So if I use bulbs like these in my tail lights, are the turn signals going to blink too fast?

http://www.lck-led.com/product_info.php/products_id/283

 

they might but your tails will not light up right, they'll be to dim, with a little hot spot in the center.... why not just leave well enuff alone?

 

They'll be fine. I have a reflector out of a European Ford Explorer that fits into the Ford light socket before the 3156/3157 bulbs go in.

Just curious about the blink rate.

 

You will have a hyper falsh until you get a resistor... I have led's in all 3157's and needed resistors all around in order to not have hyper flashing or no flashing at all... just to let you know...

 

Thanks.

 

You will suffer the hyperflash if you only replace the bulbs.

You could replace the flasher too, instead of putting load resistors on each light. But, without load resistors on your taillights it will kick out your cruise control every time you put on your turn signal. I bought a bunch of bulbs from here http://www.frickinbrite.com/catalog/ and a couple from here http://www.autolumination.com/. The first site has had excellent customer service, the second not so good. Dealing with some problems frickinbrite has e-mailed and sent out bulbs three times faster than autolumination, the only reason I mention autolumination is they have some bulbs that frickinbrite doesn't, otherwise I would have never dealt with them at all.

I ended up replacing the flasher and only using load equalizers on my taillights. I figured the less load the better, those little things get hot and eat up juice, that's what they're designed to do (they turn power into heat, but simulate the proper load that a normal bulb would use).

 

I assume the resistors have some wiring involved. What about the flashers?

 

They're both pretty easy. Switching out the flasher is plug and play, under the dash pull out the old flasher and plug in the new one. Adding load balancers is pretty easy too, just find a suitable mounting location and use the wire taps that usually come in the kit to tap into the bulb wires.

 

Are these flashers better than the load resistors? And will they stop the Hyperflash? Where can I get them? I hate having to use those loadresistors they always seem to break, and i'd hate to use them on my headlights seems like they'd burn a hole through, those things get hot! I Use to have LED bulbs in my tails, but the resistors kept breaking or blowing out, I replaced about 5 of em, so I just removed the bulbs, But i'd like to use them again if I can go another route besides the resistors.

I recommend using these they are 100% brighter than stock! And you wont have to use the reflector you mentioned in an earlier post, there from Jusnes Modified

 

sounds like a flasher is the way to go.
Ok i see your bulb you used.
I purchased thes and they are too wide too fit it the hole. Did you have that problem
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No, they fit perfectly

 

I think swapping out the flasher is way easier than installing load equalizers on each bulb. Pull out the old one pop in the new one, 30 seconds. Mine (06) is right under the dash easily in reach. The problem is without load equalizers in my tails was every time I used the turn signal it shut off my cruise control like I had hit the brakes. Adding load equalizers to the tails corrected this. So, I would do a combo, swap the flasher and put the load equalizers on the tails only. (assuming we're talking turn/stop bulbs here) Interior/marker bulbs don't need anything extra.

 

Yes, but where can we buy them?

 

I bought these load balancers:
http://frickinbrite.com/catalog/prod...roducts_id=113
and this flasher:
http://frickinbrite.com/catalog/prod...roducts_id=295

 

If I have the stock bulbs in the taillights do I still need the equalizers.