LED Brake and signals

Step one Try it. (Replace existing lamp with LED lamp) odds are it may work.. or not. Do flashers now flash super fast? Well if so you have two options

New "Heavy Duty" flasher (They do not care how many bulbs. 1 or 20. where as normal flashers want 2 or 3 or 4 or whatever they are designed for).

or add a resistor (kind of defeats the purpose of LED's).

Mine is a E350 2004 MODEL

I can confirm that you WILL need a LED specific flasher relay to stop hyperflashing.

The usual LED sites dont have relays that I found. I ended up searching high and low on the CEC relay website to find this relay.

Here is what I bought.
2004 E350 Led flasher relayhttps://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JXLHMB2/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It really doesnt matter the bulb the problem with LED's are they dont have any resistance like incandescents. Your rig will then hyperflash and its trying to tell you a bulb is burned out.

You can do markers and parking lights without issue but 4 way, and turns will be a problem.

I just upgraded to the bargman LED and it was a awesome safety improvement over the incandescents.


The Flasher relay is under the dash pretty easy to find.

The only other option is to add a resistor its much more wiring and soldering and the fact that there is something in a small space creating heat they tend to be prone to failure I didnt want the hassle so went with the flasher relay way.

fj12ryder wrote:
You may not get brighter LED's at AutoZone, but you can get brighter LED's online with some looking around. I've been running LED's in my bike's taillights/brakelights and they've been in there for about 5 years with no issues so far. And much brighter than OEM.

hhmmm..okaay...I will look for brighter LED's on-line.

Gary

You may not get brighter LED's at AutoZone, but you can get brighter LED's online with some looking around. I've been running LED's in my bike's taillights/brakelights and they've been in there for about 5 years with no issues so far. And much brighter than OEM.

I am in Vegas for the day and I see Auto-Zone has the switch and bulbs.

ladyyacht318...I see your comment about brightness not being such a big improvement. Hmmmm.....I must ask about this. No point in changing if it's not what I am looking for. Thanks for the comment.




Okay...what I learned...using a 2357 bulb will give much more light. Downside is that the have very limited life...like 150 hrs...as compred to 1100 hrs for the 1157's

Gary

landyacht318 wrote:

Waste of 25$.

It looks like this falls into the category of:
"Don't confuse me with facts, my mind is already made up."

People don't like "negative" replies to questions like this.....even if it IS THE TRUTH.

I got some 1157 leds for my rig. There was adequate brightness difference between signal and running. They were slightly brighter than incandescent. They had the instant on factor. Slightly deeper red.

They also failed in about 2 years and i returned the incandescent bulbs.

Waste of 25$.

garyhaupt wrote:
Any hints for a 1999 E 350 LED install for the brake and signals? It cannot be that easy....a plug n play?

Many thanks

Gary Haupt

Check out www.superbrightleds.com

Use their car finder section to determine what bulbs you need. I put in your info and saw that they list the E350 chassis in regular and super duty.
They also sell the appropriate flasher if needed.

I don’t know how their prices compare with others but I do know there are a million different qualities of led lights so cheapest may not always be the best and likewise with the most expensive.

Good luck and post before and after pictures.

garyhaupt wrote:

hornet28 wrote:
I don't know what your budget is but here's an example of what's available.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/IPCW-95-12-Ford-Econoline-00-05-Excursion-LED-Red-Tail-Lights-Set-LEDT-502CR-/231908213771

Thanks hornet28...if I am seeing it correctly, it shows lenses and all full set-up...I have the original lenses...I just want to swap in the LED's.


Gary

Are you talking the rear lights on an RV? Those are not Ford E series lights, but some aftermarket ones as selected by the coach builder. The front blinkers are OEM Ford lights, of course; and if it's a class B or a bog standard passenger or work van, the rear lights would be the Ford ones.

In general it is about as simple as putting in an appropriate replacement bulb for the fixture. On mine it's just a couple screws on the lens to get to the bulb.

garyhaupt wrote:

Chris Bryant wrote:
Might have to change the flasher to an electronic one, an easy swap, once you find them.

Finding the relay is problem?

Gary

IIRC, it’s a pain to find one of the flashers under the dash. I could be wrong but I seem to remember finding one by feel.