RobertFord

Thanks, it's always good to know it's been done before (and therefore is doable) and you're not the only one hunched over his truck with a grinder chipping away

Don't have a welder, but i'll put in some new steel and ask the garage to tack it up when it goes for inspection.

pon55

Dremel tool with reinforced cutoff wheels does wonders on nuts and bolts.

65mechanic

Replaced my booster. The brakes almost grab at a lower point, but it doesn't hiss when I stand on the pedal like the old booster. I'm still lacking really good brakes. I drove my buddies 89 Bronco the other day and about went through the windshield with how good the brakes are. I do have 35s, but i still think my brakes could be better.

acbanuchi

So..... I was sick and tired of people not seeing my blinker. As most of you know, the tail lights on a 1991 f150 have the dual filament bulb so when your lights are off and you then brake or turn on your blinker it's quite easy to see, but if you already have your lights on and then brake or turn on your blinker the light goes from dim to barely less dim. I was driving around seeing all these nice, new, bright, easy recognizable tail lights so I figured it was time to alter mine.

Here's what I did:

1. Separate the tail light assemblies. I did this using the oven method and I also purchased a used set of assemblies from the junk yard so that way if I screwed them up I wouldn't be out too much money.

2. I painted the silver part of the assembly black. Not the back up light section...just the large section where I would be adding the LEDs

3. Glued two 6" oval trailer lights to the lenses. This took some modifying of the housings and took some designing before just simply gluing them in. I found these trailer tail lights at the local auto parts store. I liked them because they have the cool outer ring and the inner LEDs. Just a little different style than your average 6" oval.

4. I then resecured the lenses to the housings. Some hot glue to hold it temporarily and some silicone worked well.

5. Then just wired them up. Most 6" oval trailer lights are tail, turn and stop lights in one so they already have all the necessary resistors and already have three wires (ground, tail light power and turn signal power)


So when my lights are on and I brake or use a turn signal just the middle of the rings illuminate. When my lights are off and I brake or use the turn signal the ring and the middle illuminates.

These things are ridiculously bright and noticeable... way safer, much better looking and much more modern than the old lights! I am very happy with the way it turned out. Oh, I also used two 6" ovals in each housing so that way the lights would be very noticeable by any car directly next to me. As you can tell, these photos are daytime and they are very noticeable. They look even better at night.

When off...



Tail light on only...









Ring and center light when applying brake and/or turn signal

Just call me Sean

iTrader: (1)

Something was wrong with your lights. They don't work like that when they work correctly.

acbanuchi

Thanks, but my lights worked just like they were meant to. They just weren't as bright and nice as new modern assemblies. I just wanted them to be better and I wanted a more distinct difference between the tail light and blinker so people would notice it. The addition is great. I take great pride in maintaining my truck...I just wanted an improvement so this is what I did.

Just call me Sean

iTrader: (1)

That's fine that you wanted to improve it, but if people didn't notice the difference between your tails and brake lights then your truck had a problem.

acbanuchi

They worked exactly as a 91 f150 taillight should, like before mentioned and I've made them brighter and more noticeable, like before mention.

Thanks for your concern and information.

Just call me Sean

iTrader: (1)

That's not what you "before mentioned". You said people couldn't see the difference of the tail and brake lights.

Ford 4x4

My truck also has 35's and I put new brakes and lines all the way around in it and she stops pretty abruptly.