If anyone is in the market for LEDs that will fit 2016 third brake lights, this post is for you. The third brake light and my puddle lamps are the only lights left on my truck to switch to LEDs. I have purchased 3 different brand LEDs and have had zero success with any of them fitting directly where the OEM ones did.
When you remove the two screws on the outside of the light, the housing comes off and you have to separate the bulb portion from the light portion with 4 pressure tabs. The OEM lights then come out in the black piece through a hole that is basically the exact diameter of the light bulb maybe 1mm wider. This is where the issue starts
Brand #1- Pilot 194/168/2825 (red) too wide of overall diameter so I took them back to Walmart
Brand #2- iJDMTOY Brilliant Red 10SMD 168/194/2825 WAY too wide and would've been too long so i returned them on Amazon
Brand #3- Yorkim 6th Gen 194/168/2825 (red) still too wide but not as wide as the Pilots
So having gotten frustrated on this third strike, I took a drill bit and made the holes wider in the lens portion which worked perfectly to fir the Yorkim LEDs in the holes. Length is great as well and they have plenty of room in the housing.
Just wanted to throw this info out here in case anyone is looking to upgrade the OEM lights in the third brake light. Unless you find a bulb that is the exact measurements of the OEM, you will need to make those holes wider so aftermarket LEDs will fit
When you remove the two screws on the outside of the light, the housing comes off and you have to separate the bulb portion from the light portion with 4 pressure tabs. The OEM lights then come out in the black piece through a hole that is basically the exact diameter of the light bulb maybe 1mm wider. This is where the issue starts
Brand #1- Pilot 194/168/2825 (red) too wide of overall diameter so I took them back to Walmart
Brand #2- iJDMTOY Brilliant Red 10SMD 168/194/2825 WAY too wide and would've been too long so i returned them on Amazon
Brand #3- Yorkim 6th Gen 194/168/2825 (red) still too wide but not as wide as the Pilots
So having gotten frustrated on this third strike, I took a drill bit and made the holes wider in the lens portion which worked perfectly to fir the Yorkim LEDs in the holes. Length is great as well and they have plenty of room in the housing.
Just wanted to throw this info out here in case anyone is looking to upgrade the OEM lights in the third brake light. Unless you find a bulb that is the exact measurements of the OEM, you will need to make those holes wider so aftermarket LEDs will fit