eBay. Substantially cheaper than anywhere else you'll find them.

And yes you'll get the hyper blink. But the resistors are like 8 bucks shipped and really easy to install. Just do it

 

the led tails have three wires coming out that run to a connector that plugs where the stock bulb does.
so yes, they're plug and play.
resistors are simple, lights have a red wire.. black wire.. green wire.. resistor has two wires coming out of it.
splice one resistor wire to the red and one to the black.. done.
actual harness is untouched, you can unplug the liight and the resistor comes with it.

however I reccomend resistors, I had a set and three leds burnt out right about the time my car was in the shop and the guy didn't put my resistors back on. idk why he took them off to begin with...

 

the leds shouldn't burn out without resistors but the op already said he didnt want led.

 

I just got the type shown in #2 above. No LEDs.... too *busy* for me. I think those are K2s, which are prolly the best quality you can get for the price. I liked the tint..not too dark! I will install them tomorrow.

 

he was asking questions about it so I answered them....

 

yea ha after what all you guys were saying i figured i might as well go led
its basically down between the led #2 on the list
and the spec-d's from everything cobalt just because the spec-d's look darker.
anyone know what kind of resistors i need and where i can order them? thanks

 

v-leds.com

 

Alot of people have bought the 2nd link lights. Alot of good reviews. Get those