Diesel_Bomber
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Most people want LED lighting *AND* for it to look like it was factory installed.
Picky picky!
Most people want LED lighting *AND* for it to look like it was factory installed.
What unused turn signal filament in a Tacoma?
I've seen people illuminate both filaments of the front bulb. For example, use the "unused" filament for their own DRL implementation and keep the factory signal function (trucks that came without DRL). All you have to do is pull the wire seal and insert the proper connector to your wiring to use the other filament.
Safer, too. Not to mention that you open yourself up to a lot of liability with non-compliant DRL implementations; factory DRLs would be compliant.It's probably easier to just use factory DRLs--they only are about $50 in parts, if you can do the install yourself.
I was looking for something to mount in the gap between the tailgate and bumper on my truck. Although I figure my chances are slim, otherwise I'm stuck cutting up the bumper or mounting something on the bottom of the bumper.
The photometric requirements are identical, at least on axis, but that does not mean that rear fog lamps and stop lamps themselves perform identically. Mostly they don't; most rear fogs have higher axial intensity for the distance "punch" you need through fog. Also it helps maintain conspicuity of the stop lamps when the rear fogs don't look identical. For those reasons I don't recommend using a stop lamp as a rear fog, but if you must, it's probably better than nothing. Leave lots of distance between it and your stop lamp, and try to set the vehicle up with amber rather than red turn signals to avoid lumping too many functions on a red-light appearance.
The photometric requirements are identical, at least on axis, but that does not mean that rear fog lamps and stop lamps themselves perform identically. Mostly they don't; most rear fogs have higher axial intensity for the distance "punch" you need through fog. Also it helps maintain conspicuity of the stop lamps when the rear fogs don't look identical. For those reasons I don't recommend using a stop lamp as a rear fog, but if you must, it's probably better than nothing. Leave lots of distance between it and your stop lamp, and try to set the vehicle up with amber rather than red turn signals to avoid lumping too many functions on a red-light appearance.
Schein - would you recommend an amber or red rear fog bulb?
This is to replace my 921 rear cargo lamp bulb on my pickup.
Choice of LUKS 921 or LED?
Correct, a rear foglight can comply as a brake light, but a brake light may not comply as a foglight.I think I understand it. A single lamp can be made to be compliant with both brake light and rear fog light standards, but a lamp can be a compliant brake light without being a compliant rear fog, and vice versa.
Please disregard my previous suggestion of a brake light for use as a rear fog light.
Correct, a rear foglight can comply as a brake light, but a brake light can not comply as a foglight.
There's a lot of overlap between a UN/US rear fog lamp and a US stop (brake) light, and there's some overlap between a UN/US rear fog lamp and a UN stop (brake) light, which means a single lamp could qualify as either/both/all three.
Understood."None of the above". Your cargo light is nowhere near being a suitable rear fog lamp, no matter what bulb you install. If you want a rear fog lamp, install a rear fog lamp designed, manufactured, and certified/approved as such. Also, red is the only acceptable color for a rear fog lamp.