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Old Jul 9, 2011 | 01:44 PM
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I just replaced my stock tail lights and 3rd brake light with some LED ones from Recon. Once installed, my turn signals blink really fast. The included some relays (i think thats what they are called) to fix this problem. However, I am unsure exactly how they are to be installed. Any help from someone who has had this problem would be greatly appreciated.

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Old Jul 9, 2011 | 02:33 PM
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so they sent these? lazy bastads. lol they are usually built in for most models


how many did they send? i believe you need a resistor for each bulb, so with a 2010 they should have sent four. so on each turn signal plug you will need to find the ground and the 12v (+) wire that makes your bulbs "flash" and tap into it with one side of the resistor, and on the other tap into the ground wire. the 12v (+) wire that just makes the bulbs come on(running lights) will be untouched and the resistor is not polar sensitive so no need to worry about which wire goes where. just make sure one goes the ground and the other goes to the wire that cause the light to flash and do that to all four turn signal plugs and you'll be golden..
 
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Old Jul 9, 2011 | 03:22 PM
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Here is what they sent me. I found out they are called load equalizers....

 
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Old Jul 9, 2011 | 03:26 PM
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i think they work the same. i would take the red wire and tap into the wire that causes the flashing and take the black wire and tap into the ground. don't hold me to this cause i've never messed with those..
 
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Old Jul 9, 2011 | 03:49 PM
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Daniel what you've posted are just larger versions cbs has pictured. They are both load equalizers. and yes, red goes into the brake/turn lead wire and black into ground.
 
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Old Jul 10, 2011 | 02:58 AM
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ok cool. i didnt know since i've never really looked into the smaller version. i just posted the picture of what recon has on their site.

post some pictures cbs, i wanna see what they look like. lol
 
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Old Jul 11, 2011 | 08:16 AM
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Thanks for they help guys. I got the load equalizers installed...they were actually pretty easy. I'll post some pics soon.
 
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Old Jul 11, 2011 | 11:00 AM
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Here they are...keep in mind that it's light outside. Night is much brighter.



 
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Old Jul 11, 2011 | 11:02 AM
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One more from the side..
 
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Old Jul 11, 2011 | 05:31 PM
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i like those. they actually look almost oem to me. the reverse lights look like they were designed from an 04-08 tail.

how's the difference in brightness from running light to brake light? and i read somewhere the recon led third brake lights do not fit very flush. how does yours fit?
 
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Old Jul 12, 2011 | 06:44 PM
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I have been very happy with all the lights I have purchased from recon. The 3rd brake light fit very well in my opinion. It has some padding around it which helps to snug it up to the vehicle. I will take pics of the difference in brightness and post them. So far I'm loving these.
 
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