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You would probably be better off going with a red LED to meet your goals, but that’s a whole can of worms as far as flashers and wiring. Otherwise I would stick with the clears. Here’s a thread about it.
You can buy more margin from the car behind you by making all four tail lights brake lights and switching to brighter LED's. Incandescents have a slight lag as they don't emit much light until after a few milliseconds have passed. Worth maybe 10 feet of distance.
You would probably be better off going with a red LED to meet your goals, but that’s a whole can of worms as far as flashers and wiring. Otherwise I would stick with the clears. Here’s a thread about it.
There's a lot of good information in that thread!
You can get much brighter taillights by doubling up the bulbs with LEDs, and adding separate backup lights. If you stick to the rears only, you'll only need a pair of 3-pole LED flasher units, like this one from United Pacific (Amazon Link).
Originally Posted by Bikespace
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Right now, the bulbs are wired in the 1968 manner, with both pairs operating together, giving 4 bright brake lights, and two turn signal lights (left turn signal is activated in the photo below).
The stock turn signal flasher works by heating an element that opens the circuit when hot, and closes the circuit when cold. In order to work at the standard flash rate, stock-type incandescent bulbs must be used in the stock numbers and locations. Otherwise, either a dummy load must be added to the circuit with one or more resistors (defeating some of the purpose of using LEDs), or the two flashers (turn signals and hazards) must be replaced with 3-wire systems that operate at the same frequency regardless of load.
I used the United Pacific LED flasher, with the polarity reversing base. This is shown in the fuse block image in Post 1. The ground wire may reach the steering column bolts, and can be grounded there with an extra nut, or the wire can be lengthened and run to a screw in the birdcage behind the kickpanel. YMMV, but the reversing base was required for the turn signals in both my 79 and my 80.
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