Thread: mjeds - 1939 Tudor.. starting my mods.

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Looks good, I seriously didn't know that there was LED headlights available, I thought it was just everything else. If you use all LED turn signals you will need a different flasher unit as the LED doesn't draw enough amps to make the standard flasher work, but I'm guessing you all ready knew that . I hope not all rear LED tail lights are as bright as the ones I was following last night. I was seeing spots after he finally turned.

Originally Posted by 53 Chevy5

Looks good, I seriously didn't know that there was LED headlights available, I thought it was just everything else. If you use all LED turn signals you will need a different flasher unit as the LED doesn't draw enough amps to make the standard flasher work, but I'm guessing you all ready knew that . I hope not all rear LED tail lights are as bright as the ones I was following last night. I was seeing spots after he finally turned.

during my testing I had no issue with the common "fast flash" from having LED turn signals. I suspect an LED flasher is already installed as the rear tail/turn are LED.

as for the headlights.. there are a dozen or so companies making 7" sealed beam replacement units for Jeeps and Motorcycles that still use these types of units. I watched a dozen videos on different kinds, and the ones I bought seem to be the best in terms of lumens and brightness and useable focused light. My Lexus has triple LED headlights (3 LED lights on each side) and their output is outstanding, this unit I got for the '39 is the closest I could find to the level of the Lexus.

These use a standard H4 connector so they plug right into the existing bucket harness with no modifications, they use significantly less power than a halogen or HID and they put out more useable light than an Halogen and equal to an HID but won't blind on coming traffic, HIDs are designed to be in a projector, not a reflector housing.

mock up testing on my work bench is very promising, I just need to figure out where the broken connection is on the car that is causing the lights to short.