Anyone use LED bulbs??

[Jay]

I just ordered a set of red brake LED bulbs and a set of amber rear turn signal LED bulbs, does anyone know if this will be as bright as the standard bulbs? They have 12 LED per each bulb.

Amber

Red

 

[Derek]

The only experience I have is from about 5 years ago when I had a '00 Ford Ranger and I put LED bulbs in the taillights. The bulbs looks great at night, but you could BARELY see them during the day, so I took them out for safety reasons. Of course, they could have improved LED's in the last 5 years so that they are much brighter, but I'd just make sure they can be seen during the day.

 

[cdoyle]

those plug/play bulbs will not be bright enough to use a brake/tail light.

The only way to have LEDs would be to upgrade to the 06 tails, or to do a real retro like I did.


See my sig to see how I did it, and if you do a search on here you'll find the thread where they swap out to the 06 lens.

 

[viper4evr2001]

well i have these ones and they are pretty bright. with the side leds plus the front ones they just fill the housing better then the ones you got.
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7443-15 LED bulb
12VDC Dual Contact 15mm wedge base replacement bulb
15-LED Design has 9 LEDs aiming out the end and 6 radially mounted LEDs aiming 90 degrees from the base
Select White or Amber LEDs

and this for turn signals.
7440-15 LED bulb
12VDC Single Contact 15mm wedge base replacement bulb
15-LED Design has 9 LEDs aiming out the end and 6 radially mounted LEDs aiming 90 degrees from the base
Available in White, Red or Amber LED

it looks the same as the one above just single contact.