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General Category => Modifications => Topic started by: 86FJNJ on May 25, 2025, 07:44:27 AM

Title: Brighter Tail / brake Light Bulbs or Extra Tail / brake Light?
Post by: 86FJNJ on May 25, 2025, 07:44:27 AM
Has anyone upgraded their tail light / brake light bulbs to something brighter? Or wired in an extra LED tail/brake light?

The stock bulbs are a bit dull IMO and I'd like to have a little something extra to make every effort to stop the car behind me. I see some cheapo LED tail lights on amazon I could wire up at the bottom of my license plate but wondering what anyone else has done. An upgrade to the stock tail light would be ideal.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07YNZ97DF/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A1EQP448COWZL4&th=1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08SLLK44G/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_2?smid=A3I5DUI6YQ6S3O&th=1
Title: Re: Brighter Tail / brake Light Bulbs or Extra Tail / brake Light?
Post by: Waiex191 on May 25, 2025, 08:19:10 AM
Here is a company I've bought from but not for the FJ.
https://www.superbrightleds.com/

For my 6V GN400 they did not have bulbs and the Amazon cheapies had a very short life on my non-counterbalanced single. I ended up drilling a couple holes in the base and potting the electronics with shoo goo and that seems to increase reliability.
Title: Re: Brighter Tail / brake Light Bulbs or Extra Tail / brake Light?
Post by: JohnnyTheCraneGuy on May 25, 2025, 09:35:01 AM
Sylvania led 1157s for the win
Title: Re: Brighter Tail / brake Light Bulbs or Extra Tail / brake Light?
Post by: Pat Conlon on May 25, 2025, 02:54:38 PM
Look at the LED strip added below your license plate from Eaglelights.com

https://www.eaglelights.com/products/eagle-lights-auxiliary-license-plate-running-and-strobing-brake-light

Also available on Amazon
Title: Re: Brighter Tail / brake Light Bulbs or Extra Tail / brake Light?
Post by: 86FJNJ on May 26, 2025, 04:12:23 PM
Thanks Johnny and Pat I'll try out both, the more attention I get from the driver behind me when I'm braking the better
Title: Re: Brighter Tail / brake Light Bulbs or Extra Tail / brake Light?
Post by: Dads_FJ on May 26, 2025, 08:49:13 PM
Here was my solution to an LED taillight.

https://fjowners.com/index.php?topic=8545.msg79687#msg79687
Title: Re: Brighter Tail / brake Light Bulbs or Extra Tail / brake Light?
Post by: 86FJNJ on May 27, 2025, 07:40:47 AM
Quote from: Dads_FJ on May 26, 2025, 08:49:13 PMHere was my solution to an LED taillight.

https://fjowners.com/index.php?topic=8545.msg79687#msg79687
Clever! I already ordered the silvana bulbs and the extender but this looks like a good option too.
Title: Re: Brighter Tail / brake Light Bulbs or Extra Tail / brake Light?
Post by: Pat Conlon on May 27, 2025, 12:22:27 PM
I did some surgery on my back light to slim down the side profile to match the lines of my FJ...I also added LED's at the same time.

https://fjowners.com/index.php?topic=1629.0
Title: Re: Brighter Tail / brake Light Bulbs or Extra Tail / brake Light?
Post by: 86FJNJ on May 27, 2025, 01:26:46 PM
Quote from: Pat Conlon on May 27, 2025, 12:22:27 PMI did some surgery on my back light to slim down the side profile to match the lines of my FJ...I also added LED's at the same time.

https://fjowners.com/index.php?topic=1629.0
wow that looks great and if I didn't know the bike and saw that I would think it was stock, those are the best mods IMO, the ones that still look stock unless you know better.
Title: Re: Brighter Tail / brake Light Bulbs or Extra Tail / brake Light?
Post by: JohnnyTheCraneGuy on May 27, 2025, 06:07:36 PM
Pat, I couldn't agree more on our bikes beautiful shape!

I too really dig the slim tail light with that led mod you did  :hi:
Title: Re: Brighter Tail / brake Light Bulbs or Extra Tail / brake Light?
Post by: Pat Conlon on May 28, 2025, 09:35:52 AM
Thanks guys!
Title: Re: Brighter Tail / brake Light Bulbs or Extra Tail / brake Light?
Post by: aviationfred on July 13, 2025, 01:47:11 AM
I have a set of these on both of my FJ's.


https://hyperlites.com/

Casper has the smaller set with running lights. The Streetfighter has the larger set with the added turn signal function.

Fred