Taillights so bright...gotta wear shades...

 

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So I installed the amber V6 Triton Extremes 3157 bulbs today. Here are the pics.


































Okay so here it is set up with the set screws in, the gasket and the spacer.








The spacer on under the gasket.








Don't forget to use the dielectric grease that comes with the kit. You'll only need to use one as that's plenty for both sides.

















That's the end that goes into the adapter for the OEM bulb socket.








Double check to see if the polarity is right before you heat up the shrink tube. I also replaced the side bulbs with the LED bulbs I used in my cab lights.

























The amber LED bulbs I'm using for the corner lens and cab lights.



























Installed








This is the way I set up for the right side. It actually was the way I went with both. The spacer pulls the bulb too far back into the front housing. Had to pull the left out and change it up.

















Shot of the driver side with spacer. Pulls it too far back. I thought the passenger side was brighter without the spacer...







The passenger side... without spacer.







Since I was there, I reapplied the NOCO NCP2 terminal goop. Good $h1T indeed.








All buttoned up and ready to go...
















Running light....

















This was the before pic...








The after shot... 1400 lumens...for the blinking signal.















Running light again.












Getting darker, better shot of full power.






It really fills up the housing was better than the stock bulb. Running light.



















I will say that they appear more yellow than amber but they are really bright... I mean real bright when the turn signal function is on.



EDIT:

01/01/2021

I am very happy with them but they are more yellow than amber. They will probably match the Diode Dynamics yellow fog lights fairly well when I get them. I will also get more of a yellow LED 194 bulb for the cab lights to better match as well. Probably will get amber VLEDs194 bulbs to match the 3157s in the headlight housings. These cheaper amber bulbs from Amazon are bright and look amber, but have a short life. When I do, I'll post up.

 

WOW! Those are insane.........I like em, lol. So I followed the link out of curiosity and it got me thinking about the reverse lights, I can always use more light when backing up because I have tinted windows. Looks like they have the V6 extreme specifically for reverse but I'm confused on the base adapter I would need. Any chance you looked into these and would know which base to choose??

 

From this thread here;

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...nt-thread.html

Go to this post where it shows the pics of the cargo lights which are 921 912 bulbs.:

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...l#post18873315

I can't remember if I posted pics of the reverse lights or not, but these are the reverse lights I have and they are very bright.


If you would like, I can take a pic of them. The bulbs in our reverse housings are 921/912s.

These are the ones (cargo bulbs) in the pic:



You can't do a Triton V6 for our reverse lights. The base adapters options are 7440, 3157, 4157, 1156, 1157. Ours are the 921or 912 bulbs.

Here's the options on vleds.com for 912/921 LED bulbs:

https://www.vleds.com/shop-bulb-numbers/921-led.html


As for reverse lights check this out: I bought this but just haven't put it on yet. I still have to get the frame. I decided after I want the frame now.

https://www.vleds.com/shop-products/...erse-72-w.html

 

I appreciate all the info and links, I currently have Recon reverse bulbs in mine and they are ok, not great. IMO not worth the money I paid for them which is why I'm on the lookout for different ones that are brighter. I'm considering adding the Haw Duo from Wicking Warnings as additional lights in the housing, which would also add to the brightness of them on flash mode as I have the Atomic Game changer kit installed.

One side note from your other thread you had talked about Atomic LED roof lights, did you ever end up getting those? You were looking for a pic of smoked ones I think.

 

No problem. I'm here to help others. Where else would I share this useless information to other people but to another guy like myself?? I would probably upgrade to the Atomic LED roof lights when I finally get a snow plow as I would want to use them in a strobe fashion when plowing. But no, I still have my stock housings with the amber MAXGTRs 194 bulbs. I would definitely go with the smoked lens Atomics. They look really bright in the pic the dude from England I thought it was posted.

Okay, I just went outside to take some pics for you.


Here's the MAXGTRs 921 912 50watt LED bulbs. $22 on Amazon. Pretty damn bright.






Lights up the bed very well.







