| dbuzzdavis | -- 12-21-2018 @ 12:31 PM |
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I have a 1941 Ford and Mac's sells a tail light lens with LED lights in it that a plug fits in the light socket. Do I need to install a 6 volt to 12volt step up converter between tail light wires and tail light pig tails? Mac's part number is 11A-13450-LED $32.49 ea. DROK sells a 6 v to 12 v step up converter for about $14 with two wires in and 2 wires out. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks Buzz
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| supereal | -- 12-21-2018 @ 1:56 PM |
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That is a lot of work and expense for just taillights. It is better to search for LED six volt bulbs, or the available "bright" conventional bulbs.
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| Doctor | -- 12-21-2018 @ 4:33 PM |
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Can you plz provide me some additional information on the "bright" bulbs. Our car is 6v neg ground (it was that way when we bought it, and when I rewired it, I left it neg grnd), and I'd really like the tail-lights/brake-lights to be as bright as possible. My related questions are: 1) do they create too much heat; and 2) do they draw more amps than the "original" type of bulbs? Thanking you in advance for the info. Regards . . . Thx.
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| Doctor | -- 12-21-2018 @ 4:33 PM |
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Can you plz provide me some additional information on the "bright" bulbs. Our car is 6v neg ground (it was that way when we bought it, and when I rewired it, I left it neg grnd), and I'd really like the tail-lights/brake-lights to be as bright as possible. My related questions are: 1) do they create too much heat; and 2) do they draw more amps than the "original" type of bulbs? Thanking you in advance for the info. Regards . . . Thx.
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| Model B | -- 12-22-2018 @ 5:14 AM |
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I have 6 volt LED tail lamp bulbs in a couple of my old Fords. Work well. You can find them at: https://www.superbrightleds.com/cat/tail-brake-turn/ Good luck, Pat
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| trjford8 | -- 12-22-2018 @ 7:12 AM |
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In addition to the bright bulbs you should paint the inside of the tail lamp housings with white paint. It makes a big difference.
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| trjford8 | -- 12-22-2018 @ 7:12 AM |
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In addition to the bright bulbs you should paint the inside of the tail lamp housings with white paint. It makes a big difference.
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| mfirth | -- 12-22-2018 @ 7:14 AM |
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I tried 6v led & they weren't very good. Got new lenses from MikeCo....mikecoantique@verizon.com. They are plastic & much lighter in color than originals. The tail lights in my 52 Vicy are now much brighter on the stock 6v positive grd. bulbs. Found the name of the company more than ironic, since my name is mike, my 2 cents. They carry a variety of other stuff too. Good luck & MERRY CHRISTMAS V-8 ers ! mike
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| TomO | -- 12-22-2018 @ 7:51 AM |
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Here is a topic with the source that I used for my taillight bulbs. https://www.earlyfordv8.org/forum/viewmessages.cfm?Forum=18&Topic=11708&keywords=led Doctor, if your Ford is using a 6 volt coil designed for Fords, you would be better off restoring it to Positive ground as the coil is designed for POS ground. LED bulbs create less heat than standard bulbs and use less current to acheive the same brightness. Dbuzzdavis: to use the LED lens, you would have to have two converters, one for the brake lights and one for the tail lights and license light. For the brake lights, the converter would be wired to the feed for the stop light switch and for the tail lights and license light, it would be wired before the split for the license light. The LED bulbs that I used in my 40 Mercury just required replacing the bulb. Tom
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| fenbach | -- 01-10-2019 @ 6:11 PM |
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the 6 volt LED bulbs from superbright DO work with positive ground. or negative. This message was edited by fenbach on 1-10-19 @ 9:41 PM
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