Best Tail Light Bulb?
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Best Tail Light Bulb?
Has anybody installed a BRIGHTER (maybe LED?) tail light bulb behind the red plastic oem tail light lens?
If so, should a white LED bulb be used behind the red plastic oem tail light lens?
Or should a red LED bulb be used behind the red plastic oem tail light lens?
If so, should a white LED bulb be used behind the red plastic oem tail light lens?
Or should a red LED bulb be used behind the red plastic oem tail light lens?
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red led bulb is your answer, the white one makes the light look funky even in the amber lights. i ended up buying two sets of four light bulbs cause first i bought all white LED's . Like 1985 Bronco said you need the LED flasher.
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I put LED bulbs in the rear only, and since I still had incandescent bulbs up front in the circuit there was enough resistance to make the flasher work properly. If you replace the front bulbs they would blink wonky.
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Interesting read:
Piston Slap: Traversing the World of LED Retrofit Bulbs!
"The world’s first legitimate LED bulbs for retrofitment of incandescent vehicle exterior lights came to market last year from Philips — their “Vision LED” line focused on maximum lifespan and their “X-Treme Vision LED” line focused on maximum output. "They’re easily available and not very expensive. Right now the Philips X-Treme Vision LED range includes red bulbs to
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"A final note a little tangential to your original question: the headlamp “LED bulb conversions” now flooding the market are not a legitimate, safe, effective, or legal product. Just as with “HID kits”, these are a fraudulent scam. They’re not capable of producing even a fraction of the amount of light produced by the filament bulb they supposedly replace, let alone producing it in the right pattern for the lamp’s optics to work..."
Based on the article above, I just bought these Philips 1157 P21/5W Red X-tremeVision LED Exterior light (Pack of 2) for $35.89:
I'll post up my experience after I receive and install them.
Piston Slap: Traversing the World of LED Retrofit Bulbs!
"The world’s first legitimate LED bulbs for retrofitment of incandescent vehicle exterior lights came to market last year from Philips — their “Vision LED” line focused on maximum lifespan and their “X-Treme Vision LED” line focused on maximum output. "They’re easily available and not very expensive. Right now the Philips X-Treme Vision LED range includes red bulbs to
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, and
, white bulbs to replace
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in reversing lamps. The Vision LED range adds red
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(W21/5W), and white
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...
"A final note a little tangential to your original question: the headlamp “LED bulb conversions” now flooding the market are not a legitimate, safe, effective, or legal product. Just as with “HID kits”, these are a fraudulent scam. They’re not capable of producing even a fraction of the amount of light produced by the filament bulb they supposedly replace, let alone producing it in the right pattern for the lamp’s optics to work..."
Based on the article above, I just bought these Philips 1157 P21/5W Red X-tremeVision LED Exterior light (Pack of 2) for $35.89:
I'll post up my experience after I receive and install them.
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