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^ Top   #1   02.01.2008

Hibred Bobtail Member   Last Seen: 19 Hours Ago 03.25 PM Member Since: Jan 2008 Location: Canada Trucker? 20 Years Age: 47 Posts: 44 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked: 0 Times

LED Lights I was in a one stop shopping store for farm, auto and truck supplies and was actually looking for some LED lights to replace the 4" ones in a trailer, they had some LED's there for $16.99 and bought 4 red ones, they came with the plug and the wires to just hard wire them in although i am going to need the housing to mount them into either rubber or something else, not sure. While i was looking at these lights i came upon some LED light bulbs for $9.99 in red or orange 1156 and 1157, now my question is which way to go here and wondered if anyone has tried these bulbs and how they work as compared to putting a whole new light in, if they worked ok it would be much cheaper to just put the bulbs in and go. I'd like to know your thoughts and what you would do, thanks.

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gearjammer-2000 Clutch User   Last Seen: 1 Hour Ago 08.54 AM Member Since: Dec 2007 Location: columbus Ohio Trucker? 20 Years Posts: 428 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 11 Thanked: 45 Times

a lot of the 1157 and 1156 led bulbs are not legal,there are some that are legal but are hard to find the Iowa "80" does have them though i got them a few months back they were around 18 bucks

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notarps4me Professor of Mischief   Last Seen: 1 Minute Ago 10.35 AM Member Since: Jan 2007 Location: In your rear view mirror. Trucker? No Answer Posts: 3,980 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 35 Thanked: 364 Times

LED lights are suppose to last longer, but I seem to have more problems with them than the other ones. On another note they do not put off enough heat to keep the lenses clean in snow and ice. I spray wd 40 on them and make sure I wipe them when I stop. On our trailers they are riveted in. On the road they are a pain. Can't just pop one out and replace it until it has the rivets drilled out. Our yards and some TA's use self taping screws to put the metal ring back on. They make a boot that you can just pop in to hold the lens. __________________ My childhood dream of becoming a truck driver turned into a nightmare!

^ Top   #4   02.05.2008

MedicineMan Solution Finder   Last Seen: 11 Hours Ago 11.18 PM Member Since: Jan 2007 Location: Woodville, TX Trucker? 13 Years Age: 34 Posts: 7,872 My Trucking Photos: 4 Thanks: 6 Thanked: 664 Times

the main problem I have found with the led lights is that if you get the cheap ones most the time they have cheap cnnectors and they rot out super fast. they have to be kept weather tight.

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