How to Upgrade Tail Lights or Brake Lights to LED with Comparisons
How to install and upgrade your brake lights to LEDs along with what the benefits. For this I am working with a 1998 Ford Ranger and AuxBeam has provided me with the bulbs required for the replacement. Bulb replacement procedures will vary between vehicles, so tail lights need to be fully removed while others have an access hatch in interior trim pieces. Overall, the benefits of the upgrading your brake lights to LEDs is increased visibility of yourself to fellow motorists, increased reaction time for when those brake lights are activated, LEDs do run cooler compared to the incandescent bulbs, they put less of a draw on your vehicle’s electrical system, where an incandescent bulb lasts 1200 hours, an LED can last 25,000 hour, and LED bulbs also run cooler. For this particular truck, the parking and brake light combo take a single bulb model number 3157 for each tail light, so there is two bulbs required in total for the replacement. #LEDlighting #FordRanger
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Tools/Supplies Needed:
-phillips screwdriver
-replacement LED bulbs
-brush
Procedure:
-to remove this tail light on this particular truck, there will be four phillips screws
-lower the tail gate and there will be two on the inside
-then there will be two on the side of the light.
-once those screws have been removed, pull out the tail light
-before removing the bulbs, considering this is a truck the rear of the light is exposed to road debris so it’s a good idea to clean the surface so nothing falls inside the lens
-for this I just used a soft broom
-remove the bulb and socket by twisting it counter clockwise and then pulling the socket straight out of the light assembly
-remove the old bulb
-install the new LED bulb and you will need to ensure it’s orientation is correct so you basically have a 50/50 chance on this
-test the bulb by turning on the parking lights or activating the brake lights, if it doesn’t work, then turn the bulb around
-install the light socket back into the tail light housing
-install the tail light back into the truck
-tighten up the screws, I found it’s easiest to start the tail gate side screws first
-for the outside screws, you can pull the light back slightly to ensure the screw is being screwed into the plastic retainer
-you can now move onto the opposite side, using the exact same procedure
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