stevepsd, glad you posted this. I have the same problem and I'm trying to think if there's a way to fix it instead of removing the lights altogether.
For those here who are having trouble understanding the safety hazard, I'll try to explain:
---In the daytime, everything is perfect. The lights function very well, very bright, as brake lights and turn signals.
---In your standard car/Jeep/truck/whatever, when you turn on your head/tail lights, the back lights come on red, but very dim. Just enough for the traffic behind you to know where you are on the road. And then, of course, when you apply the brakes or turn signal, the same red light comes on very bright, right?
---At night is when the problem happens with the knockoff tail lights. Turn on your head/tail lights, and these knockoff tail lights are VERY bright. Like 90% as bright as a brake light.
So, when you brake or signal a turn, the light only gets, say, about 10% brighter. The person driving behind you will have a lot of trouble to figure out that you're slowing or turning. That's dangerous.
(I guess the third brake light might help save the day when braking, but it doesn't do anything when turning or changing lanes on the highway.)
The solution would be to find a way to reduce the brightness of the parking light portion, if possible.
Mine were sold as "u-box" brand on Amazon, but appear to no longer be available. The housing is dark black, and overall they look very well made. There's an oval space at the top but no logo there. The wiring was loose and exposed, but I used split loom and tape to make a neat harness out of it. I had quite a bit of trouble getting the screw holes to line up but after some wiggling they fit fine now.
Like others here, I thought about shelling out for the J.W. Speaker, but after reading multiple stories here about them not warrantying the product when the housing cracks, they will not get a cent of my business.