Led taillight bulbs

[Mitchdublin]

Hi, has anyone used led bulbs in taillights to make them a bit brighter .

[fordrodsteven]

I'm pretty certain you can put in LED's and it will be brighter. I think you might run into a problem with the directional circuits. I think just replacing the standard bulb with an LED might not draw enough amperage to make the flasher circuit work properly. You might be able to put a resistor in-line to make it have enough draw then the directional flasher will function as designed. Another options is to put in more LED bulbs to make enough of a draw on the system. Yet again, another option could be to try to find a different flasher that will work effectively with the LED bulbs.

[RedBird64]

If the flasher doesn't work after installing LED's, buy an electronic flasher.

[cougarsunlimited.net]

The best bulbs currently are the "Plasma" LED bulbs. They are about twice as bright as 1157 bulbs but draw only 1/7th the current (about 300ma).
Note: Not all LED bulbs on the market are compatible with sequential tail lights. I have tested the ones marked WCCC1157R for compatibility.
Internally, the bulbs must have dual-diode isolation between the brake/turn contact and the running light contact to avoid problems.

On 1967-early 1969 Thunderbirds, the indicator relay (mounted on the passenger inside firewall) must be replaced with an electronic indicator relay.
On late 1969-1971 Thunderbirds, both the turn signal and emergency flasher must be replaced with an LED compatible flasher.