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Spyder, Winjet, or Recon tail lights?

Discussion in 'Lighting' started by 5280Tundra, Dec 17, 2017.

  1. Dec 17, 2017 at 11:51 AM
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    5280Tundra

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    I'm thinking about changing my tail lights and have seen that Spyder, Winjet, and Recon seem to be the most popular brands.

    For those that have these tail lights what are your thoughts on the tail light that you have?

    Thanks in advance!
     
  2. Dec 17, 2017 at 12:10 PM
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    I just put my recons on this afternoon. Took about 20 minutes. Just swap the plug for the tail and turn signals and plug the harness in from the recons. The reverse light is reused unless you want to upgrade to LED’s. Only thing to keep in mind when removing the old lights, the tabs they go into are plastic and break easily. I cracked one but was able to get the new light in

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  3. Dec 17, 2017 at 12:16 PM
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    Im ordering Recons next time they run some type of deal like I saw someone get last week. I missed out big time! they're sweet
     
  4. Dec 17, 2017 at 12:27 PM
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    Y0TA PR0

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    I’ve been thinking about these but don’t know the brand or heard anything about them.
    They don’t look to bad at all with
    3D red tube
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  5. Dec 17, 2017 at 12:52 PM
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  6. Dec 17, 2017 at 1:31 PM
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    Looks good! How's visibility during the day?
     
  7. Dec 17, 2017 at 1:34 PM
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    Those look pretty good too. Never seen them before
     
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  8. Dec 17, 2017 at 1:35 PM
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    You're in luck there is a 30% off code now. Use "recon30".
     
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  9. Dec 17, 2017 at 1:47 PM
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    Or if anyone tinted their regular tail lights what are your thoughts on those?
     
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  10. Dec 17, 2017 at 2:09 PM
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    zcarpenter92

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    I really like the Recons, but like @joem1cha3l I’ll be waiting for another sale until I get em.
     
  11. Dec 17, 2017 at 2:22 PM
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    I think the visibility during the day is good. from about 15 feet away, the lights were more than adequate. I'm gonna go out at half time and take a pic at night.
     
  12. Dec 17, 2017 at 2:24 PM
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    Ok post pics afterwards! Did you get the led reverse light? Also did you change out the third brake light as well?
     
  13. Dec 17, 2017 at 2:29 PM
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    I like my Anzo's. Top quality and look great.
     
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  14. Dec 17, 2017 at 2:30 PM
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    How much are those? Are they tinted?
     
  15. Dec 17, 2017 at 2:31 PM
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    Just installed the winjet. $206 from Amazon. Recons went on sale just after I ordered the winjet. The winjets look awesome but I would have preferred the light grouping of the recons. I'm going to run these for about a year and catch the recons on sale. It was $206 winjet or $450 recon at time of purchase. Also did the anzo 111318 headlights which look awesome. Pics of both.

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    i kept the halogen reverse lights. i read a few posts that said the LED's didn't make a big difference. i didn't change the 3rd brake light.
     
  18. Dec 17, 2017 at 3:08 PM
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    I love mine so far 8CAAC91E-E718-4E62-9198-E96F6574C6BA.jpg
     
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    Hmm....$329 shipped. What to do..
     
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    You know you want to! You already missed out on the other sale lol
     
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    I know, but I just dropped a grand this morning on audio shit. Son of a....
     
  22. Dec 17, 2017 at 5:01 PM
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    Night shot

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    Nice Recon has them on sale though midnight. Plus 25% off makes them like 340.00 if I had the extra money.
     
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    I think I'm leaning towards the Recons. They look good and like how they are plug and play
     
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    What kind of sound system you get for the truck? Maybe that will be my next mod after tail lights..
     
  26. Dec 17, 2017 at 5:42 PM
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    I tinted mine with automotive clearcoat and black basecoat.....20171105_134631.jpg
     
  28. Dec 17, 2017 at 7:05 PM
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    Looks good! Was it difficult to tint?
     
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    I have been running the Spyder taillights (smoke) for a few moths. They are sharp looking and bright. They were fairly ez to install. I also just purchased the Spyder headlights (smoke) which I plan to install in upcoming weeks.09118909-FB1C-4E4B-B9FE-F17EFEAEFA6F.jpg
     

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