LED tail lights?

[Slim]

anyone every try or have installed theses ?

LED 1157 bulbs

replacement LED for 1157 bulbs?

[ January 03, 2006, 04:21 PM: Message edited by: Slim ]

[JeepsAndGuns]

Sure do! I have them in my 79 cherokee. They work great. Some may need a new flasher. I already had a new on on mine so no problems. But without a variable resistance flasher, your signal lights wont work.

[mark32725]

Put them in my Impala SS and found they didnt light the whole taillight up just showed a dot there the bulb was, so make sure you get the ones that with the rear facing leds also to light the reflector...

[El Jefe]

i heard they are not that good, like mark said, doesnt illuminate the whole thing, plus they supposedly burn out quickly.

[FSJ Guy]

I was not impressed with them. They don't put out the same light that regular bulbs do. If your lens isn't designed for LED's, it doesn't work out right. With regards to tail lights, and esp. BRAKE lights, I want the schmo behind me to REALLY KNOW when I'm braking. I stick with the regular ones. That said, I have "real" truck style LED's on my 715. They're really bright if you're RIGHT BEHIND the truck. So I added some generic trailer lights for when you're not right behind it. Much wider range of visibility.

[Slim]

thanks for the input,,
I was thinkin of the 6-1/2x 2 1/4 tail/stop lights or the 4-1/2" rnd LED's but seemed like alot of $$$$ for a Trail Rig,, I mostly every only drive to and from the trail ,,

thats why the bulbs seems like an ok deal ,

hmm still rethinkin here I guess

[Maryland Rick]

Slim:
Did you ever install the LED tail lights???

Rick

[elbastardo]

So what about the tractor trailor style LEDs, Dont mean to hijack.....To much, but how do they work on a FSJ?

[AlsChopShop]

i have the bj's LED conversion on my cherk, it is a large board so it lights up the whole lens and is super bright. but i am having a bit of a problem with them pulsing when the brakes are first applied though. i'll try a new electronic flasher and hopefully it will clear up.

Al

[FSJ Guy]

i have the bj's LED conversion on my cherk, it is a large board so it lights up the whole lens and is super bright. but i am having a bit of a problem with them pulsing when the brakes are first applied though. i'll try a new electronic flasher and hopefully it will clear up.

Al

Show us some pix! In the dark AND at night. Use the flash on your camera so the picture isn't blurry @ night.

[mark]

Ive been having lotsa trouble with my tail lights.the pass side would constantly stop working when I put the brakes on.if I wiggled the bulb it would come on but soon do the same thing after a day or so.ive cleaned the socket the best I could even put steel wool on a screwdriver and twisted it in the socket.i bought a set of these leds at autozone and put them in yesterday.everything seemed to work great and I am very happy with them but without any other lights on everything flashes when I put a blinker on.even the dash lights blink.
is this an easy fix?

[memo43]

I tried them cleaned out my housings, sprayed them with chrome paint to help with the reflection, still where not bright enough for all the tailgating teens.
I did this conversion

http://www.fsjnetwork.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=10254&p=115236&hilit=1157#p115236

for a third brake light I used some aluminum angle strip and tape am LED strip light wired straight to the brake lights even with the window up the brake light can be seen