chuck1890

@jayson - i'm undecided on that right now. Most likely if I do anything with tails it'll simply be a bulb change but the LED swap could happen at some point if I can make all this tech sounding stuff make sense. I'm not very mechanically or electronically inclined so I have to sit back and examine what all this means and entails before deciding how indepth I want to go.

JaysonsF150

I you do the recon tails they are already led and it's a simple plug and play install. The cargo light is a little more but still comes with directions and is actually very simple. Just a bulb swap is nice since you retain the oem tails and changing bulbs isn't hard at all and neither is wiring in an inline resistor but I preferred changing the tails as it is brighter and easier in the end. They have the resistor already mounted on the housing itself so you don't have to worry about that part of it

chuck1890

So this recon tail is just the "bulb" with resistor or does it replace the entire assembly?... Sorry to be so stupid with this but i'm honestly clueless.

Platinum_Sean

Yes to the bulbs, not 100% about the resistors. The seller states 6 ohms. I tried mine with 18 (I think) SMD LEDs, and a 6 ohm, and that did not fix the hyper. Mind you, I also replaced the fronts with LEDs too. Perhaps if you are just doing the rear, 6 ohms is fine. If you are doing front and back, I would recommend getting 2 sets of the resistors, and wire them in parallel (same + and - wire each), 6 ohms with 6 ohms in parallel = 3 ohms.

SunnyinHollister

No problem, just didn't read the later post about the use of it as a shunt to fool the BCM. Since you are running closer to 13VDC you may want to increase the power handling capacity of the resistor - although it is momentary so it might be OK.

Although the LED lights are drawing less power, the combined load with the resistor is drawing more. I would imagine they look good being brighter and all. I've been thinking about doing the interior in LEDs and adding LEDs in my bed/shell. Maybe even in my Tuffy Security lock box. There are certainly a bunch of options now. thanks for the post.

chuck1890

I ordered LED replacements yesterday for my tag lights, cargo/3rd brake light and interior dome light (i have no map lights). Should have them in and in place by next weekend. We shall see how this turns out and if I managed to get the right sizes. The numbers matched up but there are so many variations of the same things it makes me wonder if they"ll fit.
If I like the new look, and I'm sure I will, I will begin the conversion of turn signals and brake lights.
After that will come headlights and fog/driving lights. I'm sure I will more questions at that time about those.

JaysonsF150

It's the entire assembly, you pull the oem tail out and install the recon

jbone14

Excited to hear how it turns out, let us know! Im thinking I will order LED's as well sometime this week. I really want my tail light's to match my LED turn signals on the mirrors, kinda looks funny i think when you have 1 LED turn signal and the rest just normal bulbs.

chuck1890

I will probably just do bulbs rather than the entire assembly but I do really like that smoked look. But i'm.having trouble finding the right assembly to fit my truck anyway. I've only found 1 so far and they were sharp.. I have the flareside (step side) bed so my assembly is different. It's a process and since my funding is very limited, new led assemblies are not likely.
I found the leds I've bought on Amazon.com and got them all with shipping for $50. Every other place I checked wanted that a for a pair.

chuck1890

Tag and cargo lights are here. Tag lights to be installed tomorrow but here's a picture of the cargos. It's dark and taken with a cell phone but you get the idea. Not as bright as I had expected but that's fine by me. I don't exactly want to be blinding folks when I turn the cab light on at night while i'm driving anyway.