Dumb tail light question
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Dumb tail light question
Can I get away without the red plastic lens on my tail lights or will the rain and snow kill them?
This is my plow truck, so it wont be driven anywhere but the house. I was thinking leaving the lenses off would shed more light when plowing
92 f250
Thanks!
This is my plow truck, so it wont be driven anywhere but the house. I was thinking leaving the lenses off would shed more light when plowing
92 f250
Thanks!
Last edited by ThorsRide; Oct 21, 2023 at 06:13 PM. Reason: added year
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Tuned
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Nah. FWIW, half the tail light housings in use on these trucks in 2023 aren't waterproof anyway. If you're worried about it just put some grease in the socket. Or buy a new tail light for $8. I dunno, whatever floats your boat.
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Yeah the quality is really bs. Know a guy who has a Silverado he just replaced the headlights a few years ago and now they're already full of moisture again. Surprisingly my 94 still doesn't have moisture in the headlights and taillights. That's why I daily an old Ford folks.
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I buy new housings for my trucks all the time for cheap. On Rock. Set tail light housings is like 25 bucks for a pair.
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Our plow truck has a cheap halogen work light/tractor light/something like that on the rear bumper. Works great and didn't cost much. LED pods are pretty cheap, too. I put a set of those on my daily as aux reverse lights and I think they're better than some cars' headlights. Either solution will work better and not get you pulled over if you do decide to take the plow into town for whatever reason.
I would expect corrosion in the bulb sockets eventually with the lenses busted off, but having them fully open is probably less corrosive than the swamp you get when leaky housings let water in and don't let it out again. Greasing the sockets may also help.
I would expect corrosion in the bulb sockets eventually with the lenses busted off, but having them fully open is probably less corrosive than the swamp you get when leaky housings let water in and don't let it out again. Greasing the sockets may also help.
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Tailgaters with German cars are a huge problem where I live. If I somehow trip over a bag of money I don't need, gonna buy $900 worth of LED lightbars, bolt them to the rear bumper, and get a display with 1/2" high letters that say "if you can read this back off in 3...2..."
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Yea install a cheap LED light at the rear on a switch so you can see when backing up.
I would worry of cold snow hitting a hot bulb and cracking it and it then not be able to remove what is left.
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I would worry of cold snow hitting a hot bulb and cracking it and it then not be able to remove what is left.
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Dumb is right. This has to be one of the dumbest things I've heard of recently. Also if you do pull out onto the road and someone hits you it will be your fault.
If this truck is an automatic I would not fool with the tail lights. If they don't work right, neither will the transmission.
You can even find free tail light lenses from guys that replaced them with fresh ones.
Just get a pair of cheap flood light style tractor lights and mount them under the bumper or on the receiver hitch and wire them to a separate switch.
If this truck is an automatic I would not fool with the tail lights. If they don't work right, neither will the transmission.
You can even find free tail light lenses from guys that replaced them with fresh ones.
Just get a pair of cheap flood light style tractor lights and mount them under the bumper or on the receiver hitch and wire them to a separate switch.
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