LED Tail lights ????

[VIPER BAZ UK]

Yes Mr Plum i did do a search LOL!!!!!!

Is there a LED replacement for the tail lights??
And is anyone running these? If so are they any good??
Many thanks

 

[Jance GTS]

I have replaced all the stock bulbs on my car with leds inside and out. It really updates the car and looks 10 times better at night! I know some guys say it's a waste of money if it doesn't make it go faster, but I'm happy with the turn out.

You'll need 3 pairs for the taillights which are 3157 bulbs. I get all my leds from V-LEDS.COM | LED Dome, Map, License Plate, Reverse, DRL, Turn Signal, Brake Lights

 

[97snk]

I have replaced all the stock bulbs on my car with leds inside and out. It really updates the car and looks 10 times better at night! I know some guys say it's a waste of money if it doesn't make it go faster, but I'm happy with the turn out.


You'll need 3 pairs for the taillights which are 3157 bulbs. I get all my leds from V-LEDS.COM | LED Dome, Map, License Plate, Reverse, DRL, Turn Signal, Brake Lights

Do you any pics? I would like to see the interior at night

 

[treesnake]

I put an LED in the center tail light only.
Kinda' gives it a "snake eyes" look...IMO




With brakes on...

 

[99 R/T 10]

I put an LED in the center tail light only.
Kinda' gives it a "snake eyes" look...IMO




With brakes on...

That looks cool

 

[Tiago]

very cool!

 

[99 R/T 10]

Hey Baz,
did you get my PM on the other board?

 

[Jance GTS]

Do you any pics? I would like to see the interior at night

I'll see if I can get one tonight. I used white leds for all the gauges. Makes a huge difference.

 

[Jance GTS]

I wasn't able to get a picture from a distance so here are some close up shots. The light is not distrubuted eventally on the speedo due to the positioning of the light bulb socket but it still lights it up as best as it can. This camera doesn't take very good pictures at night but, what do you think?

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[01sapphirebob]

I wasn't able to get a picture from a distance so here are some close up shots. The light is not distrubuted eventally on the speedo due to the positioning of the light bulb socket but it still lights it up as best as it can. This camera doesn't take very good pictures at night but, what do you think?

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Very interesting. Kinda like it.

 

[Jance GTS]

It looks a lot better in person. The only thing I'm not crazy about is the yellow but I still like it better than the stock bulbs.

 

[GTLaser]

I didnt think you could change the dash gauge bulbs because they are solid units.... Which bulbs are they?

 

[GTLaser]

I have replaced all the stock bulbs on my car with leds inside and out. It really updates the car and looks 10 times better at night! I know some guys say it's a waste of money if it doesn't make it go faster, but I'm happy with the turn out.

You'll need 3 pairs for the taillights which are 3157 bulbs. I get all my leds from V-LEDS.COM | LED Dome, Map, License Plate, Reverse, DRL, Turn Signal, Brake Lights

Too many choices.... Which exact ones did you get?.... Thanks!

 

[Jance GTS]

Too many choices.... Which exact ones did you get?.... Thanks!

YES!!! They have a lot of choices! I just had to keep buying interior lights until I got the ones I liked the most. They can be expensive but this will help.

3 pairs of taillights
2 RED 3157 V-LEDS M-SMT 27 LED BRAKE LIGHT BULBS 3156 4057 B/O

The 4 small gauges I used these.

2 V-LEDS 3 SMT HID WHITE WEDGE BASE DASH LIGHT BULBS 37 74

I think I also used another pair in the tach and the speedo because there are two different type bulbs.

Then for the speedo and tach I used these.

2 WHITE 5K SMT HIGH POWER LED LIGHT BULBS 194 168 158 2821

They have a lot of different colors, but 5k white looks the best IMO. You just can't beat the quality of leds once you see them.

To me it's more luxurious than "rice".

 

[treesnake]

Great...
Another cool Winter project.

Thanks for the direct links to the bulbs....

 

[JohnnyViper]

i wonder how red dash leds would look? how long did it take you to complete the dash and what challenges did you run into?

 

[snakem04]

One of the first upgrades i did when i bought my car was swap out the liscencse plate light for white led lights. i love them and i later bought a set for my dads car.

