<VV> LED lights for the rear.

[Jay Pitchford]

Mike - Clark's sells pretty good incandescents that are brighter 1157
replacements. I too want to upgrade to LEDs, but the brighter 1157s are a
good temporary fix until Seth's tech article is published.


On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 12:02 AM, <Sethracer at aol.com> wrote:

> Mike
> If you don't care about how much light you want, it is not a problem. The
> design of the socket aims the LED at an angle so that limits the output.
> There  is no good easy, simple, cheap solution.  I was never able to get
> the
> Southern California company to come up with a reasonable price on a plug in
> lens/LED, but this new design is close. Cost is about $55 in parts and a
> bit of work on your part. But it is bright - 24 LEDs aimed straight to the
> rear at the stock lens. I installed one on a car and we experimented with
> the
> brake lights. The LED side definitely came on sooner than the incandescent
> side.  It might save your butt if someone was following too close. It is
> also much  brighter, in both taillight and turn signal mode. I am working
> on a
> tech article  to show "How to do it".  Drop me an E-mail directly and I
> will
> send you a  couple of photos on a set-up that works great and looks stock
> from the outside.  PS - the first thing you will need is an extra pair of
> tail light housings.  The big metal piece that the lens screws onto. Clean
> them
> up well and pick up a  set of the appropriate gaskets for the housing to
> body and the lens to housing  from Clarks. (That cost in not included in my
> $55 estimate)
>
> - Seth Emerson
>
>
> In a message dated 5/15/2013 6:08:11 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> kovacsmj at yahoo.com writes:
>
> Does  anybody have a recommendation on what brand/type etc. of LED bulbs
> are easy to  just "plug in" to a LM tail light socket? This would be an
> easy
> substitute for  the 1157 bulb.
>
>