mlub

I was watching an episode of "Trucks!" where they were working on the Copperhead truck, and they had these LED light panels, in the shape of the tail light, that plugged straight into the existing socket. Any ideas on where to look for something like that for a 69 vette? I think it would look sharp.

comp

some go in the standard socket.

turtlevette

i've seen them at Autozone that plug in directly into the socket but, they have a warning that they are not to be used on the street. :confused:

Love My 72 and 77

http://search.ebay.com/1157-led_W0QQ...QfromZR8QQhtZ1


I put in "led 1157" in an ebay search have a look

Pete76Shark

I went the more complicated route

garandfan

JoeC427

:cool:

PRNDL

I saw the same show and did a search on LED light bulbs and came up with a mailorder shop that had LED replacement bulbs for turn signal, parking lights, and taillight bulbs. Can't find it now tho.

mlub

PRND21, let me know if you find that link :seeya

rob75383

I bought the 1157 LED bulbs from summit...
and I was NOT happy.
Well, I was at first, but after about 2 weeks of driving, half of the LEDs weren't lighting.
I got pulled over, and pulled it all apart , and monkeyed around with it to get them to works, just to get out of the ticket.
The company was APC from Japan.
Do NOT buy their stuff...
Let the ricers have it.
BTW, it was a little brighter than the stock 1157 bulbs, but it seems that they can't take any kind of vibration.

Pete76Shark

I wonder if the light bulb socket was marginal and thats why you say they cant take vibration. I say this only because before I re-did my tail lights I had to replace the sockets (I think they are called pig tails) to fix an intermittent problem with the regular 1157 bulbs. My old sockets were pretty tired. And now I dont need the new ones.

pws69

I have had a pair of "Bright Red" 1157 replacements in my 69 for over a year now and I really like them a lot. Very visible, look cool, and problem free. I bought them from Stylin' Concepts but others now have them a little less expensive.

NHvette

Lots of places to get them.
Here is an electronics supply place that has 'em fairly cheap.
$4.18 for red/yellow ... $11.46 for bright white.
http://www.digikey.com/scripts/DkSea...S&Cat=31851335

You might need to add a low value resistor in parallel to keep the blinker rate
reasonable.

:seeya


[Modified by NHvette, 12:48 PM 5/20/2004]

SanDiegoPaul

What happens if you use them w/out any wiring mods?

Enad

Slower or no signal flash. It depends upon how many you have in the system. I have LEDs in the back and incandescents up front. The signal flash is fine. Another option is a simple (but more expensive) electronic flasher to replace the existing thermal one.

Dane

Wrecked82

I also bought the 1157 LED's and one night, my wife driving behind me commented on how dim the lights were. The problem is, out lens are somewhat opaque. LED lights need to be behind a CLEAR red lens. If not, you waste about $35 like I did. Believe it or don't.