DIY: Replace Flasher Relay to Avoid Hyper Blinking with LED Turn Signals
The main concern is visibility during the day time. Mine seem to be very slightly dimmer than the stocks in the daylight. I'm sure night visibility will be more than fine.
I just didn't wanna spend more than $10 per bulb. $40 was enough, as is!
I just didn't wanna spend more than $10 per bulb. $40 was enough, as is!
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nop. Don't need CK type bulbs for blinkers. 7440 will work.
Funny thing... while we are on CK bulbs.. everyone say to use Ck bulbs for brake/stop light... but I just used a standard 7443 and it works fine...
Funny thing... while we are on CK bulbs.. everyone say to use Ck bulbs for brake/stop light... but I just used a standard 7443 and it works fine...
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I bought these...
http://store.ijdmtoy.com/7440-7441-7...443_sku211.htm
7443 type, white... I've compared it to the non-ck bulbs I had before I installed it... looks the same.. wire leads were the same too... but other non-ck bulbs don't work... I'm totally confused...
but whatever, it works and lights up properly right now... no need to keep on thinking about it...
http://store.ijdmtoy.com/7440-7441-7...443_sku211.htm
7443 type, white... I've compared it to the non-ck bulbs I had before I installed it... looks the same.. wire leads were the same too... but other non-ck bulbs don't work... I'm totally confused...
but whatever, it works and lights up properly right now... no need to keep on thinking about it...
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Believe it or not, that actually isn't true!
When I first installed my red LED towers (each only having 16 LEDs), I did a side-by-side comparison with an LED tower on one side and the factory clear bulb in the other. Brightness was nearly identical...only difference was a richer, candy-like red.
We all know how bright the clear factory tail bulbs are, but when they are put behind that red lens...only a small fraction of that light (the red wavelengths) actually makes it through. The same will go for your white LEDs. On top of that, the red that is yielded is washed out.
If you put a LED emitting pure red behind that same red lens, nothing gets filtered. All of the original brightness makes it through. A bonus is a much nicer shade of red as well.
This is the very reason why every LED dealer recommends that you match the LED color with the lens color you plan on putting it behind.
When I first installed my red LED towers (each only having 16 LEDs), I did a side-by-side comparison with an LED tower on one side and the factory clear bulb in the other. Brightness was nearly identical...only difference was a richer, candy-like red.
We all know how bright the clear factory tail bulbs are, but when they are put behind that red lens...only a small fraction of that light (the red wavelengths) actually makes it through. The same will go for your white LEDs. On top of that, the red that is yielded is washed out.
If you put a LED emitting pure red behind that same red lens, nothing gets filtered. All of the original brightness makes it through. A bonus is a much nicer shade of red as well.
This is the very reason why every LED dealer recommends that you match the LED color with the lens color you plan on putting it behind.
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Believe it or not, that actually isn't true!
When I first installed my red LED towers (each only having 16 LEDs), I did a side-by-side comparison with an LED tower on one side and the factory clear bulb in the other. Brightness was nearly identical...only difference was a richer, candy-like red.
We all know how bright the clear factory tail bulbs are, but when they are put behind that red lens...only a small fraction of that light (the red wavelengths) actually makes it through. The same will go for your white LEDs. On top of that, the red that is yielded is washed out.
If you put a LED emitting pure red behind that same red lens, nothing gets filtered. All of the original brightness makes it through. A bonus is a much nicer shade of red as well.
This is the very reason why every LED dealer recommends that you match the LED color with the lens color you plan on putting it behind.
When I first installed my red LED towers (each only having 16 LEDs), I did a side-by-side comparison with an LED tower on one side and the factory clear bulb in the other. Brightness was nearly identical...only difference was a richer, candy-like red.
We all know how bright the clear factory tail bulbs are, but when they are put behind that red lens...only a small fraction of that light (the red wavelengths) actually makes it through. The same will go for your white LEDs. On top of that, the red that is yielded is washed out.
If you put a LED emitting pure red behind that same red lens, nothing gets filtered. All of the original brightness makes it through. A bonus is a much nicer shade of red as well.
This is the very reason why every LED dealer recommends that you match the LED color with the lens color you plan on putting it behind.
Haha, you won't regret it vax!!
Check pages 2 and 3 of this thread. Good stuff...
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=199906
Check pages 2 and 3 of this thread. Good stuff...
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=199906
Add a post to the thread I linked you to when you get them in! I don't want this one to get too far off the topic of flasher relays/blinkers. Plus that thread could use a bump anyway. It should be stickied!