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Old 08-19-2009, 08:55 PM
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Is there any way to replace the incandescent taillight bulbs with LEDs?
 
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Old 08-19-2009, 09:48 PM
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You can but the bulb failure light might stay on.
 
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Old 08-20-2009, 12:32 AM
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The light will stay on.

LED's are great bulbs, don't get me wrong.

But here is the problem with LED's

They DO NOT project in ANY direction instead of straight, unless you get the ones that have a bazillion different LEDs....but they're hard to fit sometimes.


It will not look like a Cadillac tail light. It will look similar to a regular bulb, just choppier.

I would stick with normal bulbs.

Reverse lights are fine to use LED's. If you decide to ignore that and use one for a turn signal, you'll have to wire in a load resistor, which you can get at any electronics shop.
 
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Old 08-20-2009, 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by VJZ
The light will stay on.

LED's are great bulbs, don't get me wrong.

But here is the problem with LED's

They DO NOT project in ANY direction instead of straight, unless you get the ones that have a bazillion different LEDs....but they're hard to fit sometimes.


It will not look like a Cadillac tail light. It will look similar to a regular bulb, just choppier.

I would stick with normal bulbs.

Reverse lights are fine to use LED's. If you decide to ignore that and use one for a turn signal, you'll have to wire in a load resistor, which you can get at any electronics shop.
+1, unless you find aftermarket tail lights that are all LEDs, just stay with regular bulbs. You will not notice a difference with the LEDs and more then likely, will not like them either.
 
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