I for one am a great advocate of the LED lamps for the rear lights...Was being creative and put HIGH Intensity bulbs to overcome the lack of light from the rear lights....well we were at Homecoming in 2008 and smelled smoke on the way back to the motel....yep you got it, a rag had been pushed into contact with the bulb and we had a fire starting in the trunk...couple that with the wax, oil and other rags and had we not stopped at the motel and checked ...she would have burned to the ground....threw burning material out in the parking lot and was very lucky....If you dont want the LEDs PLEASE put a cover over the bulb....