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Has anyone tried any of the LED light bulbs for their turn signals? I know the front lights are a big hotspot and figured that replacing those might keep the lamps cool and be more effective. Curious if they work good as replacements for the front and any good/bad.
Example of one below.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2-Bul...spagenameZWDVW
Thanks,
I've thought about doing that as well. There was one that I saw that would be a constant white until you turn on the signal and it would blink amber. When I saw it, I couldn't spend $30 per bulb when I was having issues with corrosion and blowing bulbs. Now that I took care of that, I can't find the web page anymore. :(
that would be sweet, like doing the AUX fog light and led mod at the same time, if you do find that i would be interested.
led s from advanced would blink very slow
id kill to have bulbs like that. i thought that parking lights had to be yellow by law, or at least my friend said that. is that true?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike's TA
Not sure. I just know that the turn signal has to flash amber in the front. Of course if you think about it. Not all vehicles have parking/daytime running lights
Well, I ordered a set of super white and amber of the type below after getting pissed this weekend. I had one of the filamints crap out and I didn't let the light cool enough before grabbing the bulb lol. That's something that happens once.
http://www.ledlight.com/detail.aspx?ID=100
so are they bulbs that shine white, but blink amber?Quote:
Originally Posted by chuckie669
Guess that sounded funny with the previous posts. I bought two pair. One Amber and one Super White.
Pepboys sells a amber led replacment bulb. direct fit for $9.99. :)
Gotta say, I just got them in and they look good. The super white looks sick in the turn signal spot at the front.
One problem though... Now my blinkers won't work. Does anyone know if there's something special you have to do to get them to flash?
There sight does quote: "3156 single contact is used for turn signals. 3157 dual contact is used for tail light/ brake light. 3157 replaces bulb number 3057 3155 3357 3457 4157". I bought the 3157, but thats what the replacement bulb should be for our front turn signals. Not sure if I got the wrong one or what. All of my other bulbs have always been 3157.
I guess I need a resistor or electronic flasher. I'll check into it and see what it takes to get these working.
This thread is old but if you guys are still interested in obtaining the White Running Light/Amber LED Turn Signals you can get them here;
http://superlumination.com/3157_3156.htm
Scroll down until you get to a flashing sign that says NEW! Followed by INTRODUCING THE SWITCHBACK.
If this link isn't allowed and a mod has to remove it, I apologize, please then PM me for link.
dude, you rock, thanksQuote:
Originally Posted by {FzS}BlacKMagicK
im gonna get these as soon as i replace my lenses and sockets (both are cracked so i have no blinkers)
Yeah, the leds don't draw enough current, so your car thinks you don't have bulbs. I added leds to my cadillac and had to get these:Quote:
Originally Posted by chuckie669
Load Resistors
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Originally Posted by grouch0jr
Go to Autozone and get the electronic flasher replacement and get rid of the mechanical flasher that's in there, you then won't need to use any load resistors. Once you replace that, just pop in your LED bulbs and your good to go.
The flasher is located in the lower half of the dash on the drivers side.
Take the panel below the steering wheel off. Once that is removed there will be a silver cylinder clipped about where your right knee would be if you were sitting in the car.
Is it the 3157 for our cars? I looked up the part number on Autozone and it shows 3457.
Just want to be certain I order the right one.
i'd love to have the switchback amber/white led light but.....
i switched my socket to the round double contact socket when replaced original ones. tried standard top firing led turn sig lights today and they barely showed up at all in the housing. guess i need side firing also.
ohh yeah and they were from autozone and had "load resistors" and they failed to blink at all
I am ready to buy the switchbacks my only question is will the bulb with da 48 LEDS fit? I have a Firebird..Thanks
Actually check the laws because in most states you can have a white or amber front blinkers and parking lights. If you look at some cars I know a few Lexus i've seen have clear bulbs for parking and blikers up from from the factory.
I have the white leds, they look kinda blue. But I need new sockets since mine are corroded and basically killed the leds. Having issues with them when my headlights are on.. anyways. Do those switchback leds, they say white amber .. is the white like.. white or is it like I have no with a blueish tint to it.
Example: look at my daytime running lights.
I see the bulb 3157 why dont they make the 3057 that will fit our cars??? Alot of websites say that they will convert, but they dont. Any ideas guys???
