Travisbraz1 Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 Here is some pics of my LED light conversion. The markers are the push in rubber grommet lights like you would find on a log truck. They fit nice in the stock holes with very little modification. The headlights are a projecton bulb like on new cars,but with a green LED outer edge. I am sure some won't like it. But I am going to drive this truck. And I want good lighting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiftyFifty Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 Are you running turn signals? I had a few issues trying to get mine to blink, as not enough load for the flasher...even with an LED flasher, it wouldn't draw enough to flash...but I'm also front and back LED, if I had regular rears, I likely wouldn't have had an issue. Looks good to me, nothing beats good working headlights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travisbraz1 Posted July 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 I havnt got that far yet, I just got the ligts today,just ran a power wire to check them out.I was planning on just using LED flashers, they do make a resistor for adding a draw to a LED,it's made for the LED headlights and tail lights theat don't draw enuff for the newer trucks computer to recognize they are on. I would imagine Those could be wired in to solve that issue. I will be finding out in the next few days. When I wire it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiftyFifty Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 Ya, I got 4 of those load resistors at Back to the 50's last year...didn't work very well at all for some reason, so I gave up and hid real bulbs under the hood and in the frame rails. With just the resistors it would flash slow, and sometimes just stay on, or sometimes one side would work, and then not...but it could just be the quality of those ones I got from 50's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Davey Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 I like the signal lights, not sure about the green rings around the headlights. Some see green lights as an EMT on the way to an emergency, although those are usually flashing. Where did you get the headlights and signals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travisbraz1 Posted July 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 I might end up with the same problem. I am going to run a LED tail light as well.I will keep you posted on how it works out for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBNeal Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 I have seen these headlight+turn signal combo units available on JCWhitney and a few other hamb related sites; they are nice units to see on the street as well as at the car shows. I built a working display control box for a friend's trailer sales and supply store that ran on a 12vdc power supply several years ago...I used a LED flasher, but the flash rate was way too slow so I added an equivalent incandescent bulb to the circuit, which sped up the flash rate. I haven't tried this with the 6vdc setup but I reckon the theory is the same: added resistance to the circuit causes the flasher capacitor to charge and discharge faster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travisbraz1 Posted July 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 The green LED rings are on a separate switch. They are just for fun when parked.the headlights are a white h.I.d. when in use. The markers are readily available at any big rig parts store. They are a common push in light,and I just added a mirrored cover over the top.as far as making them blink. I am going to try a resistor made by t.r.p., if needed. I built a display box at work for the lighting display and had no problem making them blink with a LED flasher. But if I have that issue, I will just wire in a hidden bulb to create a load. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travisbraz1 Posted July 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 The headlights I ordered from e bay,we sell the markers, resistors,and covers at the shop I work at. And I found some cool 2 wire led turn/tail lights on e bay, only bad thing about the tail lights I found is they look like they are from a 30s FORD.... Probably going to get some crap over that. It's okok, I am used to it. I get alot of it for painting my engine Ford blue. I just liked the color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBNeal Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 I saw LEDs with bulb bases at a few auto part stores that can retrofit into lamp housings set up for incandescent bulbs...so if ya want to keep the original style tail light buckets, you can still run LEDs in them with no wiring modifications. The LEDs are not being given away, but they give ya the flexibility of picking a light bucket style then filling it with LED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travisbraz1 Posted July 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 I have seen those also. I thought about going that route, but the tail lights on my truck are ugly. They look like a cheap boat trailer light. Not sure if that is stock or is a cheap boat trailer light. So I am replacing them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Davey Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 I think Roberts sells replacement stock tail lights with Dodge script on the lens. They still look kinda like trailer lights, but it's another option. You could put LED bulbs in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBNeal Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 Now that ya mention it, I had some rodders tell me they liked the boat trailer lights because they were sealed for water immersion, keeping all moisture and dust out of the bulb contacts...the higher end boat trailer units are probably more robust than the walmarts versions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiftyFifty Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 Sealed unit LED's can be had pretty cheap on eBay, and no dust or water issues with them...I got mine that were meant for large trailer tail lights for around $20 each...work great and look cool...plus nice and bright for anyone riding behind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John U Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 I have 4 on my 51 flat bed at least 7 or 8 years nice and bright still they were just coming out when I got mine they were expensive then now there quite reasonable mine are all brakes and blinkers they work just fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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