 

[Jance GTS]

i wonder how red dash leds would look? how long did it take you to complete the dash and what challenges did you run into?

Well for me it was kind of easy to get everything swapped out because I removed the entire dash for custom mods. The bulbs are a direct swap, dead simple.

Red would be ok but it might clash with the yellow overlays? The cool thing about the dash lights is the fact you can still use the dimmer switch.

The white LED's tag lights look amazing at night as well

 

[JohnnyViper]

i forgot about this post, I will be buying some leds tonight for my next mod, I'm between blue, red and white

 

[jmasin]

So dumb Q... are all the bulbs a simple/direct swap?

Wow just realized how old this thread is (was)! Sorry!

 

[JohnnyViper]

in the pictures did you have the dimmer to the highest setting?

 

[Jance GTS]

Yes the leds are a direct swap. You need to take a sharpie and trace around your gauge brackets since you have to take them out to change the bulb. If you don't you will have a hard time trying to get everything to line back up for the interior gauges.

Yes I had the dimmer on all the way in the pictures but they don't do it justice! You can have them full dim if you want too.

 

[JohnnyViper]

good tip thanks! anything else comes to mind let us know

 

[Jance GTS]

Since I changed out every bulb that I could with LED's I had to cut and splice 6 diodes for the taillights

It's not a huge ordeal but it might not be something that everyone wants to do. The only reason why I had to do this was for a backfeeding issue.

When I added leds to my front turn signals anytime I stepped on the brake (with my lights off) all my interior lights, side marker, turn signal and tag lights would come on. Remember I changed EVERYTHING with leds, so your results might vary, plus the type of leds that you buy.

When I Step On My Brakes My Dash Lights Dim Or My Parking Lights Turn On, WHY? « V-LEDS

It took me about an hour to get everything wired in. It might not be for everyone, but it did solve my issue.

If you have led taillights and a few other lights, i don't think you will have this issue.

 

[GTSnake]

This is a great mod and one that I will be doing soon too.

For anyone that is under the opinion that this doesn't add anything other than aesthetics leds light faster than incandescent so the person behind you see lights earlier so reaction time is improved. Were talking milliseconds but that could translate to a few feet and the difference between a bumper bashing or a near miss. That's why the first lights to convert to leds were center stop lamps.

 

[Jance GTS]

This is a great mod and one that I will be doing soon too.

For anyone that is under the opinion that this doesn't add anything other than aesthetics leds light faster than incandescent so the person behind you see lights earlier so reaction time is improved. Were talking milliseconds but that could translate to a few feet and the difference between a bumper bashing or a near miss. That's why the first lights to convert to leds were center stop lamps.

Well said!

Even though LED's are pricey I think you get your money's worth in the long run. My Viper is lit up at night in a classy and stylish way and I think it enhances the overall look and quality.

I don't think it's "rice" or cheap looking when you do it right. Now if I had undercarriage lights installed then that's a different story....

 

[aloushi]

ricer or not LEDS look 100 times better than the old $hit, heck more than half the vipers in this forum have modded one thing or another, who made them the ricer police any dam way, "f-them if they don't like it" by the way look at the sider markers on the dodge viper, that same exact "clearance marker" can be purchased at walmart for$2.59 same SAE # and all, how cheesy as that, I'm gonna smoke mine and yes throw some leds in there!!!

 

[Ratical2]

This is a great mod and one that I will be doing soon too.

For anyone that is under the opinion that this doesn't add anything other than aesthetics leds light faster than incandescent so the person behind you see lights earlier so reaction time is improved. Were talking milliseconds but that could translate to a few feet and the difference between a bumper bashing or a near miss. That's why the first lights to convert to leds were center stop lamps.

When travelling at 55mph the faster turn on time of the LED gives you 1.5 car lengths addition stopping distance.

 

[got one]

Did any of you notice any difference on the electric gauge on the car...as the LED's are rumored to pull less?

 

[Ratical2]

Did any of you notice any difference on the electric gauge on the car...as the LED's are rumored to pull less?

For Red applications, LEDs use approximate 10% of the power of traditional Incandescent bulbs.
Not a rumor but indeed fact. This is because red LEDs are only producing the color needed vs an incandescent bulb where you filter out all but the red light.
Amber LED power savings are only about 10- 15%.