Some guy on ebay who's sold 20k products. I took a chance.

 

ouch

 

Ouch.... what? (just wonderin')

 

he took a chance and he got bitten. i never buy lights from eBay unless they are confirmed OEM

 

gotcha

 

i call BS on that statement. i had to install a resistor, the small one (i forgot the numbers) to get my cruise control back when i put my recon third brake on and even my cheap ebay one. also without the resistor my recon would stay just barely lit when all other lights where on.

 

I used my cruise control just this afternoon and i have a led 3rd brake light. but my truck is a 03. did have a 00 with the smae light and no cruise problems.

 

For what it's worth, here's the relationship. The cruise control computer won't let you engage if it senses a problem with your brake lights (apparently for safety reasons). An LED doesn't present a low-enough resistance (compared to an incandescent bulb) for the computer to be able to tell that it's not your brake light bulb just being burned out. Adding a so-called "load resistor" in parallel with the LED, fools the computer into thinking you have an incandescent brake light bulb in working order.

 

I dont have a resistor on it, i just took down the headliner, unplugged and unscrewed the old one and plugged in and screwed the new one. i put everything back together and it worked with no problems. Your CC wont work under 35 mph but thats just common sense stated in the owners manual.

 

Ditto. I don't have a resistor on my Recon LED 3rd either. Just plug n play (and has always work fine... as well as my cruise). I do have resistors for my front LED turn bulbs, to eliminate the "fast flash"

 

Recons come with vRegs & load resistors on them

 

didn't know that.... but would explain the slightly higher price, aside from better quality I suspect