great info! thank you for the write up.

does the led tail light bulb get much noticably brighter??

 

Yes it is brighter. also the LEDs run cooler so no more melted light housings.

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Good write up.. Thanks

 

Looks great thanks for sharing

 

How about brightness off-axis? Those multi-LED bulbs look way better than the cheap auto-parts store version I tried. That one was WAY dimmer than stock bulb, from any angle. Of course the packaging *claimed* they were much brighter than a bulb...what a joke :rm_thumbdown:

 

Does that mean the CK style LED bulbs will work in the RZR without rewiring/adding relays? (i.e you still have running lights and brake lights)?

 

Guy--its very bright all around. there is 36 leds on the sides and 9 @ the top.

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If you have the standard LED bulb that does not "LED's" all the way around, they will be dimmer due to the lens being made for a standard bulb. You need a bulb with LEDs on the sides so they can reflect off the mirror inside the tail light housing.

 

Bigmac-- not sure if all ck bulbs will work. The tail/brake light works normal. just took old bulb out and put new one in.

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any photos to show differance on tail and brake compared to stock? i see your tail comparison but no brake

 

I added the pic. to my first post. I fugured alot of people will wonder the same thing. Definately alot brighter. I was very surprised.

 

I've been wanting to do this upgrade for awhile. My only concern on this is the durability factor on those multi LED bulbs. Vibration and impacts are pretty severe in this application, And from my past experience with these type lamps. They tend to start to lose rings of LEDS as solder joints break and degrade.

I look forward to hearing your future reviews of how the installation holds up ! At 25$ a bulb, It will be a stunner to see one already partially unlit early in its life.
I spent 30$ a piece putting multiple LED array cards in my RV ceiling lights. Most have failed in a very short period of time. Cooked my goose man !!

 

Only time will tell. I only have about 3hrs. on them so far. I going away for a weekend trip at the end of the month. I give an update on how they hold up.

 

How about a six month update? Are they still working?

 

Everything works just like the day it was put in. Every light on the bulb is still lit.

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Thanks for the update Rich . My lenses are melted. Time to bling up the caboose !

 

When I installed LED bulbs into the stock fixtures, they light, but now I have no brake lights and I can start the RZR without stepping on the brake. Took it into the dealer for warranty and they said that it was the LED bulbs causing the issue. Does anyone have a fix so that when I step on the brake, I have brake lights? I am actually OK with not having to step on the brake to start it.

 

I'm not sure how changing a light bulb can disable the brake switch??? did you change any wiring?

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I just did this mod over the weekend. And I had to do the relay to make it work, and swap the brown wire with the red/yellow stripe wire in the tail light plug to make it work right. Now my machine was built in 08'. I think they monkeyed around with the wiring in certain years, soo what works for 1 guy may not work on another depending on what year it is.

When I installed the bulbs that the OP listed in this post. The LEDs were lit as if the brakes were on, all the time.

 

When I installed the bulbs that the OP listed in this post. The LEDs were lit as if the brakes were on, all the time.

Not sure why? They don't get brighter when you press the brake?

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Nope, not a thiing, I just unplugged the OEM and then installed the new ones, had to flip them to get them to work though. They are a high quality bulb as well. I guess I will have to go with the relay, which is a real pain in the you know where. LED's look awesome, but they are sure a pain for pluging into non LED vehicles.

 

They must have changed something on the newer models.

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There is two types of lights not sure right off the top of my head but i think one style has the grounds on one side the other has the ground on both look at the light web site if you dont have to ztep on brake to start you probably have the wrong bulb and it is completing the ground for the brake light switch may e somone else can chime in here

 

 

Yeah thats it i believe that rzr is the ck bulb that is why your brake lites dont work the two grounds are together if you have the standard bulb

 

I installed some 3157 CK type LED tail light bulbs over the weekend in my 2011 RZR XP 900. They are truly Plug and Play with no modifications whatsoever.

These are the ones I bought:
3157 Tail Light Brake Light Turn Signal LED Bulbs

They are near the bottom of the page and they are called "3157 Specially Wired" "CK 60 Led"

Other people have used the ones from superbrightleds.com which are only 45 led bulbs, but they work also. The ones from autolumination.com are a few dollars more, but they have 33% more led's.

The stock bulbs melted my tail light lenses and sockets where the bulbs lock in. When you order new tail lights you get the socket and stock bulb with it. I wasn't about to use the stock bulbs and have the tail lights melt again.

 

Dumb question I know, but I'm about 500 miles from my RZR. Should I order the Red or White LED?

 

Thanks for the link handyman! I just ordered for both of my RZR's.

 

Handymans link for plug and play lights actually work! Push a new bulb in and you're done!

 

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Great info! Thanks for posting.
My S melted too and I did the CK bulbs but did not think of adding reverse lights, nice!

How about a picture of your backup lights?
Are they bright enough to really help?

Thanks again.

 

1st Post in this thread Rich shows the 08 tails with backup LEDS .