Silverado halogen to LED stop light swap

Adolfo Alonso · March 25

Hello guys,

I have a 2023 Silverado 1500 with halogen stop lights, I was wondering if I cound swap to the LED stoplights with the stock OEM Harness.

Thanks!

Bikerjon · March 27

No your taillight harness will not work with LEDs. It has to do with the resistance (Ohms) of the bulbs. The halogens have much higher resistance than LEDs, this can result in "hyper flash" or the LEDs may not function at all. I think I saw a post on here about changing the wiring harness or adding resistors in the taillight circuits but this is not a plug and play mod.

AJMBLAZER · March 28

Hyperflash is only an issue on flashing lights. Not stop lights.

GOMD · March 28

I believe the 2023 chevy/gmc use the stop light for rear turn signals, as well, unless I am mistaken.

GETGONE · March 28

On Ebay there's harnesses to use factory LED tail lights with originally halogen equipped trucks. LINK

GOMD · March 28

30 minutes ago, GETGONE said:

On Ebay there's harnesses to use factory LED tail lights with originally halogen equipped trucks. LINK

$100 for the harness, and what, $1500 for the uplevel LED tails, if they are even available. That’s an expensive upgrade

GETGONE · March 29

Factory LED lights are $600 or less used. I heard someone on another forum sold their OEM LED lights for like $350 for the pair.

GETGONE · March 29

There's plenty of aftermarket LED taillights to replace OEM halogens on ebay as well.

Adolfo Alonso · March 30

Thanks Guys.

@GETGONE do you think this harness would fit the 2023 model?

GOMD · March 30

https://www.gen5diy.com/collections/2022-silverado-1500-refresh-products/products/2022-2023-gm-truck-led-taillight-harness-refresh-model

Gen5diy is pretty reliable, but this is more than the one on ebay

GETGONE · March 30

4 hours ago, Adolfo Alonso said:

Thanks Guys.

@GETGONE do you think this harness would fit the 2023 model?

I don't believe the plugs changed, but I would verify. I know the electrical architecture changed, but not sure about the connectors at the rear.

Actually per the Gen5DIY webpage it works for 22 refresh and 23 trucks.

Edited March 30 by GETGONE

MadMatt3883 · April 20

Call me crazy, but I prefer halogen bulbs. If your halogen tail light burns out it’s less than $10 to fix. If your LED tail light somehow goes out you’re replacing the whole taillight. LEDs fail less than halogen but they still sometimes fail.

repairman54 · April 21

2x and most of the aftermarket stuff is junk. How many vehicles have you been behind with dim or partially burnt out LED conversions.

AJMBLAZER · April 21

I am pleased with my OEM LED lights so far on both vehicles.

Also had good luck with good quality halogen replacement LED bulbs.

It does seem like every Jeep around here has 2/3 working tail lights though.

Bikerjon · May 20

On 3/30/2023 at 5:18 PM, GETGONE said:

I don't believe the plugs changed, but I would verify. I know the electrical architecture changed, but not sure about the connectors at the rear.

Actually per the Gen5DIY webpage it works for 22 refresh and 23 trucks.

Gen5DIY has a wiring harness for this swap on sale right now.