My tail lights are red only and I'd like to change over to the red/yellow. As you probably know, the brake/ turn signal light up the yellow. Has anybody changed the sockets? Or do I need to get the correct sockets? I already have the red/yellow lens.
Any chance anybody has a set of the bases of either type available for sale? (If the wrong type, I'd be willing to try changing the sockets on them.)
Thanks
Tac
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Without precisely knowing what you have for light bases back there, the sockets are probably pressed in (and may be slightly crimped to hold them in place).
The bulb bases on mine were the same diameter so I just ended up swapping the sockets and ended up with tail-light and directional outboard (dual filament bulb) and stop light only inboard (single filament bulb). The sockets are reasonably easy to swap.
Gordon,
Thank you for your reply. That's encouraging and exactly what I need to know! I'll be taking a closer look at them this weekend.
Cool. If it were mine, I would figure out how to get the brake and tail light together for red and put the single directional bulb behind the Amber. That would be a lot less confusing to anyone driving behind.
And get one of those cool red LED strips to tuck behind the engine cover grill for a third stop light as those tail lights are small and down low.
I believe that the US Federal Motor Vehicle Standards REQUIRE a red light for the stop/brake lights.
Rear running lights MUST be red also. Turn signals in the rear may be red OR amber.
Just run one element on the yellow side and cut out the other side socket and replace with a clip in 1157 socket. HOWEVER that also puts the 1157 too close to the lens so it will melt, so you have to find a low wattage 1157 or run 1157 LEDs.
@Chimes 1 ....I use a short globe motorcycle 1157 clear bulb. Drag Specialties Globe Bulb Clear 2060-0202 | eBay
A number of us on here have gone to the "Autozone" LED versions of 1156 and 1157 bulbs, mostly to get away from hot bulbs melting the plastic lenses, but they're brighter, too (always a good thing) and seem to work well for not a lot of $$$. Some offered are shorter than others too, so figure out how much space you have and get a bulb that fits.
If you go LED, they all look mostly the same in the package but emit different color spectrums for clear, red and amber. Get the LED color the same as the lens it will be shining through. It's noted on the package what color it gives.
Red for red, Amber for Amber, etc.
@Gordon Nichols posted:A number of us on here have gone to the "Autozone" LED versions of 1156 and 1157 bulbs, mostly to get away from hot bulbs melting the plastic lenses, but they're brighter, too (always a good thing) and seem to work well for not a lot of $$$. Some offered are shorter than others too, so figure out how much space you have and get a bulb that fits.
If you go LED, they all look mostly the same in the package but emit different color spectrums for clear, red and amber. Get the LED color the same as the lens it will be shining through. It's noted on the package what color it gives.
Red for red, Amber for Amber, etc.
+1 on this. I've been very happy with colored LED bulbs and like Gordon says, they're a lot cooler.
@Alan Merklin posted:@Chimes 1 ....I use a short globe motorcycle 1157 clear bulb. Drag Specialties Globe Bulb Clear 2060-0202 | eBay
Every darn bit of THAT^^^^^
