It’s this tail light lens too far gone?

[mrgmhale]

As a side note to this and I know we're talking rear lights, but LED headlights do make a night and day difference and do NOT have to be expensive to install. I added relays to mine and that makes quite a difference to the interior light brightness. I'll not go into all the details here right now, but here's a pic of what you could expect. Definitely something to put on the wish list.

I like running with headlight relays (also), although I am doing do mostly because I installed Halogen headlight units a few years ago, before the LED craze had taken hold. We try to only drive during daylight hours and dry roads with our vintage ponies, so switching to LED headlights from Halogen makes little sense. But, moving to the Halogen lights from sealed beam units did make sense as they are brighter than the traditional sealed beam units. One side effect of the Halogen bulbs is they draw more current than oem sealed beam units. So, to keep that added current from having to flow through the headlight switch internal circuit breakers I opted to install headlight relays on both of our 73 Mustangs. I left the 69 Shelby along, as I try to keep everything on that car pure stock, just because.

I did a lot of hunting, and opted to use the RocketMan headlight relays. No need to make and changes re: cutting ot splicing in the original harness. They are well make. I chose the mini-relay, just because it looked like it would do the job just fine - and it did. Be care to get the correct year coverage for your pony.

I am certain there are other perfectly good headlight relay solutions in the market, so I am not bashing anyone just because I selected the RocketMan product several years ago. YMMV

https://www.rccinnovations.com/index.php?show=menu-hrk-all

 

[Stanglover]

Yea, all LEDS are on the Phase 3 spreadsheet. So it is written, so it shall be done!

If and when you need any help or suggestions, you where to find it, yours truly.
At the risk of being pushy, don't forget that on occasion, we can and do get caught in the rain, I have a solution for that when conversion LED headlights are installed, direct fit water shields.

 

[Stanglover]

I like running with headlight relays (also), although I am doing do mostly because I installed Halogen headlight units a few years ago, before the LED craze had taken hold. We try to only drive during daylight hours and dry roads with our vintage ponies, so switching to LED headlights from Halogen makes little sense. But, moving to the Halogen lights from sealed beam units did make sense as they are brighter than the traditional sealed beam units. One side effect of the Halogen bulbs is they draw more current than oem sealed beam units. So, to keep that added current from having to flow through the headlight switch internal circuit breakers I opted to install headlight relays on both of our 73 Mustangs. I left the 69 Shelby along, as I try to keep everything on that car pure stock, just because.

I did a lot of hunting, and opted to use the RocketMan headlight relays. No need to make and changes re: cutting ot splicing in the original harness. They are well make. I chose the mini-relay, just because it looked like it would do the job just fine - and it did. Be care to get the correct year coverage for your pony.

I am certain there are other perfectly good headlight relay solutions in the market, so I am not bashing anyone just because I selected the RocketMan product several years ago. YMMV

https://www.rccinnovations.com/index.php?show=menu-hrk-all

Those are good too and yes, I did look at them, but decided to build my own with components from HiPo Parts. No cutting or splicing into the main harness either, pretty much "plug and play".
I will say though, there are cheap relay kits available on Amazon, but you get what you pay for.
I wouldn't say LED headlights are a "craze", but an evolution. Yes, we do not often drive at night, nor do we intentionally take our cars out in the rain, but living where I live, it's not if, it's when.

 

[Steve McMahan]

Installing LED in your 71-73 Mustang sound like a nice name for a needed video series

 

[Stanglover]

Installing LED in your 71-73 Mustang sound like a nice name for a needed video series

Something worth thinking about.

 

[Spike Morelli]

...So it is written, so shall it be done.......that movie is great!

 

[PoFoMoCo]

Installing LED in your 71-73 Mustang sound like a nice name for a needed video series

Something worth thinking about.

Come'on Geoff, you're retired now.... so, you have plenty of time! We NEED this.

 

[Stanglover]

Come'on Geoff, you're retired now.... so, you have plenty of time! We NEED this.

Hmm, retired eh!
I have a friend who is pretty good at putting a video together, I'll see if I can talk him into helping out. There's no big mystery to doing the LED swap, but might be helpful to some. As for the relays, that might be an issue to redo, but I may be able to do a simulation.
I still need the weather to warm up some as my garage is not heated. Stay tuned!

 

[Steve McMahan]

Make sure to include those cool rain deflectors for the headlights.

 

[Stanglover]

Make sure to include those cool rain deflectors for the headlights.

Absolutely!

 

[PoFoMoCo]

Hmm, retired eh!.... Stay tuned!

Geoff - you're a good man!

 

[Stanglover]

Geoff - you're a good man!

Yeah well, let's not get ahead of ourselves here!