Difference between Custom Dynamics smoked and black out tail lights?
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Road Master
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Difference between Custom Dynamics smoked and black out tail lights?
Can someone please explain the difference between Custom Dynamics' smoked and smoked-black out tail lights? I've seen the black out tail light described as having a "black reflector." Does the non black out tail light have a shiny (chrome?) reflector?
Also, what is the practical difference? Is the black out light not as bright or does it only look darker from a side view?
Thank you.
Also, what is the practical difference? Is the black out light not as bright or does it only look darker from a side view?
Thank you.
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Road Master
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Thanks. So, are you saying that the smoke version alows light out to side but the black out version does not? Also, is there a difference in the respective light output to the rear?
Tourer
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Not to be facitious, but anyone answering the phone at CD can tell you. They all seem to have the products down pat. When I looked at them, it appeared that the blacked out looked like it had a gloss/painted side that reflected light like paint. I stayed with a red lay down and haven't seen the blacked in person.
FYI...CD makes a great product.
FYI...CD makes a great product.
Cruiser
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Not to be facitious, but anyone answering the phone at CD can tell you. They all seem to have the products down pat. When I looked at them, it appeared that the blacked out looked like it had a gloss/painted side that reflected light like paint. I stayed with a red lay down and haven't seen the blacked in person.
FYI...CD makes a great product.
FYI...CD makes a great product.
Tourer
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Oh not at all. What is behind those lenses leaves no gaps where you could see wiring. The CD tailight (and signals for that matter) fill up that space with LEDs. They aren't right up against the back/inside of the light. The panel or circuit board, which is full of the lights, fills up the space so you cannot see behind it or the wiring. I "think" the blacked out tailight cancels out the light being visable from the side of that particular lens. That is how it looks anyway. Sort of like having a candle in a clear glass mug versus having one in a solid mug...you can't see through the side.
Tourer
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Now..because I don't know...I called them (this type of **** keeps me awake at night)....and they said that the blackout will prevent most of the light from being seen from the side of the bike. So if you were at a 90 degree angle...say...admiring the sides of your saddlebags, the light from the tail wouldn't be as visable (other than what would be shining straight back).
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