LED Tailights Question

Discussion in 'Electrical' started by El Camino Man, Apr 15, 2012.

  1. El Camino Man

    El Camino Man Thank The Lord For BBFs!

    Hey guys! Im a bright light sorta guy. I love seeing semis in the dead of night rollin down the road with their endless amount of clearance lights lightin up the night. This is how I want my Ranger to look someday!

    One thing I want to get for my Ranger is some LED tails. They DO make em but theyre FUGLY! I hate how you can see every LED. I want some that are "low-pro" as in they look stock til you hit the brakes and light up the night. I have yet to see this type of tail light.... I see a Buggman project! Lol :thumbup:
     
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  3. OP
    El Camino Man

    El Camino Man Thank The Lord For BBFs!

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    Ugly...

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    Ugly....
     
  4. hazard-maine

    hazard-maine northern ranger driver

    do what morgan did, he got some and nightshaded them till they were black, so you couldnt see em untill they were on, or do what i did and get led tail bulbs in stock housing,
     
  5. You're not going to be able to find any that you can't see the lights because the housings are so clear on them. Like Maine said, niteshade works well.
     
  6. hazard-maine

    hazard-maine northern ranger driver

    pete cant forget led bulbs
     
  7. OP
    El Camino Man

    El Camino Man Thank The Lord For BBFs!

    Does Buggman make LED bulbs for my truck? I dunno what type mine has lol
     
  8. hazard-maine

    hazard-maine northern ranger driver

    yes he does
     
  9. OP
    El Camino Man

    El Camino Man Thank The Lord For BBFs!

    Awesome. What kind is mine? I think iv seen T5 and T10 or somethin similar lol I dont rmemeber
     
  10. hazard-maine

    hazard-maine northern ranger driver

    3157 for the tails
     
  11. OP
    El Camino Man

    El Camino Man Thank The Lord For BBFs!

    Same for turn signals and back-up lights?
     
  12. hazard-maine

    hazard-maine northern ranger driver

    yes but the back up is slightly different i believe thats 3156
     
  13. OP
    El Camino Man

    El Camino Man Thank The Lord For BBFs!

    Ahh gotcha. Im gonna message Terry and see if he has some
     
  14. hazard-maine

    hazard-maine northern ranger driver

    if he doesnt ebay has some
     
  15. OP
    El Camino Man

    El Camino Man Thank The Lord For BBFs!

    Cool. Ill look em up
     
  16. OP
    El Camino Man

    El Camino Man Thank The Lord For BBFs!

    Rock auto says theyre 4157s
     
  17. hazard-maine

    hazard-maine northern ranger driver

    weird..... but they are 3157s
     
  18. OP
    El Camino Man

    El Camino Man Thank The Lord For BBFs!

    Yea theyre not pulling up anything that says 4157 on Ebay lol. They have 31 LED tails for a few bucks! If Buggman cant do it, im definitly gonna get some!
     
  19. hazard-maine

    hazard-maine northern ranger driver

    i have some cheap 12 bulbs in my tails and they are quite brighter then stock bulbs
     
  20. buggman

    buggman Do not touch the trim!

    4157, 3457, 3157 all should be the exact same bulb... my front turn signals called for 3457's & I've been using orange 3157's since I got my clear corners.

    3156, 3456, 4156, etc all should be the same too, single element bulbs.

    Here's a crappy video I did a while back with my rear end lights:

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    The 24, 36, etc led's usually don't put out the best light, I've tried dozens of reverse/brake/turn led's... the brightest ones I've found have 120smd led's but I can only find them in white... but they're darn bright.

    My vid should have my old 63 red brake/turn led's & 63 white reverse lights... it's been a while & I need to do a new video with my 120 white led's. :D
     
  21. OP
    El Camino Man

    El Camino Man Thank The Lord For BBFs!

    DANG!!! I love how the front ones light up the house lol
     

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