jarheadoo7
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I was tinkering with my lights and decided to change the 10 year old bulbs out for some more energy efficient LEDs.
I had to get rid of the old 2057 light bulb in my tail light.. it was just lame. I used a Chrysler/Dodge tail light socket.. you can get them at the junkyard for 3 bucks. Here is what i did.
Make sure your housing can hold one of these bad boys with clearance to turn them secure.
rip out the old connections, drill out the hole to fit the new socket and notch the hole by marking the pattern of the bulb notches with a marker. ( i used a hacksaw blade and a half round file.. not very high tech)
test fit, test fit, test fit.
once you are done with that, its easy, reassemble,
pop one of these 48 LED light-tower-fire-balls in
lit up..day light
and enjoy!
Wiring will be the same if you already have a brake light (3 wires), you have to figure out on the socket what controls what function, easy to do, (usually the arrow on the socket points to the GROUND lead) just strip the ends of the wires and hook em up. Make sure they are not touching and turn the power on. Reconfigure the wires if its not right and buy plenty of 15A buss fuses ;D
hooked up...
frontview
topview
The REVERSE NEUTRAL was easy.. (don't have a lot of pics sorry)
Basically gut the old stuff (bulb and socket), and pull out the light housing (green/red things) from the top..they just pull straight out..
the rubber grommets pop out too..
I filled the light housing with clear silicone RTV. I took a couple LEDs I had layin around..
put the little mounting tabs on
and jammed them face up into the hole in the back of the light housing... (crude sketch)
i spread the silicone that oozed out around the back for added waterproofing protection, now let it dry for about a day..
FIRST PUT THE light housing/LED assembly through the correct hole in the display,
SECOND put the wires from the led through the grommet.
NOW crimp weatherproof quick release connections on.. if you do it in any other order you will kick your own ass and have to do it all over, or force the connections through the rubber grommet.
which is not easy.
remember LEDs are sensitive to + and - , so when your crimping the male and female quickconnects.. test to make sure your crimping the right parts on the right wires!
finished...
off
on
I had to get rid of the old 2057 light bulb in my tail light.. it was just lame. I used a Chrysler/Dodge tail light socket.. you can get them at the junkyard for 3 bucks. Here is what i did.
Make sure your housing can hold one of these bad boys with clearance to turn them secure.
rip out the old connections, drill out the hole to fit the new socket and notch the hole by marking the pattern of the bulb notches with a marker. ( i used a hacksaw blade and a half round file.. not very high tech)
test fit, test fit, test fit.
once you are done with that, its easy, reassemble,
pop one of these 48 LED light-tower-fire-balls in
lit up..day light
and enjoy!
Wiring will be the same if you already have a brake light (3 wires), you have to figure out on the socket what controls what function, easy to do, (usually the arrow on the socket points to the GROUND lead) just strip the ends of the wires and hook em up. Make sure they are not touching and turn the power on. Reconfigure the wires if its not right and buy plenty of 15A buss fuses ;D
hooked up...
frontview
topview
The REVERSE NEUTRAL was easy.. (don't have a lot of pics sorry)
Basically gut the old stuff (bulb and socket), and pull out the light housing (green/red things) from the top..they just pull straight out..
the rubber grommets pop out too..
I filled the light housing with clear silicone RTV. I took a couple LEDs I had layin around..
put the little mounting tabs on
and jammed them face up into the hole in the back of the light housing... (crude sketch)
i spread the silicone that oozed out around the back for added waterproofing protection, now let it dry for about a day..
FIRST PUT THE light housing/LED assembly through the correct hole in the display,
SECOND put the wires from the led through the grommet.
NOW crimp weatherproof quick release connections on.. if you do it in any other order you will kick your own ass and have to do it all over, or force the connections through the rubber grommet.
which is not easy.
remember LEDs are sensitive to + and - , so when your crimping the male and female quickconnects.. test to make sure your crimping the right parts on the right wires!
finished...
off
on