I always thought 3157 bulbs fit fine?Quote:
Originally Posted by SSNAKEATER23
So for rear brake lights they will fit and work? cause all the local auto parts stores have 3157. I dont want to buy a set of leds and they dont work. Do you have them on your car now
I have 3157 bulbs for my daytime running lights, they fit and work fine so I would think the tail lights should be alright to.
I have 3157 bulbs all around.
Here's a wiki on the difference.
Both have two filaments, one for the parking light, and one for the brake light or turn signal. The parking light filament of the 3157 is a little brighter than the parking light filament of the 3057. The signal filaments of both bulbs are the same brightness.
I don't know about the led's you guys have but I had to use a resistor to get it to flash properly. Also from what most sites I have check you have to buy special led buld since the front are drls, otherwise they supposedly burn out faster. I solved my problems by getting rid of the drls. Some people like the way they look I just don't get it. Two ugly orange lights on all the time. I got some smoke covers for them and blacked out the third brake light. and plan to black out the rest so it has a nice even look all around. I got fog covers thst I use around town and take them off when i need the hid's on trips.
If you replace your flasher with an HD you shouldn't need a resistor. Those manually flash and aren't driven by the current like the stock flasher. 10 sec swap for the flasher unit.
ok i want a super white DRL....
what bulb do i need? (ill go buy a mech. flasher) link please....
I got my resistors free since I bought the set of 3457 turn, and 194 white and 194 red (F and R side marker)leds toghter.
DRL Led Bulbs
http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/B...-p5846251.html
ok so let me see if i got this right,
3157=side markers and taillight bulbs (conversion)
3057=same as above, (original number, less bright)
what are the front turn signal/DRL numbers?
I bought all 3157 leds and used them for the six rear and two front drls without problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by suede
six 3157s in the rear? i thought there were only 4 then 2 like 194's (bulb number off the top of my head) did you convert? can you tell a difference in the rears after converting to led?Quote:
Originally Posted by chuckie669
i plan on converting the drls. . prob gonna use the switchbacks. i just installed new harnesses not too long ago, and have new housings waiting.
Mine are fixed, got them here http://autolumination.com/3157_3156.htm
Light Tower I
3157 replaces 3057 3155 3357 3457 4157
18 Wide Angle Oval LEDS
15 side facing LEDS - 3 forward facing LEDS
There are two red's and a reverse on each side.Quote:
Originally Posted by GULLETT17
and also one of small bulbs that are the same as side marker lamps....Quote:
Originally Posted by chuckie669
just had mine off this last weekend....
coming soon, blued DRL's and fog lights...
Once I got rid of those that useless drl module I love my Leds. match my HID's great. I also got 194 leds for my clear side markers. white front and red rear so it'd match.
ah ha your right. . forgot about the reverse. but like suede said i do know there is one more smaller bulb in the tailight. did you leave it stock? i know when you get the sequential kit, it changes it to a 3157 (which of course requires some cutting).Quote:
Originally Posted by chuckie669
the reverse would be nice to have brighter. . .
i just installed the switchbacks on my drls and was wondering what I needed to make it blink a little faster. What kind of flasher is best? I only have leds on my drl/turn sigs and rest are regular bulbs.
i searched autozone for a flasher but they only have one flasher according to my search results.
btw, the switchbacks are sweet and they are plenty bright enough. I bought the ones that were $20 each mainly to see how well I liked them.
if i get the light tower II"s, which fog light bulb will match it. i wanna get them the same color. would it be the 5500k or the 8000k. both are super white.
last question is does anyone run the 100 watt high powered fog light or does it run to hot. i dont want to melt the housing.
Did you get them from superlumination.com? Thinking about doing the same to my drlsQuote:
Originally Posted by enkryptik
yup. Today though, i got to work and they were both off. On way home, right side was on. The left side came on and was white only when i turned lights on all the way. strangeQuote:
Originally Posted by swisscheese
anyways, i def need to get something to make them blink faster but no idea what
something really strange happening. For some reason one of my switchback leds is not lighting amber at all. I've tested it on both driver and passenger sockets and it only lights white when lights on. other one works both colors in both sides.
Is it possible that an led can stop showing 1 color but not the other???
this is really pissing me off considering the amount of money I've dumped into lights, sockets, and housings!!!
I just emailed them to see what's going on. I'll post results of whatever they say.
