LED Turn Signal Bulbs - advice

[CubSmurf]

I switched mine out because of aesthetics and because out the light output. It looks and performs better than the stock ones.

Also, when I replaced the rear bulbs there was heat damage in the bulb housings.

Finally, should never have to replace them.

 

[Trainmaster]

I used to love doing stuff like this and maybe one day I can again. In the meantime I'm replacing things like heater cores and oxygen sensors in the fleet of old junk my kids own. It's like being in high school again except now I have the money for parts.

 

[doodlebugs-93]

I changed all of my 02 expedition's lights to led, they're brighter, and they last longer and they draw way less current than the factory bulbs. I'm very pleased with how my 02 expedition looks with my led lights.

 

[Anthony DeVor]

I changed all of my 02 expedition's lights to led, they're brighter, and they last longer and they draw way less current than the factory bulbs. I'm very pleased with how my 02 expedition looks with my led lights.View attachment 40407 View attachment 40408 View attachment 40409 View attachment 40410 View attachment 40411

I love the way they look. Nice job


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[CubSmurf]

I love the way they look. Nice job


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I agree! That's a good looking older Expedition!

 

[Anthony DeVor]

I changed all of my 02 expedition's lights to led, they're brighter, and they last longer and they draw way less current than the factory bulbs. I'm very pleased with how my 02 expedition looks with my led lights.View attachment 40407 View attachment 40408 View attachment 40409 View attachment 40410 View attachment 40411

Did you not do thw fog lights or just didn’t turn them on?


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[Plati]

Thanks for responses. I'm starting to get it, maybe. LED's draw less current so a relay might not operate correctly. You can add a relay designed for that or put a resistor in parallel with lights to draw more current. They last longer and are brighter. Customizing you vehicle is an American Tradition.

Modern vehicles, especially expensive ones come original with LED's. Incandescent is the past LED is the future. That last set of pictures looks good.

 

[Thunderbirdsport]

I put LED heads and fogs in my '11 not long after I got it. For a Ford, the stock lighting was actually decent. Coming from Mustangs and '88 Thunderbirds and '97, 98, 99 Explorers as well as a horribly underlit 2006 Explorer, getting into the Expedition at night was hugely confidence boosting, being able to see.

But then I threw LEDs in and holy shit, I feel like a cat with the DNA of a god.

Enough so that I immediately ordered new headlights housings and LED headlights and foglights as well for my 06 Exploder.

Much better. Before, if it was raining, in the Explorer, you dared not drive over 50 on the highway.. You couldn't see crap more than 2 or 3 lengths in front. Now it's no longer an issue.

And I had polished the lenses on the Explorer 3 or 4 times in the past year.

The Expy headlights are getting a little haze, I'll probably replace them in the spring with new stock style lenses, or maybe some limited versions for a little tint. On an all black truck, they'd look better with a bit of tint.

Here's a couple pics of comparison

 

[doodlebugs-93]

I try to keep looking good considering I'm the second owner of it, everything I've done to it was little bit at a time, first thing I done was order the in channel window visors, second was painted the grill insert a gloss black, third was paint the running boards the same gloss black, just to name a few. I'm in the process of putting Amber Leds on my running boards once I get them the way that I want them and wire them up I'll post a pic of them how they'll look turned off and turned on.

 

[Trey Harris]

So, how do you know if you have projector or non-projector type?