<VV> LED lights for the rear.

[Sethracer at aol.com]

Mike
If you don't care about how much light you want, it is not a problem. The  
design of the socket aims the LED at an angle so that limits the output. 
There  is no good easy, simple, cheap solution.  I was never able to get the  
Southern California company to come up with a reasonable price on a plug in  
lens/LED, but this new design is close. Cost is about $55 in parts and a  
bit of work on your part. But it is bright - 24 LEDs aimed straight to the  
rear at the stock lens. I installed one on a car and we experimented with the  
brake lights. The LED side definitely came on sooner than the incandescent 
side.  It might save your butt if someone was following too close. It is 
also much  brighter, in both taillight and turn signal mode. I am working on a 
tech article  to show "How to do it".  Drop me an E-mail directly and I will 
send you a  couple of photos on a set-up that works great and looks stock 
from the outside.  PS - the first thing you will need is an extra pair of 
tail light housings.  The big metal piece that the lens screws onto. Clean them 
up well and pick up a  set of the appropriate gaskets for the housing to 
body and the lens to housing  from Clarks. (That cost in not included in my 
$55 estimate)
 
- Seth Emerson
 
 
In a message dated 5/15/2013 6:08:11 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
kovacsmj at yahoo.com writes:

Does  anybody have a recommendation on what brand/type etc. of LED bulbs 
are easy to  just "plug in" to a LM tail light socket? This would be an easy 
substitute for  the 1157 bulb.