LED taillights

[chuglife]

anybody using them? i'm not too fond of the boxes that sit on the back of my truck... want to switch to some LED's that will be flush with the outside of the body. not really "tech", i know... any suggestions? also i'm wondering what everybody's opinions are on whether i should just have the brakelights flash as a turn signal, or have a seperate orange light for the signals?

i'd like to get rid of my fender lights on the front too, and put some orange LED's on the bib under the bezel. IIRC earlier cruisers had the lights set up that way? any advice is great

 

[T Y L E R]

Oh , ohhh .. My bling didn't rub off on you did it Chug ?

TY

 

[paranoid56]

i have them on my 71 FJ40. well, at least they are sitting here to be installed. i had to open up the hole a little, but they look great. just make sure to change your flasher for one designed for a LED lights.
i think i am going to convert my front fender lights to LEDs too
Shane

 

[mancinator]

ill try to take pics tomorrow....i have dual rear brakes/flashers and small circle turn singals up front.
definatly go and get an electronic flasher to make the setup work,,,,regular flashers never worked for ne and gave me a ton of headaches. ill type more on this later, the pup is sleepin on my arm so it nakes it hard to type,
oh yea, led lights are hella expensive....the oblong oval ones i got retail at like 60 bucks a piece in some stores ive seen!!!!!!

 

[paranoid56]

i got 4in round ones with 61LEDs for 25bucks each. not bad really, and hella bright
Shane

 

[chuglife]

sounds like you guys got good deals! i was priced out at 70 canadian with 10 LEDS, just the 2 or 3 inch round...

TY - its not bling, its safety

 

[Yoda]

I've beem wanting to do the same with my 71. They also make the LED side marker lights that look like they would replace the ones on the cruiser (same bolt spacing).

They also make white backup lights LED's........hmmmm....rock lights?

It's not bling, its about superior lighting with almost no current draw!!

 

[green73]

For my set-up I picked up a "Non Load Sensing" flasher from the local parts store. Less than $8. Made 2 jumper wires from the stock flasher unit plug. No splicing required. Info on the flaher is: Brand-Tridon/Stant, Part number-EL12, Description-Electronic Varible load, 12 volt/2 terminal. It has a smoke clear casing. Hope this info helps.

Steven

 

[paranoid56]

yea, the white led lights are a little more expensive, but super cool looking. i was orginaly going to flush mount the lights in the back of teh 40, but the tire rack would be in the way, so in the stock location they will be
Shane

 

[FJBen]

I've got some clear LED backup lights i'm putting on my 55 tirecarrier....

SUPER BLING!!!!

 

[haystax]

Helocat has a writeup on LED wiring that makes things really simple to figure out. You'll have to search for it on Pirate though. I run LED stop/turn/tails and LED markers, in the process of finding a good semi-stock LC turnlight in LED, no luck yet. Really easy install once you get the trailer converter or diodes figured out.

 

[skyshark186]

since you guys are all swapping em out, I'll take a pair of front lights off a 73 if anyones got em.

 

[chuglife]

since you guys are all swapping em out, I'll take a pair of front lights off a 73 if anyones got em.

chances are i might in the next few weeks, if so i'll PM

 

[chuglife]

BTW thanks for all the info guys, keep it coming! it would be cool to have seperate brake/signal/reverse lights on the back... i can almost feel my wallet getting lighter