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Old Mar 31, 2017 | 09:50 PM
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I need tail light ideas

I'm stuck on which way to go. I want led, I want it to fit the truck and I want it to look good. There isn't much room to mount them in the rear of the flatbed due to the wood thickness. There is room in the bumper, but I'm worried it will look funny. I do not think those long led tailgate strips will match the truck.

Any ideas or pix??
 
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Old Mar 31, 2017 | 10:03 PM
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That's easy... go to Harbor Freight and get four 2-inch round LED lights... Cut four holes... wire two to the tail light circuit and two to the brake light circuit. Add more if you'd like for about $6.50 each.

2" Submersible Round Marker Light

I use'em as DRLs on my '73.

 
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Old Mar 31, 2017 | 10:13 PM
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What about recessed lights like these into the rear bumper. You can get them in red, clear, and amber.

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Old Mar 31, 2017 | 10:17 PM
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Are those 2" ones bright enough to be used as brake lights? I'm going to have brake lights up on the light bar also, but that may be a few weeks.
 
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Old Mar 31, 2017 | 10:46 PM
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Are those 2" ones bright enough to be used as brake lights? I'm going to have brake lights up on the light bar also, but that may be a few weeks.
There is probably some engineering standard for what constitutes a legal brake light but it's not like someone goes to hot rod shows measuring the lumen outputs. I say go buy a couple and test it to see if it passes your grade.

There are also oval versions....
 
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Old Mar 31, 2017 | 11:01 PM
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True. Ok, I'll get some and see what I can do with them. Thanks.
 
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Something like this?

 
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Red round LED in the bed, white round LED in the bumper for reverse lights.

Are you still putting the rear (red) side marker lights in the flat bed side rails?
 
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Here are some more ideas I had on my computer. Even twin round reds on the top part might be ok, then white reverse- on the same line.
 
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I'm not sure on the side markers now. Gotta see where the side rails line up. As for reverse lights, I'll probably use some off road lights for that, maybe mounted in bumper and another set on light bar. It will have smaller amber and red round markers on the sides of the bed
 
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