Here's the Luyed 921 912 bulbs for like 15 ish for 2 I believe...
























These cheap Amazon LED bulbs do the trick. I've had the Luyeds since 2018 and they were in the cargo housings in the 3rd brake light housing. The MAXGTRs I ordered last fall and put in the Cargo light housings. Then I threw the Luyeds in the reverse lights.


Here's some pics of the LP series for mounting over the rear license plate.





Nicely machined piece of aluminum with the LEDs waterproof mounting.





















1800 lumens worth of 5500k LEDs. Can't wait to see it in action...

 

Verrrrrrrrry nice indeed. 👍

 

I'll be sure to post up the pics once it's mounted and good. I have to order the frame the first. They are still having a 20% off sale on the entire site. I wish I could use the cheap black diamond plate frame but I'm thinking it wouldn't sit right so I'll just order the matching frame. And I'm sure as hell not grinding that frame on back to sit right... Stay tuned...

As for the front Tritons 3157s, I am looking at Lamin X for not only covering the entire headlight housings in a clear film as I've wanted to do that for some time now, but doing the top half in an amber film to make those "amber" Triton Extremes more amber looking instead of yellow. Plus it'll look like no other 11 to 16 out there. I just gotta figure out how much I need of each.

https://lamin-x.com/one-12-x-24-univ...ilm-cover.html


EDIT

Here's what else they offer for our gen trucks.





I'm thinking of going with the light tint on the rear taillight housings as I now have really bright LEDs in there.

 

My VLEDs license plate frame came in today. Nice piece.



It's part of the LP Series from VLEDs.














Stickers I ordered.

















With the LED light in place where it's machined on top for it to fit there.








A little customization of the grommet that was on the line before the plug to protect the wire from the frame.






















The LED light where it rides on top of the frame.























Tight fit.






Installation coming soon. Adding another 1800 lumens of reverse lights soon. Why?? Because I can.

 

I bought these smoked cab light covers last year from Amazon. I installed one to see how it compared to the factory ones with those amber LED 194 bulbs from Amazon also, which are actually decent bulbs.











One black cover installed.

Same...

Same...

same....

same...



Got a bug in my @$$ and wanted to run them as the faded out OEM amber covers were brighter with the LED but looked chessy.



All smoked lens...



Same...

 

In case anyone would be interested, the 4th of July sale ends tonight at 1159 pm PST.

https://www.vleds.com/promos.html

 

Lookin good!!!

 

Thanks man! It's been awhile... Good hearing from you.

I really dug how bright the cab lights were with the LEDs and Amber factory covers. At low light and night time, I liked how those lights would light up the hood and the surroundings with amber light. But they just looked old and faded in the daytime. The smoked lens while not as bright as the amber lens, still look good at night and I like the look of them in daytime.

Still have to mount the rear VLEDs LED reverse light and plate frame. I'll post up when I do.

 

Resurrecting this thread to update with this. Lots has changed with what is posted here. I no longer have the dark smoked cab light lenses and bought new factory cab lights form VillageFordParts.com, had to pull the amber VLEDs 3157 because they had a problem with CANBUS. Sent them emails and they provided the solution (cannot remember exactly) but more on that when I get them back into the front headlight asemblies. I also never installed that VLEDs rear plate frame...

I pulled the trigger for their 25% Thanksgiving sale on their 921 bulbs. I'll provide more info after I post this about the cheaper Lasfit, IIRC, 921 bulbs I bought on Amazon last year that did not last at all. They look like the Diode Dynamics 921 bulbs that I have in my rear brake light housings for the reverse light bulbs. I'll provide pics as I do believe the DD bulbs are still working. I also want to make sure the VLEDs 921 bulbs will work in the rear housings which I believe they willt want to double check, and maybe pull the trigger for their Xmas sale.

Standby for pics as this is my laptop. For some weird reason, my phone will not send photos to my email and I have not taken it in yet to AT&T.

Here is the LED replacement thread for my cab lights, with more info for those, from the 99 to 16 Super Duty section.