Cheap LED Tail Light Mod
#1
Cheap LED Tail Light Mod
Hay I was thinking about upgrading my tail lights to LED With the crome housing
but even on ebay at 1/2 off the lowest price I could find the stuff for was around 90$
so I got to thinking maybe I could just mod my original tail lights to look like these.
one thing that makes the new ones stick out was the crome housing.
so I was thinking I should just take mine apart and paint the inside crome.
and then just buy some cheap led bulbs of ebay something from here.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trks...at=0&_from=R40
so anyway my questions related to this.
what is a good brand of leds I should get witch bulbs do you gues think I should get?
also is there an easy way to take the red part off of the backing of the tail light?
as far as I know these things don't come apart to easy?
and also I would like to know if anyone knows where I could buy the full square led bulbs only like the ones that come with the more expancive taillights?
I am hoping my idia works out an I have a nice led taillight upgrade with out spending $200+
im not sure if the housing comes apart naturly because all I have ever done with them is screw a light bulb in them.
but even on ebay at 1/2 off the lowest price I could find the stuff for was around 90$
so I got to thinking maybe I could just mod my original tail lights to look like these.
one thing that makes the new ones stick out was the crome housing.
so I was thinking I should just take mine apart and paint the inside crome.
and then just buy some cheap led bulbs of ebay something from here.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trks...at=0&_from=R40
so anyway my questions related to this.
what is a good brand of leds I should get witch bulbs do you gues think I should get?
also is there an easy way to take the red part off of the backing of the tail light?
as far as I know these things don't come apart to easy?
and also I would like to know if anyone knows where I could buy the full square led bulbs only like the ones that come with the more expancive taillights?
I am hoping my idia works out an I have a nice led taillight upgrade with out spending $200+
im not sure if the housing comes apart naturly because all I have ever done with them is screw a light bulb in them.
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93 F-150 XL SB 2.73 5 Spe
This is what i did to my tail lights. Cut out the back of the housing and installed a 6" oval LED light. The picture doesn't do it justice. They are very bright, especially at night
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Just call me sean. Really
This is what i did to my tail lights. Cut out the back of the housing and installed a 6" oval LED light. The picture doesn't do it justice. They are very bright, especially at night
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Senior Member
i dont have pics at the moment of the back. but i cut the back of the tail light so the light fit right in then i used the rubber gromment that came with the light to hold it in place. i had to trim it down tho. maybe ill pull one of them out tomorrow so you can see. i also made sure i had a spare set of tail lights in case lol but here is a link to a light similar to what i used. i bought mine at the local auto store
http://www.superbrightleds.com/morei...ck-light/1037/
http://www.superbrightleds.com/morei...ck-light/1037/