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Brooks · 08-19-2014, 07:48 PM

Where can you buy 6 volt halogen tail light bulbs for '40 fords? Anyone have a company name? Thanks.

4dFord/SC · 08-19-2014, 08:25 PM

This topic has been covered many times. Do a Forum Search for "halogen tail light" and you'll find lots of information.

Old Henry · 08-19-2014, 10:22 PM

Here's my thread comparing halogen, LED's, and Sacramento Vintage Ford super bright incandescents, which I highly recommend: https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=67558

TJ · 08-20-2014, 09:25 AM

Get the bright bulbs from Sacramento Vintage and forget the halogen.

George49Ford · 08-20-2014, 09:50 AM

I go with TJ. I tried the halogen and they really didn't seem a whole lot brighter. I got the brighter bulbs from Sacrament Vintage and they work very well.

Lawson Cox · 08-20-2014, 09:55 AM

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And. paint the inside of the housing gloss white. That will help more than anything else.

my4dv8 · 08-20-2014, 02:29 PM

Every one comments on the brightness of the full LED units in two of our cars, excellent . Not sure if you can get these in 6v. Don't mess with a bulb get the full LED unit. Driving in modern traffic most dummies don't understand old semi glow tail lights.

Steves46 · 08-20-2014, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by my4dv8

Driving in modern traffic most dummies don't understand old semi glow tail lights.

Down here, they don't understand modern ones either-they are too busy looking at their %^&* phones!

08-19-2014, 07:48 PM	#1
Brooks Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: AL Posts: 115	Halogen tail light bulbs Where can you buy 6 volt halogen tail light bulbs for '40 fords? Anyone have a company name? Thanks. __________________ '40Garage

08-19-2014, 08:25 PM	#2
4dFord/SC Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 1,579	Re: Halogen tail light bulbs This topic has been covered many times. Do a Forum Search for "halogen tail light" and you'll find lots of information.

08-19-2014, 10:22 PM	#3
Old Henry Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Orem, Utah Posts: 5,762	Re: Halogen tail light bulbs Here's my thread comparing halogen, LED's, and Sacramento Vintage Ford super bright incandescents, which I highly recommend: https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=67558 __________________ Prof. Henry (The Roaming Gnome) "It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” *Ursula K. Le Guin in The Left Hand of Darkness

08-20-2014, 09:25 AM	#4
TJ Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Napa,California Posts: 6,566	Re: Halogen tail light bulbs Get the bright bulbs from Sacramento Vintage and forget the halogen.

08-20-2014, 09:50 AM	#5
George49Ford Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Carson City, NV Posts: 179	Re: Halogen tail light bulbs I go with TJ. I tried the halogen and they really didn't seem a whole lot brighter. I got the brighter bulbs from Sacrament Vintage and they work very well.

08-20-2014, 09:55 AM	#6
Lawson Cox Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Above the gnat line in Georgia Posts: 7,082	Re: Halogen tail light bulbs Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) And. paint the inside of the housing gloss white. That will help more than anything else. __________________ Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer to the end, the faster it goes. It is better to be seen, than viewed. "We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm".

08-20-2014, 02:29 PM	#7
my4dv8 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,131	Re: Halogen tail light bulbs Every one comments on the brightness of the full LED units in two of our cars, excellent . Not sure if you can get these in 6v. Don't mess with a bulb get the full LED unit. Driving in modern traffic most dummies don't understand old semi glow tail lights.