Best led lights and flasher
#1
Best led lights and flasher
There are quite a few posts on LED taillight bulbs and flasher problems. I would like to buy bulbs and flashers for my son's 72 Cutlass.
What is the best source for the bulbs and flashers?
There are 3 types of bulbs for replacing the 1157 bulb, one has all of the leds in a cluster where the bulb was, another has leds arranged around a cylinder and the third has the cylinder with an added led at the end. Does anyone have an opinion on which type works best in a Cutlass?
Which electronic flashers last the longest?
What is the best source for the bulbs and flashers?
There are 3 types of bulbs for replacing the 1157 bulb, one has all of the leds in a cluster where the bulb was, another has leds arranged around a cylinder and the third has the cylinder with an added led at the end. Does anyone have an opinion on which type works best in a Cutlass?
Which electronic flashers last the longest?
#3
LED 1157 Bulbs
I'm about to try these 1157 LED bulbs from West Coast Classic Cougar for my '72 442 convertible project; they come in red, amber & white. The reviews on-line are all pretty good and they are a hell of alot cheaper than the DigiTails conversion. I'll post up my findings and some pics when I get a chance to test them. Here's a link if you want to check them out:
https://secure.cougarpartscatalog.com/plasma2.html
https://secure.cougarpartscatalog.com/plasma2.html
#4
I used the same ones from Cougar parts. Fast shipping, work well. As Joe P noted a while back, you must get lights that have emitters on the sides in addition to the top because of how the cutlass tails are shaped - certainly the 71/72, I think the earlier ones apply as well. They are very noticeably brighter than 1157's.
I used the Keep It Clean FF552NLF flasher. It is a "very low load" flasher, so as long as you have the front bulbs as standard bulbs then it'll work just fine. If everything is LED then you need the flasher that has the separate ground wire coming out of it.
I used the Keep It Clean FF552NLF flasher. It is a "very low load" flasher, so as long as you have the front bulbs as standard bulbs then it'll work just fine. If everything is LED then you need the flasher that has the separate ground wire coming out of it.
#5
IDK if I got a bad set or if they changed them a bit but when I ordered those the pins were off just a bit where I could insert them but couldn't turn them. I tried until one fell apart in my hand.
On the upside they were easy to return.
On the upside they were easy to return.
#8
I think whoever designed 1157 sockets had a sadistic streak. I replaced the sockets in my tails with new units, and did a lot of work to them to actually seal and still work, and it's still a battle with every bulb.
You put them in the right direction, right?
#9
I will say that pushing them into the socket & illuminating them it was a huge difference over what I had.
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