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Aug 30, 2017 | 02:29 PM

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CharlieLed

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Website pricing is $26.87 per pair Plasma LED - RED - Two Pack Replacement 1157 Bulbs - New ~ 1967 -1973 Mercury Cougar / 1967 - 1973 Ford Mustang (10043) at West Coast Classic Cougar :: Specializing in 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, and 1973 Mercury Cougar Parts

Aug 30, 2017 | 02:31 PM

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Tedster9

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Thanks Charlie! If that's really the price for a pair I'm gonna bite...

Aug 30, 2017 | 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by edzakory

Has anyone replaced the 1157 bulbs with LEDs? The LEDs have the same bayonet connection and can be used in the existing 1157 socket; they are brighter and last longer than the old filament bulbs.

It should be a straight forward replacement but I do not know if they will have any effect on the electrical wiring/fuses.

Thanks.

99% of red led bulbs are useless for 1157 because they look bright on low beam but not on high beam, basically they just threw the same or almost the same intensity for high beam so people won't really tell when you are using the brakes and that's just dangerous. Also the red color takes more power but it's also the least bright color in leds, yellow is weak too on standard and but now brighter on higher end applications. I spent 5 years without providing a bulb that could get the work done right. Technology kept going forward and now we have a very very good led replacement for 1157 red, these are the 80w cree ( they only use 7W of real power btw)

1157 brightest solid red

If you want to consider getting a set of these just use coupon code SAVEME20% at checkout and let me know if you have any questions about them.