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Bad A** Military LED tail Lights

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They may be cool but did you notice they are 24 volt not 12 volt like you jeep.
 
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haha no i didnt, i actually think ill be getting lite dots but i thought they looked cool and indestructible...and if you wanted then badly enough a converter could be made or bought.heck there are AC/DC converters all over
 
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wouldn't they work with 12 volts? if no' why not. i already have the led mod but just interested in why leds would need 24 volts.
 
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Leds aren't like light bulbs... when they turn on, the have no internal resistance so there is resistor in line that limits the current going through it. The same LED will work with 1V or 1000V just depending on the value of the resistor.

If you wanted to do the work, you could always change the resistors and make them work for 12V. Assuming that you can take them apart and get to the resistors and unsolder them then solder new ones in. Resistors are cheap.

I'm sure they'd light up on 12V but prolly not bright enough to use as brake lights in the daytime.
 
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I am still planning on putting them on my TJ, I just didn't think getting them to Germany would be such a pain in the rear. I head back Stateside soon. I have some other things to do to the TJ before I get these but at least it is a move in the right direction.
 
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Are you going to run the black outs? I don't know why you would, but it would be a nice touch. Telling you from experience, the first things to go on those lights......the ground. For reason from standard bulb to LED, they always failed at the ground. Replaced a lot of those in Iraq. I have some 24V 7" Headlamps my shop foreman let me swipe before I got on the bird back in Al Kut. Still don't know how I'm going to wire those up. I'm not changing my system to 24V. But I can't let these go to waste. Just too nice.
 
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dc to dc step up converter

For those of you like sxysouthtx, a dc to dc converter installed in the cab like this may work for powering those 24 volt surplus items. Check out the military grade ones at the left of the chart. these are a bit on the pricey side, but if you do enough searching your bound to find a reasonably priced unit.

12/24 volt DC/DC converters 700 Watts peak
 
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reminds me of river raiders recessed corners....love your work so far
river raider:

gen right:
Thanks but I can't take credit for this job. I just don't have the time so a gave them to a good friend that has a small fab shop in Baltimore. The guy is amazing!

those tailights are sweet, but that willys is sweeter!!!!
Thanks bro. I really like them. I plan to change all lights I have over to the LED's on the Willys also. It just makes sense. It pulls less power and is brighter, function over form.
Here is a pic of the cj at what is left of Fort Holabird Baltimore City. ( jeep texting area for WW2)


Here you can see 2 of the 3 cull climbs behind us. Check out my YouTube link for the videos.

 
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