Anybody else disappointed in the tail light brightness?

I was following one of these in dark, wet weather... I could hardly see the back of the truck. I guess this is why the revamp on the rear was pushed ahead... need brighter tail lights.

The performance of my tail lights have not hindered my driving experience one bit

I know what you mean though, they could definitely be brighter. I wonder if its as simple as swapping higher lumen bulbs? Another question, on my 2014 the tail lights were unique to a raptor, not sure if thats the case on the 17's. Are they different (other than the marker light below them) than the regular F150?

No - not different.

It looks like they will be introducing this as a 17.5 fix

Introducing a unique taillight or just brighter? Do you know if a bulb swap would do the trick or is it more complicated than that?

TXCobra said:

Another question, on my 2014 the tail lights were unique to a raptor, not sure if thats the case on the 17's.

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No they weren't. They were the same black trimmed halogen tail lights that you could get on a 2011-14 FX4.

NASSTY said:

No they weren't. They were the same black trimmed halogen tail lights that you could get on a 2011-14 FX4.

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This

I always hated my 13s reverse brightness. Put in some good LEDs and they are killer. Want to do the same for tail lights and switchbacks for the front turn signals

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TXCobra said:

Introducing a unique taillight or just brighter? Do you know if a bulb swap would do the trick or is it more complicated than that?

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It is a complete new housing with much more light. You can't fix this in 15-17 trucks, because it is an LED trim ring. No way to make that brighter.

Sasquatch77 said:

No - not different.

It looks like they will be introducing this as a 17.5 fix

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Source, confidence? 6 months of builds left so wouldn't a 17.5 be released any day now?