My attempt at LED tail lights

[300rag]

It's been a while, but I'm playing again. I tried something with a spare set of tail light buckets. It's actually pretty bright and you can hardly see the lamp behind the clear lense when it's off. Still fine tuning though.

 

[Fratzog]

Looks like a good safety upgrade :eusa_clap:

 

[Big Blue]

Do your blinkers flash at the same rate now? I know on motorcycles if you change to LED you need to put in a module to slow the blinkers down to normal.

 

[goodneighbour]

I`ve installed 1157 LED bulbs from Trucklite in my `69 Imperial and they are the best 100 dollars I`ve spent on her!The taillights blind ya(which keeps the morons back) The brake lights,twice as bright,and the best thing is my front signal lites actually light up. They haven`t been worth a **** until now! Not over taxing the sequential motor so everything works as it should. Hell my amp guage doesn`t even move now when I touch the brakes . Ambers in the front and reds in the rear,yes reds whites were $25 A PIECE VS. $10 FOR REDS!:sunny:

 

[300rag]

.... and reds in the rear,yes reds whites were $25 A PIECE VS. $10 FOR REDS!:sunny:

When I was researching LEDs, I came across an article that said you will get better light with a red bulb behind a red lense than a white bulb.

 

[300rag]

Do your blinkers flash at the same rate now? I know on motorcycles if you change to LED you need to put in a module to slow the blinkers down to normal.

Hard to tell, :laughing11::laughing11::laughing11:

but I believe the Tridon HD12 flasher will work as long as you have at least one standard bulb in the circuit

 

[polara71]

Really? I wonder why it took so long for me to read this thread. Very good information!