A few weeks ago i've purchased a set of 2011 mustang rear LED bulbs and harnesses off ebay for about $125. So after that I started working on fitting them in to my 04 tail lamps.
I started with making a set of new sleeves for the LED bulbs
For this project you need:
some minimum 1/8'' thick plastic(just about the thikness of the lamps housing) to make the sleeves
a 1' 3/4'' hole saw with guide bit(this is how big the sleeves need to be) and a 7/8'' hole saw(this is the diameter of the LED's body)
Dremel to make the shape of the LED's locking tabs.
This is what I ended up with
2 made and 4 before the 7/8'' hole. Use the middle hole as a guide
glued to the lamp. These need to be glued in such way that you can't see the original tabs on the lamp because the LEDs will interfere with them if you don't. You can always dremel in to the lamp to shave the tabs off, I just preferred not to do so. Also refer to pic #6 before gluing
Some silicone around to make sure is all sealed
Now in this picture the way you see the LED's, that's basically the only way you can have them in, otherwise they will not fit. So make sure before you glue the sleeves you clock them right, so when the LEDs are locked they look like pictured. The middle one needs to have the plug towards the outside of the lamp because of the way the plug is. In ideal conditions you will have all 6 LEDS just like the silver ones for a better fit but that's what I've bought.
This is all wired up with the sequencer from the Autotrix guys
Now this is where is going to hurt because you need to hammer the car a bit because the far out LED would not go in and will interfere with the car's body. Use a piece of wood block or whatever you have to push back that metal just a bit.
I've also wired a old socket with a bulb off the original harness to use as a load for the flasher so I don't get hyper flash on the turn signal. I used one bulb per lamp, wired both filaments, wrapped them in aluminum tape and pulled them behind the driver side trunk liner. You can buy load resistors if you want instead of using bulbs.
It looks difficult but it's a 4-5 hour project and to me it was very easy. Thank you!
Here's a video I have:
[video=youtube;wwV9g7jb2nA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwV9g7jb2nA[/video]
I started with making a set of new sleeves for the LED bulbs
For this project you need:
some minimum 1/8'' thick plastic(just about the thikness of the lamps housing) to make the sleeves
a 1' 3/4'' hole saw with guide bit(this is how big the sleeves need to be) and a 7/8'' hole saw(this is the diameter of the LED's body)
Dremel to make the shape of the LED's locking tabs.
This is what I ended up with
2 made and 4 before the 7/8'' hole. Use the middle hole as a guide
glued to the lamp. These need to be glued in such way that you can't see the original tabs on the lamp because the LEDs will interfere with them if you don't. You can always dremel in to the lamp to shave the tabs off, I just preferred not to do so. Also refer to pic #6 before gluing
Some silicone around to make sure is all sealed
Now in this picture the way you see the LED's, that's basically the only way you can have them in, otherwise they will not fit. So make sure before you glue the sleeves you clock them right, so when the LEDs are locked they look like pictured. The middle one needs to have the plug towards the outside of the lamp because of the way the plug is. In ideal conditions you will have all 6 LEDS just like the silver ones for a better fit but that's what I've bought.
This is all wired up with the sequencer from the Autotrix guys
Now this is where is going to hurt because you need to hammer the car a bit because the far out LED would not go in and will interfere with the car's body. Use a piece of wood block or whatever you have to push back that metal just a bit.
I've also wired a old socket with a bulb off the original harness to use as a load for the flasher so I don't get hyper flash on the turn signal. I used one bulb per lamp, wired both filaments, wrapped them in aluminum tape and pulled them behind the driver side trunk liner. You can buy load resistors if you want instead of using bulbs.
It looks difficult but it's a 4-5 hour project and to me it was very easy. Thank you!
Here's a video I have:
[video=youtube;wwV9g7jb2nA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwV9g7jb2nA[/video]
