52 LED taillight from NAPA (approx $109)

[TSQUARED]

NAPA p/n = 45032R NAPA identifies this as a truck taillight

Installation on 05 LT:

1. Move license plate down the vertical distance between screws on license plate

2. Position LED assy (which is about 3.5" x 5.5"...guesstimate) above the lowered license plate. When you do this correctly, the rubber boot surrounding the LED assy will cover the two holes originally dedicated to the top of the license plate!

3. Trim removed ABS rectangle and install at LED assy FRONT using black silicone RTV since the assy is open at its front and seal wiring exiting assy

4. Insert LED assy with rubber boot surrounding assy. Seal rubber boot to ABS using black RTV...run a 1.4" fillet of RTV around the boot, wait three or four minutes, wet a finger and smooth the RTV

5. Route LED wiring to taillight interior region (remember to cover the wiring with the protective sheathing available from electronic supply stores, etc. The light will function as running/stop LT

6. This assy has been installed for six months on my 05 LT with no problems with the braking system...very nice addition to increase rear conspicuity. I don't currently own a digital camera yet, sorry about that! PM me if you have further questions...hope this is helpful!

Terry

[PATTERSON]

Did the same thing on mine!! Probably the same light..... then SeaMarshall found a set-up with 6 or 12 fewer led's, at a truck stop........for $30 some dollars!!

Pat

[TSQUARED]

Yeah,

There are a lot of choices for LED lighting. All one has to do is look at new "cages" and the rear/sides of trucking. Some things to consider are the color and intensity of each LED and parralel vs series wiring to each LED.

On a different 'twist', I have also designed/built/installed 34-LED assembllies housed-in ABS boxes attached to the bottoms of the LT mirrors. There are fourteen red, 9300mCandela red LED's pointing back, fourteen amber(orange) 7800 mCandela LED's pointing forward and six more of the red LED's mounted in the outer ends. I tried to find equivalent amber intensity but was unable to do so. Not all the LED assemblies available commercially are equivalent...the diameters, intensity, and angle of light emittance (focus) are just some of the factors to consider...the white ones with lenses are brightest. Most of the LED's for our bike use are limited to 20mAmp at 12VDC. The LED's I used in the turn signal assemblies are 1/4Watt...enough for intermittent use but one should use 1/2W for constant duty. Each LED in the assy has a dedicated resistor and each assy is encapsulated in epoxy. It's more work to build this way but if one LED or resitor goes 'South', not so with the rest! The assemblies are contoured to and attached to the bottom of the outer mirror shell using epoxy-covered Tee Nuts inside and socket head screws up through the assembly...wiring is routed under the mirror, up through the outer shell and eventually connected in parallel to the running lights using Anderson 20A Power Poles connectors. As a separate project I also installed eight amber LED's inside the top cylinder of the side wind deflectors for an interesting night-time effect...this time 1/2W resistors were used at each LED. Farkles! I must be having too much time on my hands!

Terry

[SeaMarshal]

Sounds like you still have too much time on hand..However, the lites under the mirrors sound interesting.