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Old Apr 25, 2009 | 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Spec_Ops2087,Apr 25 2009, 05:48 AM
Being bright and being bright inside of a reflector housing are completely different.
Right, but that line of thinking only applies to early first gen cheapie LED bulbs that were all forward facing and had directed beams.

These 3W Luxeons are known for their wide dispersion, as well, the bulbs all have radially mounted LEDs for full coverage to take advantage of the reflectors. If you do a bit of googling, you can tell that 3W LEDs are as bright or brighter than conventional bulbs, even inside the housings.
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Old Apr 26, 2009 | 09:15 AM
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You can modify the blinker relay to stop hyper flash. It doesn't make heat like the resistors do. I think modifry has a post about it on here. Nice mod btw.
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Old Apr 26, 2009 | 10:27 AM
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Here you go: Modifry Blinker Relay Mod
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Old Apr 27, 2009 | 12:19 AM
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Originally Posted by SgtB,Apr 26 2009, 10:15 AM
You can modify the blinker relay to stop hyper flash. It doesn't make heat like the resistors do. I think modifry has a post about it on here. Nice mod btw.
You can also buy a flasher designed for LEDs...they sell ones that are straight PnP. Better option IMO because there's no chance of mutilating OEM parts and it's much faster and easier.
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Old Apr 27, 2009 | 07:07 AM
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No PnP bulbs will work correctly, there is a reason why they are not DOT approved. Yes the luxeons are bright but without proper optics they are useless and most reflector housing are not "proper" by any means.
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Old Apr 27, 2009 | 07:08 AM
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Originally Posted by SgtB,Apr 26 2009, 12:15 PM
You can modify the blinker relay to stop hyper flash. It doesn't make heat like the resistors do. I think modifry has a post about it on here. Nice mod btw.
Yeah I thought about it but I already had the resistors...truth be told, I can't even feel them get warm let alone hot
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Old Apr 27, 2009 | 07:36 AM
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yes you do have a led problem. lol. the rear one isnt even noticable. the only time and money on blinker leds i would spend are the side markers which turned out good.
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Old Apr 27, 2009 | 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by GTS Jeff,Apr 27 2009, 02:19 AM
You can also buy a flasher designed for LEDs...they sell ones that are straight PnP. Better option IMO because there's no chance of mutilating OEM parts and it's much faster and easier.
Depends on your skill set. I could do this faster than they could ship it to me.
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Old Apr 27, 2009 | 11:29 AM
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There is nothing wrong with the LED's blinking if you did as Spec_ops, and I did...

20W 8ohm resistor in parallel with the LED
Very simple. Only 30 seconds per side, and $1.99 for each blinker.
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Old Apr 27, 2009 | 11:49 AM
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I agree. I was just offering an alternative.
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