LED replacement for 921 backup bulbs

[RatedSVT]

i got LED back up lights as well i wanna say i got them off the website thats posted in the thread about the complete LED conversion. they are definitely brighter than stock i even put LED's in the front turn signals too it looks so much better. ill snap a pick and put it up for ya guys and ill try and find the link to the site i got mine from!

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heres the thread that lists all the bulbd you can get for LED's

http://www.fordraptorforum.com/f81/complete-led-conversion-17781/

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oh and the link to the website to get them is in there as well thats where i got mine from.

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heres a shot of my reverse LEDs i just put in in reverse and put the parking brake on haha its pretty freakin bright

Which one did you buy exactly? Cause I have the



921 LED Bulb - 12 Wide Angle LED Mini Wedge Base which is better then stock but is more for looks to be honest. Im guessing you got the 194 LED Bulb - 15 SMD LED Wedge Base Tower probably in the cool white?

 

[Maxx2893]

Guys AMB Lighting is who you want to contact. They are the ones who have all the LED's that fit in stock locations.

 

[Baddkarmaracing]

Am also interested in improved reverse lights, without installing additional lights in bumper such as Rigid leds. Don't know about Putco's but from recent thread "Back up lights" I believe Nick used -194 25 smt tower bulb- from Superlumination.com. I wrote superlumination and asked what they would recommend to give most light for the Raptor and response was...

For a back up light with a large housing and reflectors, I would look at the 921 12 watt cree:
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> > http://superlumination.com/images/auto_bulbs/921_12watt_w_wm.jpg
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> > For a back up light with a smaller housing or less reflectors, I would look at the 921 5 watt cree:
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> > http://superlumination.com/images/auto_bulbs/921_5watt_cree_w_wm.jpg
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> > Both are on this page here:
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> > 906 921 Interior Lights
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> > Either of those will be brighter in a back up light application than the 194 25 smt tower bulb.


Not having taken taillight apart, I asked what would fit in Raptor's, the answer...

The 12 watt dimensions are: 14mm diameter x 53 mm overall

The 5 watt dimensions are: 15mm diameter x 46 mm overall

The 194 smt Tower III is 11mm diameter x 38mm

The dimensions of a stock 906 bulb are:
m.o.l.: 1.49 inch (37.8MM)
l.c.l.: 0.811 inch (20.6MM)

So fitment Q not really answered. The 12W cree sounds promising but at $25 each, I want sure these fit before ordering. They are 15mm longer than the 194 Tower. Just by eyeballing the current bulb in the housing, it looks like the 12Wcree would be a tight fit. The pics above from Patsraptor looks to throw out way more light than stock. Didn't think replacing a bulb would be this involved. Trying to decide which way to go....

I have Cree reverse bulbs in my truck that I got from retro solutions. They are a tight fit thru the hole (that's what she said) but they do fit and do work very well.

 

[Ruger]

Guys AMB Lighting is who you want to contact. They are the ones who have all the LED's that fit in stock locations.

Google doesn't provide a link for AMB Lighting. Have you got it?

 

[pat'sRAPTOR]

Which one did you buy exactly? Cause I have the



921 LED Bulb - 12 Wide Angle LED Mini Wedge Base which is better then stock but is more for looks to be honest. Im guessing you got the 194 LED Bulb - 15 SMD LED Wedge Base Tower probably in the cool white?

I'm not a 100% sure but I think you're right in what I have it's been so long haha ill get a pic I the bulb in the housing from the front and side so you guys can see how it fits. There is a lot of room in the housing from the end of the bulb to the lens

 

[pat'sRAPTOR]

Here's the pics of the bulbs in the housing!

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My bulb has 9 LED's I think that's the biggest you can go it slid in the housing with barely enough space in the hole to slid it through ( that's why she said) haha an yea it's the super white with a 35 degree angle I believe.

 

[RatedSVT]

I think I might try these 194 LED Bulb - 18 SMD LED Wedge Base Tower | Miniature Wedge Base LEDs | LED Car Bulbs | Super Bright LEDs their suppose to be 190 Lumen each

 

[pat'sRAPTOR]

Yea those would work but I'm not a fan of the led on the sides granted you have a reflector housing and it'll reflect the light out but I prefer the LEDs to point straight back but either way works.

 

[NickPic83]

i like the LED's to aim striaght out and out the sides. side LEDs help the flood the light better

 

[RatedSVT]

Well I have the ones that aim straight back rite now & they are on the weaker side, 12 led bulb & only 19 lumens each.