Topic: LED Taillights

[trailblazer95]

it looks pretty good.  turned out better than some i've seen.  one thing i have wondered about, is the lighting of the license plate.  legally, i haven't been able to find any law that says it HAS to be lit.   One option is the ricer-ish license plate bolts with lights in them.  The other option is to just buy something like this:
http://www.etrailer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=M439K

what are your plans?

[Jeffy]

Ricer-ish?  Hot rods have been using the small LED license plate bolts for a while now.  I haven't decided on what I'll do.  I don't drive my Jeep at night anymore so I'm ok for now.  I want something small.  There is no point in removing the stock lights just to add something big in their place.

The bolts are probably the lowest profile, too.  Only problem is that they're a bit pricey.



There is also this but it's $30.



Oh and to give you an idea how much this project will cost;

Incandescent  - $6-8
LED's -              $20-30
Flasher -           $8-15
Reverse -         $6-12
License  -         $6-30

[lutzke21]

Here is something most of you probably have already seen, but I think it's pertainent.  I read it in JP and it's the way I'm going...

http://www.offroadonly.com/products/lighting/LiteDOTs/

Should be a 10-15 minute job...  Just have to worry about the flasher and the lic. plate lights...

[Jeffy]

For $198 they should install them for you.

[lutzke21]

Good point.  I knew I joined this site for a reason...

[Jeffy]

Another light I would have tried if I could get them would be military trailer lights.  These are around 4" round with the blackout in the middle.  They look cool and cab be converted to LED.

I still haven't added a reverse light and find it's pretty important.  When I'm backing up, I've got to tap my brake lights or else they don't seem to notice the walls closing in on them.

[Mozman68]

Anyone have any experience with these??  They are available on www.4wd.com and are the In Pro Car Wear line of crystal eyes.

I think I like the idea of keeping the same profile on the rear of my TJ....and the Bermuda black option on these lets me have LED while blacking out the Jeep even more.


On a wrangler:


Bermuda Black option:

[Jeffy]

Well the whole purpose of going with flush mounted lights is so they don't get damaged on the trail.  The tail lights have always looked tacked on because they were.

I personally, don't like them since they're bling.