LED bulbs in back up lamps?

Discussion in 'Sparky's corner' started by chucknixon, Jul 30, 2017.

  1. chucknixon

    chucknixon Founders Club Member

    I did research the forum on LED bulbs in past posts but the posts I found were primarily discussing LED bulbs in the dash or interior lights.

    I have my back up lights out while I am having the rear bumper straightened and re-chromed on the 67 SportWagon. I have the lights them apart, glass blasted the base, painted them, and cleaned the lenses and I am ready to put them back in the bumper when it is done. I am wondering can I just plug in LED replacement bulbs for the OEM bulbs? If so, any body know the correct LED bulb?

    Thanks in advance for advice.
     
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  2. rjm

    rjm Well-Known Member

    Chuck, these are the LED bulbs I've had in for about 3 weeks with no issues so far. Got them off of amazon. They are at least 2x as bright as standard bulb.
    LUYED 2 x 1440Lumens Super Bright 1156 3014 144-EX Chipsets 1156 1141 1003 7506 LED Bulbs Used For Back Up Reverse Lights,Brake Lights,Tail Lights,Rv lights,Xenon White
     
  3. chucknixon

    chucknixon Founders Club Member

    Thanks!
     
  4. rjm

    rjm Well-Known Member

    You are welcome, hopefully the last for awhile !
     
  5. chucknixon

    chucknixon Founders Club Member

    Thanks, ordered two sets (4 bulbs) and will try them in my tail lights also for brake lights and see how that works.
     
  6. lemmy-67

    lemmy-67 Platinum Level Contributor

    I changed out all of my 1156/1157 bulbs front & back with LEDs last year. They are a bit brighter & flash quicker...never a bad thing for catching the attention of distracted motorists around your vehicle.
     
  7. LouV

    LouV Silver Level contributor

    What LEDs sis you use?

    Lou
     
  8. cluxford

    cluxford Well-Known Member

    I changed all mine to off the shelf LEDs. Changed nothing but plugged em in.
     
  9. gstewart

    gstewart Well-Known Member

  10. rjm

    rjm Well-Known Member

    So Chuck, did you get the bulb's ? how did they work for you ? Do they hyper flash ? inquiring minds want to know, lol :)
     
  11. chucknixon

    chucknixon Founders Club Member

    Well yes, I got two sets of the bulbs, installed the re-chromed bumper on Sunday with the refurbished backup lights and went to get the bulbs to install and have not found them yet!:( They are in a safe place and I am slowly cleaning up stuff and will find them one of these days. In the mean time I am going to put the old bulbs back in so I have some light backing up. Very frustrating:mad:
     
  12. TrunkMonkey

    TrunkMonkey Well-Known Member

    I just ordered and recieved front signal (amber) , rear signal/taillight/brakelight (red) and reverse light bulbs (white) as well as the digital relay with "clicking" to prevent the "hyper flashing" issue and not need to put a resistor at every socket.

    I still have wiring harnesses and engine accessories, steering mast and some putting all the interior and dash back in before I can operate the lights, but I ordered my LED lights from superbrightleds.com.

    I am replacing my OEM style mechanical flasher with two poles and using the three pole, with a ground wire on the third pole, and it will plug into the existing fuse block (the ground will set in the corner "cutout" area).

    The electronic relay allows a mix of incandescent and LED bulbs, so you can mix and match your bulbs as you like and both will work.
     
  13. rjm

    rjm Well-Known Member

    I know where you are coming from chuck, I have several items in " a safe place", some for several years ! lol . Micheal, is the 3rd pole/ ground, what allows the intermixing of incandescent and LED ?
     
  14. TrunkMonkey

    TrunkMonkey Well-Known Member

    No. The third pole is a ground and is necessary for the "click" in the electronic relay. The 1964 uses a 2 pole, so I need to ground the relay to get the click.

    A two pole relay that fits in the fuse block is available and will work as I described above, but no "click". That is the only difference.
    :)

    I made a graphic and also asked Loren Alexander (of 65GS.com) to verify my thinking on the function. He agreed, it should work.

    If anyone is interested, I can post the LEDs I selected for my lights and the relay, ground wire, etc.
     
  15. chucknixon

    chucknixon Founders Club Member

    I am interested, appreciate all the research you have done and solutions to make them work.:D
     
  16. rjm

    rjm Well-Known Member

    Finished off my LED light install on the rear of the car. Replaced the brake/ turn signal bulbs with IBrightstar 1157 LEDs, red, and replaced the flasher with a CEC EF32RL flasher with a ground wire, got to have the click,click,click sound ! Works great + brighter tail lights .
     

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