Not only do LEDs look great on trucks, they can provide a driver with substantial benefits, like increased visibility and improved safety. While your truck might’ve come with incandescent bulbs, this doesn’t mean you can’t upgrade to an LED solution.
1. Headlights
The one component that could benefit from "brighter, more crisp" lighting would be the truck's headlights. Standard headlights contain halogen bulbs. While these are approved for daily use, they are not the best lights in terms of visibility. Upgrading these bulbs to their LED counterparts provides improved visibility and an overall great look to your truck's front end.
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2. Fog lights
Similar to headlights, these lights help improve visibility in rougher weather conditions. Yet, the lights used in these applications from the factory are just as mediocre as the halogen headlamps. This is yet another opportunity to upgrade the lighting to LED bulbs and further improve visibility.
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3. Brake lights
Adding LEDs to brake lights not only enhances the look of your truck, it also improves its visibility, especially in the evening. LEDs also light up faster than their incandescent counterparts which, in turn, alert the driver behind you sooner that you are coming to a stop.
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4. Reverse lights
Adding LED strips to your truck’s reverse lights gives it a pretty cool visual effect. There are a ton of options on the market, with many offering a range of lighting effects, so you can shop around to find the right LED strip to match the appearance of your truck.
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5. License plate
There are a lot of benefit to adding an LED strips around your truck’s license plate. For one, they’re brighter and last longer than factory incandescent bulbs. They also allow you to customize the look and feel of that part of your truck with bulbs that come in different colors, shapes, and sizes.
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6. Bedrails
Putting LED strips under the bedrails of your truck allows you to enjoy light in the bed of the truck independent of the cargo lamp/interior lights. This can be useful for a variety of purposes, ranging from tailgate parties to loading machinery – times when you’re going to need the bed to be lit for an extensive period of time but don’t want to kill the truck’s battery.
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