Tail light bulbs: 3157 vs. 4057
#3
He's right, maybe the 4057's are brighter we'll have to wait until someone who knows fills us in. 9140's for foglights as well, as opposed to 9145's I believe.
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#4
Originally Posted by Copperhead64
Huh? I use 3157 for my tail lights and im an 07. Not that i dont believe you but where did you "notice" this?
FYI You can look through your tail light lens and see the part # on the bulb, but it may be inserted 180º so it's not viewable.
The reason I was asking is because I was thinking about replacing my factory bulbs on my new 2007 with some 3157 LED bulbs from superbrightleds.com, but then I noticed they didn't list a LED version of the 4057 bulb.
Does anyone know if you replace the factory brake/turn signal bulbs with LED bulbs if the turn signal will blink at the proper rate?
#5
Originally Posted by baja150
Does anyone know if you replace the factory brake/turn signal bulbs with LED bulbs if the turn signal will blink at the proper rate?
No they dont.
I purchased a pair of power towers off an ebay store and put them in. they were nice and bright and i love them.. but had to go back and buy their electronic flasher as the OE unit made them flash too fast.
Wish i would have ordered them all at the same time, coulda bought me a burger with the shipping charges for a tiny box!
oh and mine is an 06 and i used 3157
after i pulled out the clear bulbs in the tails, i swapped them for those ugly orange turn bulbs up front. I tried the silverstars and i hated them, they still reflected orange but were blueish up front... UGLY now they are all clear.
#7
Originally Posted by NCSU_05_FX4
Had a brake light go out today, so I picked up some 3157s only to find I had 4057s in there. I swapped both out, seems to work fine.
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#8
Originally Posted by kingfish51
Take a look at the bulbs and see if they are different wattage. The manual on my 07 states 9140 fogs, and Sylvania doesn't make 9140ST, so I looked close at the 9145ST package. Both the 9140 and 9145 are 40 watt bulbs, so I did not have any hesitation about swapping them out. Some have swapped out the 9140 for 9005 head light bulbs, which are a higher wattage. And some of those have had them melt the front of the round lens (06-07).
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