LED Lights

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

 

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.

 

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.

 

I had lite troubles every week. I switched to all led, and haven't had any problems. I would definately go with led.

 

I can buy almost 4 regular lights for the price of one led tail/brake light. there was a news story out just last week, where there were numurous wrecks on the road at intersections, cause the new stop lights were replaced with l.e.d.'s, wich draw a whole lot less current, & because of that, do not burn as hot & did not melt the snow that was blown onto them, drivers could not see the lights. they were not visible. causing the wrecks. wether side marker/ tail light or whatever. I dont want some smart lawyer suing me cause some one hit me , that could not see me cause my lights were not visible enough.