LED Taillight Bulbs

[nynhex]

I've sprayed my tails and would like to get a bit more light out of them so I opted for a set of 7443 20-LED bulbs from V-leds.

I installed them this evening and turned on my running/parking lights and nothing. I remembered about the polarity issue and flipped them around and voila they lit. Then I hit the brake and they turned off completely. Only when I released the brake did they come back on.

These are supposed to have a resistor built into the assembly but at this point I'm not sure what's going on. Are these not drawing enough current when the brake is pressed?

Getting a bit frustrated here and haven't found much by searching.

Any help is appreciated.

 

[nastynogales]

per superbrightlights.com:

Turn signal issues with LED bulbs

LED brake/tail lamps will not flash with thermal flasher units due to their extremely low current draw. Also, with stock flasher units, the turn signals may flash faster than normal (Hyper-Flash). These installations will require an electronic flasher unit, available in our car bulb shopping category (for some vehicles) or at your auto parts store. Try to find flashers designed to work with LED bulbs, they will say "LED compatible". Often HEAVY DUTY flashers will also work with LED bulbs.

We offer some LED Flashers in our Tail/Brake Turn Signal Bulb category but we do not know which one (if any) will fit your vehicle. You will have to compare the pin-out of your flasher with the pin-outs of the flashers we offer, to see if we have a match, BEFORE you order one. Sorry but we do not have a flasher application list or the expertise to tell you which of our flashers will fit your vehicle.

Another fix is the installation of Load Resistors which are wired across (in parallel with) the turn signal bulbs to simulate the load of a standard filament bulb. We also have these available in our car bulb shopping category.



----> another reason to just get the OEM led tails and call it a day

 

[nynhex]

per superbrightlights.com:

Turn signal issues with LED bulbs

LED brake/tail lamps will not flash with thermal flasher units due to their extremely low current draw. Also, with stock flasher units, the turn signals may flash faster than normal (Hyper-Flash). These installations will require an electronic flasher unit, available in our car bulb shopping category (for some vehicles) or at your auto parts store. Try to find flashers designed to work with LED bulbs, they will say "LED compatible". Often HEAVY DUTY flashers will also work with LED bulbs.

We offer some LED Flashers in our Tail/Brake Turn Signal Bulb category but we do not know which one (if any) will fit your vehicle. You will have to compare the pin-out of your flasher with the pin-outs of the flashers we offer, to see if we have a match, BEFORE you order one. Sorry but we do not have a flasher application list or the expertise to tell you which of our flashers will fit your vehicle.

Another fix is the installation of Load Resistors which are wired across (in parallel with) the turn signal bulbs to simulate the load of a standard filament bulb. We also have these available in our car bulb shopping category.



----> another reason to just get the OEM led tails and call it a day

This is more of an issue with the turn signals than anything. The problem I see with the bulbs I received from V-leds.com is that there are only 3 connectors while the stock bulb has four. So I think that explains why they only run as parking and don't turn on when I hit the brake. I'm working with them to get a refund or an exchange.

And the J-Spec LED tails are out of stock from what I can see. Corksport is still waiting on theirs. Even if I did convert then I'd have to buy another inner lamp set to match as I'm blacked out.

 

['10MS3]

I've sprayed my tails and would like to get a bit more light out of them so I opted for a set of 7443 20-LED bulbs from V-leds.

I installed them this evening and turned on my running/parking lights and nothing. I remembered about the polarity issue and flipped them around and voila they lit. Then I hit the brake and they turned off completely. Only when I released the brake did they come back on.

These are supposed to have a resistor built into the assembly but at this point I'm not sure what's going on. Are these not drawing enough current when the brake is pressed?

Getting a bit frustrated here and haven't found much by searching.

Any help is appreciated.

I ordered my LED park/brake lights from superbrightleds.com the only problem is that with the tail light housing the LEDS go in a bit angled....

the LED's I bought were:

and they were not near as bright as the factory bulbs so I ended up pulling them out and using the factory bulbs. I believe this had a lot to do with the fact that they are angled and the light is being dispersed incorrectly out of the housing.

Since you are in Houston.... PM me if you want to meet up and you can check them out for yourself. I have 2 sets, one red and one white. Also make sure for you brake application you get 7443 Dual Intensity... otherwise it wont work.

 

[nadim]

mmm i saw that they have also a spider type bulb cant this work for the back stop lights??