tir style light inside crown vic rear light housing?

[mcpd2025]

Has anyone tried to mount a tir style light in the empty "pocket" of a newer style crown vic tail light? I've tried strobes back there, but they tend to run hot and aren't very bright since their isn't any reflective material in there.

 

[HILO]

Are you talking about the bottom, where it was amber in 1998, and red since then? Ft.Worth PD external mounts tir3's there. If your good with a jig saw, you could mount them HAW style. But I would stick a pair of HAW LED's in each side.

 

[mcpd2025]

Are you talking about the bottom, where it was amber in 1998, and red since then? Ft.Worth PD external mounts tir3's there. If your good with a jig saw, you could mount them HAW style. But I would stick a pair of HAW LED's in each side.

Yes, that is exactly where I am referring to. The problem I ran into is that without any reflective material inside the housing, a regular hideaway style head doesn't really disperse light well. I figured a lighthead with its own optics would put out better light. I would mount it inside the taillight housing, so as to give it a hideaway look. Just not sure if its worth the effort.

 

[lafd55]

LAPD uses vertexes there. Their undercover charges have a tir looking lighthead in their taillights.

 

[TritonBoulder47]

You mean like this...? http://elightbars.org/forums/f34/2010-ford-crown-victoria-police-interceptor-stc-go-team-28972/

 

[mcpd2025]

Exactly like that, thank you!

 

[SireLite]

All you need to do is line the inside of the light housing with foil tape.


3M Aluminium Foil Tape 50mm x 50M; XT661552155


I used some to repair a tail light on my old car, where the silver coating inside had fell away. Works a treat.

 

[acs680]

Were there certain years where the lower red housing had a reflector? I just put strobes in two 2008 models and I swear they had reflectors there, as the strobes were plenty bright and filled the housing.

 

[SlickTop Solutions]

Maybe the Code3 Optix LED Hide-a-way??


Code3 LED Rear Tail Light Hideaway System for Crown Victoria - Red & Red from SWPS.com

 

[Station 3]

My 2005 Ford F-150 has the same unused light area under neath the tail lamp. I had put some chinese hide away LEDs there but due to the shittyness of the lightheads they were not very bright. Im pretty sure some TIR3s would look awesome in there.

 

[Respondcode3]

Code 3 used to make some LEDX's that would mount inside the tail light housings. They were a pain to mount and had to drill a 1 3/4 hole in the tail light. I have a few sets out there. Most have been retrofitted with vertex's

 

[JCLG316]

I have the Axixtech TIR LED hide-aways in my 07 F-150 in the bottom of the tail lights and they are nice and bright. I can see them in the day or night.

 

[nerdly_dood]

Were there certain years where the lower red housing had a reflector? I just put strobes in two 2008 models and I swear they had reflectors there, as the strobes were plenty bright and filled the housing.

I don't know which years exactly, but some Crown Vics (CVPI and others) had an amber turn signal in that section. Most of them have a red lens and no bulb in that section, though.

 

[Respondcode3]

the Police interceptor in 98-99 had the amber lower turn signal. It was a separate circut like the passenger model. That amber turn signal contined into about 2003ish on the street appearance package.

 

[Shawn L]

the amber lower sections were on the 99 and 98 models, they how ever didnt make the amber lower section lenses with black trim. I always liked doing haw strobes in the upper red section and the lower amber section and Xing the pattern . IIRC there is reflector material in those sections, I have mounted vertex heads in them and they are pretty bright , I dont think that you would gain any brightness with using the LIN3 style heads

 

[lafd55]

Maybe the Code3 Optix LED Hide-a-way??

Code3 LED Rear Tail Light Hideaway System for Crown Victoria - Red & Red from SWPS.com

Thats what LAPD uses.