Hot Rods Needing brighter taillamp bulbs.

I would like to know what taillight bulbs folks are using in '28 thru '39 tail lights. Is there a LED bulb worth a hoot? I bought a pair for the lights and the ones I purchased are not as bright as the bulbs in it now. Looking for suggestions.
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I use the standard 32 candle tail and 50 candle brake. Never had one burnout in 23 years
Bright?? 32/50 is the same as the headlight on my 1942 Harley

 

Try painting the inside of the light housing white. One of the car mags did a test years ago and white reflected more light then silver.

 

#198 has an extra watt of power in tail light mode and the same 28.8 watt in brake light mode, if you are using a 1157 now.
http://www.bulbtown.com/Miniature_I...3&cat=927&show=30&page=1&search= BaY15d Base

 

Here a very interesting piece on LEDs. This information will asisst you on choosing the correct LED and what kind of power source to use to acieve the result you need.... enjoy..
http://www.theledlight.com/technical1.html

 

I installed LED tail light bulbs in my 51' a few years back, big difference lot brighter

 

Can't hurt to double check your grounds.

 

X2. You will be surprised!

 

I used "brite bulbs" from Ron Francis in my '49 and are plenty bright...don't know if he still sells em'

 

Thanks guys for all your suggestions. I will try the white background as I now have the buckets painted silver.

 

Will the LED bulbs work with blue dots ? I have a '50 chevy with 12 volt system

 

Yes

 

Try 2057s...

 

Love to see pics of that Harley.

 

LED's really are the way to go IMO. Less load and more light output in the needed spectrum. They also light up faster than incandecents buying you a little bit of reaction time from the guy behind you. If you have turn signals hooked up and you still have regular bulbs in your front turn signals on the same circuit, you shouldn't need to get a flasher until every bulb is LED on each side of the turn signal system.

These are the brightest 1157's i know of that don't ****. A little expensive at $25 each but again, this hopefully keeps someone from hitting you. Remember, match the color of the LED to the LENS it sits behind. So red lens = red led bulb. This maximizes the output in the color that actually makes it out of your lens. A red led will be far brighter than a white one behind a red lens.

https://www.superbrightleds.com/mor...on-28-smd-led-tower-bay15d-retrofit-car/1644/

These are not as bright (but still are way better than incandecent) and will fit in any housing. $15 each
https://www.superbrightleds.com/mor...on-36-smd-led-tower-bay15d-retrofit-car/1689/

Flashers:
https://www.superbrightleds.com/cat/flashers-load-resistors/