Gringo

I saw somebody´s post the other day about led's for the dome light and I got to thinking that my tail lights are always burning out--have been pulled over for it actually:pig: So I was thinking of intsalling these--any comments?

http://superlumination.com/images/leds/7443_sw.jpg

The above are white in color--my goal is to avoid the burn out problem....

I'm also thinking of replacing my dome lights with:
http://superlumination.com/images/leds/31mm_sw_2led.jpg

For my reverse lights I plan on following some of the other posts about the chrome paint along with a higher wattage bulb.

Vato Loco

I've read somewhere that its not the bulb that is causing them to go out, thats it the wiring harness. They changed the wiring harness '99, none of the 99+ owners have complained about their tails going out so often. LED bulbs won't fit in the tailights, you have to modify the tailight to make it fit. I had LED's in my corners before and man were they bright.

**Just read your sig, that you had a '00 Just ignore what I said about the wiring harness.

dajabr

Check this out... http://www.led.net/datasheets/auto_index/auto_index.htm

I know the LED's use less power, so I suspect that alone might help you out, not to mention that these are usually clusters of led's so if one burns out you still have a few others left. Harness problems are a different story.

Gringo

Vato Loco & Dajabr Thanks for the help. I'm going to try and modify both the running light, and the reverse lights(do you think leds will be brighter for this application?)

dajabr

Generally you can expect LED's to be slightly brighter than bulbs if the light is AIMED properly. There will be applications out there that the somewhat more directional LED's will be dimmer on the sides, possibly in this case. There are LED's that do cast light more traditionally but they fall short of the almost totally spherical output of a bulb.

Que haces en Mazatlan?

Gringo

If you are familiar with Mazatlan I live two blocks from the pueblo bonito. I have to say I miss the snow, but I can't complain about the weather--The sun is great!

Phisherman

Vato, it's not the 99+ harness, the '01 & '02 harnesses are the ones you're referring to. Mine went out around 40k but have lasted another 80k after I replaced them. Apparently it's easy to change the harnesses with a little splice here and there.

JSharp

I've had my 2K model less than 2 years. I've replaced both taillight bulbs once already.

The old 1156 and 1157 bulbs in this kind of application could last 10-15 years...

dajabr

WHen people are talking harness, how much are we talking about , just splicing a new bulb holder or getting ddeper into the truck?

Have been to Mexico on two occasions when I was younger but didn't go to Mazatlan, just curious what brings you there...

Toyota Punk

All you have to do is take off the hatch sill plate and pull on the interior panal from the corner. You can then unplug and pull out the harness and replace it. There's no splicing involved.

Gringo

One of you guys wouldn't happen to have the harness part # for the 01/02? I am going to be in the States in December and could have it waiting at my door! dajabr I own a hardware store down here--This type of business would not be possible anymore in the U.S.---besides I get to live on the beach!

turboale

To get more light out of the backup lights...
They have higher output bulbs that you can get, but on top of that if you get some reflective paint and spray it inside the housings. It will double the output of the lights, and with the higher output (even ones with bluish tints to them) it will look like daytime behind your truck. If you really want to see behind you, sometimes they are handy when camping and stuff. I mounted some el-chepo lights on my rack.