I got some Spyder LED tails yesterday, these are the red and clear. The wiring harness/connector was wrong, so I had to wire them up myself. So after blowing the blinker/hazard fuse twice. I got everything working. Running lights, brakes, and blinkers/hazards. My buddy said they are real clean and clear on the road. I think the LEDs look better than my old tinted tails.

I took a couple pics.

Fogs


No lights


Side with fogs, there is two tiny LEDs on the side.

 

Looks good!

 

Those look good. How much did they run you if you don't mind me asking? I'd consider getting some of those. I think with a couple light coats of nightshade they'd look even better.

 

Love these tails! Great choice :)

 

Yes they sell a smoked version too. I am pretty much over the tinted look though. They cost under two bills to my door step.

 

Nice truck man. Those look great on there.

 

Thanks for the kind words and compliments guys, now its on to the next mod.

 

Was the wiring harness wrong by default? So if i were to order these i would need to rewire? thx!

 

Yes, I believe so, I ordered the 98-00. They send me 01+ I sent those back. I ordered 93-00 next, I was hoping they would just plug right in. The connector would not plug in. Not even close. The connectors on these are the same as the 01+, the 93-00 have 2 connectors where the 01+ only had one.

Now your probably confused as much as I am. Sorry about that haha

 

Ohhh.. Very confusing.... im not too worried about the wiring but i am very interested in these tails as they look amazing. I wonder how long those LED's will last because im sure replacing one or two LED lights that go out would not be worth it... hmmm

 

I hear you Andddrew, I barely get this truck out of the garage. So I am not worrying about that issue. I heard they do burn out from time to time. Im sure they last a few years before anything burns out. Unless you cruise the strip everynight. I dunno.

 

Hmm good point. I couldn't see the LED's going out within 6 months just in in the future type thing. With my 06 tails i just have to worry about changing my incandescent bulb. I will definitely look into these spyder tails

 

Cool, here is where I got mine, and 3rd brake. http://migicute.com/ltlranger.html

 

Just so everybody knows, they sell them for a little bit cheaper on Ebay.

 

Looks good!

 

tails look really nice

 

nice.

 

Those look great man! I sure wish there was a taillight option like that for my Powerstroke, those sure are sharp.

 

There is no voltage regulation on those tails - that is why they fail so fast.

 

that is why you change the fuse in the fuse box to a 2 amp fuse not 10 amp

save your new tail lights

 

ummm... voltage and current are two different things.

 

i take it you never attended electrical class

voltage and current are the same thing

current is associated with AC electrical systems

voltage is associated with DC electrical systems

i first thought they were the same thing until the teacher corrected me

LED lights require a lot less amps then incandesant bulbs

there will be small fluctuations in voltage regarding electrical systems
so to save your LED tail lights use a lower amperage of fuse
1 led only requires 0.0005 amps to power it

so look at how many single LED lights are in 1 tail light assembly multiply 0.0005 by how many LED~S are in the assembly

 

[Facepalm #1]

[Facepalm #2]

Same teacher that says "the capital of france is jupiter".. right?


[True!]

[Somewhat true, even Big fluctuations.]

[Double Facepalm] - try .020 amps most nominally.

[Epic facepalm]

End result, you get an F. No wait... F Minus.

Come see me after class.

 

0.20 amps only if the single led is a large 1

and lets try and stop flaming comments

 

.02 (not .2) is the industry standard.

The tail lights I am making have many, many, many LEDs that are .07 amps nominal.