Any recommendations on headlight and taillight led conversions (and turn signals) for my 63 Unibody? I’m a little overwhelmed looking at all the different ones out there.

 

I am not a fan of LED head lights they dont look right on our older trucks and the light pattern I also dont like when driving.
You also have to make sure there are DOT legal as a lot of the cheap ones are not.
I can buy a lot of Holagen sealed beams for the price of DOT legal ones.

For the tail lights or any that are behind a colored lens the LED bulbs need to match the color of the lens to work right.
The other thing I dont like of LED bulbs for other areas is how the LED's point.
Most LED bulbs put the LED's not pointing out but up / down or side to side, you are looking at the top of the bulb when installed, so any light they put out is not seen thru the lens.

Now if you are into making LED panels you can make them fit inside the housing and the bulbs pointing out.
You can also make them large enough to fill the housing and that would make them brighter.
Maybe if the housing is large enough maybe you can install a 2nd normal bulb?
I have a old car I can and will do this to the tail lights.

Also silver is not the best paint color to paint the insides of the housings with, white is.
80's flare side's are painted white inside and with a normal bulb is pretty bright on my truck.
Also if you can find what they call think "crushed ice" 4 ft plastic light lenses (big box hardware has them) the shape shines the light all over where your trucks lens dont do this too good. I will also do this to the old car.

Then you have to deal with the turn signal / 4 way flashers and swap them for LED ones.

Just my .02 on LED's
Dave ----
BTW I do have LED dash / gauge lights and like them
Mine do not dim but you can get ones that do.

 

Dave

Thank You for the feedback that’s the kind of info I was looking for…. I was all set to go with original lighting when some folks here suggested upgrading to led’s. From what I see to do that right it’s an expensive proposition, three to four hundred for the headlights and another three hundred for the taillights and that’s not addressing the turn signals. You helped me make the decision. To stay away from the led’s…. At least for now. Especially since I have all new lights that aren’t.

 

I'm a little late to the show now but...I went with JW Speaker LED Headlights about 8 years ago. The look of those, in particular are definitely not for everyone but the functionality blows sealed beams out of the water. At the time that I purchased them, I thought they were the best LEDs on the market The low beam with those LEDs is just about as bright as the High beam of the sealed beam. These have 28w low beam and 42w high beam
If it is a driver, where you need to be able to see, seriously consider some upgrade from sealed beams, whether that is an H4 upgrade or LED. I think there are more correct looking LED headlight for older vehicles now.

Here are before and after, sealed beam left, LED right. Low beam top, High beam bottom. The 2nd picture does not do the LED high beam justice, even though it does illustrate a significant difference in how well the road is illuminated..

 

I know I am late but.. to anyone installing led or halo headlight bulbs, please readjust the tilt angle so they do not blind oncoming traffic.