n00b Question. LED brake lights.
n00b Question. LED brake lights.
I am looking to replace the factory tail/brake light bulbs with LED's. It's a 2008 F-150 which means the lights are 3157's correct? Well I got a cheap pair from autolumination once before and my brother complained because they weren't bright enough. Could barely tell I was braking.
So, is it because they were cheap or is there a certain kind of LED bulb I need? Or what?
Thanks for any help,
Rob
So, is it because they were cheap or is there a certain kind of LED bulb I need? Or what?
Thanks for any help,
Rob
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LEDs in factory reflective housings and cheap quality LEDs is the issue. The LEDs look better but in a factory housing they do not reflect light properly. A cheap set of LED taillamps would be better than what you are running now because those are d.o.t approved.


Raptor, not really interested in taking my lights apart, but could you give me some more information? Where you purchased the parts, how you mounted/secured it, etc?
Thanks
Rob
I got all of my stuff from DigiKey. You need two PWM's with pot's on them to control running light brightness and its recommended to seal them to be waterproof. LEDs on a PCB, add resistors, epoxy them into the lights, seal them up and wire into the PWMs and you're good to go.



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