Brighter brake lights with stock bulb. "L.E.D" now

marz68 · Post by **marz68** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 2:33 pm

I was thinking of a way to make my brake lights brighter with the stock bulb and the only thing that came to mind was to chrome out the assembly that the red cover attaches to. I thought about buying some chrome paint first and spray it with that and see the results, then if that works then I'll send them out to get real chrome on them.
I already did the auto zone LED bulb but that sucked a$$ because it only consentrates the light in a beam unlike the stock bulb.

What are your thoughts?

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 6:33 pm

i remebr a thread that soemone made a board of some sort and placed leds all around it and put it inside of the tail light housing. it made them brighter. maybe a search for leds would uncover the thread. i know there arent that many led threads.

Post by **70_F100** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 7:53 pm

Try painting the inside of the housings white.

I did that to the parking light housings on a 66 Impala I had YEARS ago, and it made a significant difference!!

Thunderfoot · Post by **Thunderfoot** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:01 pm

Chrome will definitely help as it will reflect the light better, lots of new car tail light housing are like this.

TheEskimo · Post by **TheEskimo** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 6:33 am

It was 67FARMTRUCK that did the Led taillights in his truck, nice work as well. Here is the thread:
http://www.fordification.com/forum/view ... lights+led

There are bulbs out there that are supposed to be brighter, but I don't know anything about them other then I need to look into them

71highboy · Post by **71highboy** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:19 am

Thunderfoot wrote:Chrome will definitely help as it will reflect the light better, lots of new car tail light housing are like this.

marz68 · Post by **marz68** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 10:50 am

I think I will chrome it out, at one point I had aluminum foil in there and it made it brighter but it didnt last as much as chrome will.
I'll do the chrome in a can first on one light and if I like the results i'll leave them like that.
I'll post some pics as soon as I get started.

Post by **70_F100** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 8:11 pm

Just a suggestion.

Since you're going to be painting, anyhow, paint one white and one with the "Chrome In a Can" and let the rest of us see the difference.

marz68 · Post by **marz68** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 10:43 pm

70_F100 wrote:Just a suggestion.

Since you're going to be painting, anyhow, paint one white and one with the "Chrome In a Can" and let the rest of us see the difference.

Yeah I can do that.
I'll go get the paint tonight.

fitzwell · Post by **fitzwell** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 12:54 pm

70_F100 wrote:Try painting the inside of the housings white.

I did that to the parking light housings on a 66 Impala I had YEARS ago, and it made a significant difference!!

Flat white.
You can use a 2057 bulb as well, little bit brighter. Check the grounds on the taillights themselves & make sure you have a good connection.

marz68 · Post by **marz68** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 12:00 pm

So I bought the paint last week but have not had a chance to paint. I'm was working on rewiring my truck and was able to finish on sunday. The painting starts today if all goes well. Cant wait to see the results.

Mancar1 · Post by **Mancar1** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:18 pm

marz68 · Post by **marz68** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 1:35 am

So here are the results.
I'm not to happy but it's a little better that stock but not by much.
I think that if I chrome them out with real chrome they will make a difference.

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