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LED Parking Lights/License Plate Lights

StealthSpeed3

StealthSpeed3

Charge THIS!!
got these in the mail today, installed them in about 45 min since the parking lights were a bit trickier then the license plate lights, all i need to figure out is where the turn signal flasher is to solve the 'turbo-flasher' issue.

On to the pics, the first set was taken around east bush lake road, the second was taken at the MoA parking ramp.

Set 1










Set 2











my next purchase will probably be for some LED reverse lights...
 
dmention7

dmention7

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Hate to disappoint you, but the turn signal flasher is in the ECU. It sees the extremely high resistance of the LED bulbs and assumes the bulbs are burnt out, so it flashes the blinkers quickly to alert you. The only way around this is to pick up a resistor of the proper resistance and power handling (I want to say 6 ohm, and 20 watt) and wire them in parallel with the LED bulb. If the LED bulbs serve double-duty as parking lights or any other "always on" bulb, the resistors will NEED a good size heat sink, or else it will get extremely hot when you have your parking lights or headlights on.

I'd recommend the "load equalizers" sold here. You'll need one per bulb.


Also, regarding the LED reverse lights, if visibility is important to you, I'd skip them. I saw people trying all sorts of LED bulbs for the reverse lights, but they tended to either give a dimmer but whiter light, or else put out a very narrow cone of light that was useless as lighting.
 
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