EDIT: emailed me back that night and asked what make model and year my car was so i replied back last night. Still waiting for a reply back :(
Just to add my comments, if it helps anyone;
I changed the DRLs and all rear bulbs for LED bulbs (in my case I got from superbright in US, coloured as standard).
I'd also advise anyone to get electronic flashers for BOTH the flashers (remember the hazard flasher!).
THe fronts (well in fact all of them) are better if they are "side firing" leds that give plenty of light to the sides as well, otherwise they don't light the lenses fully.
kr D.
...still waiting for a response back. Sent the email on Tuesday...
enkryptik, first you want them to blink faster then change the flasher to an electronic flasher they will blink at least twice as fast, you'll be very happy.
Second, pull the one down that isn't changing color and wiggle it while pushing in, what you are experiencing happened to me and it was merely that it wasn't making a good connection, helps to pust some bulb grease on it too.
Remember guys, these are white with the headlights down and when the headlights are down and they are glowing white, when you switch either one of your signals that signal will turn yellow and back to white, then yellow, then back to white...but when the headlights are up, the lights are amber blinking or not.
imma go wiggle it around a bit
but the light colors for mine are
headlights down: amber and amber blink
headlights up: white and amber blink
unlock car: flash white
weird, still not working
one will only do orange, one will only do white now even if i switch them around...
edit: anyways, what flasher should i get and from where?
part number electronic flasher - fl32 available at autozone
thx. was worried that one wouldn't work well for led but it works great.Quote:
Originally Posted by 99pewterta
now i just gotta hook up my leds directly to battery to troubleshoot why one only shows white and one only shows amber even if i switch which socket it's in.
Will do it this weekend so I can conclude this whole light crap. Superlumination thinks it's something wrong in the wiring but I hooked up a standard bulb on each side and they both function 100%
Any news on this? :coffee:
all my stuff is working 100% and has since i installed the led protectors and also replaced alternator also as it died.
Ok, gonna give it a try.
On my list are:
2 switchbacks for the drl/turn in the front
2 LED protectors, one for each side
and a flasher
Just two questions:
Would the 30 LED tower switchback fit on a Camaro-housing
and is the special flasher for the hazard-lights required?
I only bought one flasher but I think a special led flasher would work best.
Think I measured and if housing is big as the trans am then should fit. I dunno how big the camaro housing is
Finally the parts arrived and I had the time to install them.
I tried first only with the switchbacks and the LED-flasher and it worked fine. Amber drls, white parklights and switching from amber to white and back with the turnsignals.
Then I installed the LED-protector in between in the ground wire like its says on the superlumination website. then I only had white color, for drl, park and turn. so i took them out again.
One thing I forgot: to order some LEDs for the sidemarkers :sillyme: I have now some white bulbs in there but they are much dimmer than the switchback. And yes, I think the 20 LED-tower is bright enough.
pics or vid?
mine is not work correctly . . what size bulb did u use? 48, 60? I'm having issues with the bulbs shutting completely off or one one being on with the headlights on. Also, I'm not gettin the switchback effect at all, either flashes amber-off or white-off. New flasher and LED protectors installed. Autolumination (aka superlumination) are now saying the switchbacks won't work for our cars, but haven't answered my emails for almost a week.Quote:
Originally Posted by enkryptik
check out my thread and my troubles:
http://www.ls1.com/forums/showthread.php?t=122438
drl front view:Quote:
Originally Posted by SMWS6TA
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...8/IMG_1278.jpg
closeup:
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...8/IMG_1285.jpg
parklights closeup with the switchback-LED and some Philips bulbs for the sidemarkers:
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...8/IMG_1284.jpg
and a pic with the HID-kit installed:
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...8/IMG_1291.jpg
The color of the led seems to match the hid color quite good while the bulb for the sidemarker is somewhat grey.
looks good. all is functioning properly? where did you buy your parts from?Quote:
Originally Posted by swisscheesedrl front view:
closeup:
parklights closeup with the switchback-LED and some Philips bulbs for the sidemarkers:
and a pic with the HID-kit installed:
The color of the led seems to match the hid color quite good while the bulb for the sidemarker is somewhat grey.
All is working like it should. the only difference is the parking light is now white instead of amber. But somehow it didn't work with the LED protectors installed.
I bought them here: http://www.superlumination.com/
They are a little pricey but I was curious how they work...
It is the 20 LED switchback.
