Will LED bulbs turn you hyper?
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Will LED bulbs turn you hyper?
On my old Saturn I put 3157 White LEDs into my parking / turn signal lamps.
They look great when driving, but when I hit my signal they would flash wicked fast. Basically to fix them I would have had to have bought some part for like $30 to fix the issue.
My question is whether this is the same for the Civic. I would love to put LEDs in my parking lamps but I dont want to have this hyper blinker effect from it.
They look great when driving, but when I hit my signal they would flash wicked fast. Basically to fix them I would have had to have bought some part for like $30 to fix the issue.
My question is whether this is the same for the Civic. I would love to put LEDs in my parking lamps but I dont want to have this hyper blinker effect from it.
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Yes mine are hyperblinkers now (I replaced ALL my bulbs with LED). You can simply place a resistor inline to counteract this. I forget the resistance value though, just check the resistance on the stock bulbs and rig up a resistor value similar to that. The thing is LED's have next to NO resistance so the car thinks the bulb is blown.
they sell resistors....6ohm resistor
its 5 bucks a piece... at www.superbrightleds.com
im going to make my own
its 5 bucks a piece... at www.superbrightleds.com
im going to make my own
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Rep Power: 0 My LEDs are all burning out. It is happening fast too because I just bought them in Septemer. Never will buy them again. They look good, but the lifetime is unbelievably bull. I bought them from autoluminations.com. Maybe it was just a bad place to buy them from. I bought them for the dome, interior, and all the external lights. A few of them started strobing or just died out. The blinkers will hyper blink, but like others said, they can be fixed with a resistor.
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Hyperblinkers are like turn signals on crack.
Hyperblinkers are like turn signals on crack.
I agree that they are like turn signals on CRACK, but I DO like them, and I had planned on doing a mod to the fuse to get this effect, however, now I might just use LED's.
Good thread!
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My LEDs are all burning out. It is happening fast too because I just bought them in Septemer. Never will buy them again. They look good, but the lifetime is unbelievably bull. I bought them from autoluminations.com. Maybe it was just a bad place to buy them from. I bought them for the dome, interior, and all the external lights. A few of them started strobing or just died out. The blinkers will hyper blink, but like others said, they can be fixed with a resistor.
My LEDs are all burning out. It is happening fast too because I just bought them in Septemer. Never will buy them again. They look good, but the lifetime is unbelievably bull. I bought them from autoluminations.com. Maybe it was just a bad place to buy them from. I bought them for the dome, interior, and all the external lights. A few of them started strobing or just died out. The blinkers will hyper blink, but like others said, they can be fixed with a resistor.
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Rep Power: 0 TRUE STORY : I put led bulbs on my 2002 civic both parking and turn signal on the back only, and yes that made them blink wicked in front and rear. But after about a month my cars automatic transmission started jurkin' the take 1st and 2nd gear horrible. Make long story short, I took it to the dealer I got a new trans still had problems, took it back, got new 'cpu' still had problems. It turns out it was the bulbs, too much juice for 'cpu' {Computer}. I didnt pay a thing, All Under Warranty. I havent had a problem yet.
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Rep Power: 368 Dammit, this thread jinxed me! Last night I found out I blew a stop light LED bulb (it's strobing now) and my left sidemarker bulb didn't light up!
Fixed the sidemarker one tho - cheap sidemarker socket had come loose. Now I'm afraid to post anything lest something else go horribly wrong.
My electrical system is still running great, and no noticeable CPU problems - even my milage is still good. But then again, my car is a stick shift, so I can't make a direct comparison.
Fixed the sidemarker one tho - cheap sidemarker socket had come loose. Now I'm afraid to post anything lest something else go horribly wrong.
My electrical system is still running great, and no noticeable CPU problems - even my milage is still good. But then again, my car is a stick shift, so I can't make a direct comparison.
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TRUE STORY : I put led bulbs on my 2002 civic both parking and turn signal on the back only, and yes that made them blink wicked in front and rear. But after about a month my cars automatic transmission started jurkin' the take 1st and 2nd gear horrible. Make long story short, I took it to the dealer I got a new trans still had problems, took it back, got new 'cpu' still had problems. It turns out it was the bulbs, too much juice for 'cpu' {Computer}. I didnt pay a thing, All Under Warranty. I havent had a problem yet.
TRUE STORY : I put led bulbs on my 2002 civic both parking and turn signal on the back only, and yes that made them blink wicked in front and rear. But after about a month my cars automatic transmission started jurkin' the take 1st and 2nd gear horrible. Make long story short, I took it to the dealer I got a new trans still had problems, took it back, got new 'cpu' still had problems. It turns out it was the bulbs, too much juice for 'cpu' {Computer}. I didnt pay a thing, All Under Warranty. I havent had a problem yet.
I've NEVER heard of a light bulb doing this to an ENTIRE electrical system AND the ECU...dang NOOB!
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Rep Power: 0 lol, Ill just stick with hyper white bulbs then. I had a good set from can you believe it APC.
They were Super White Super Street Series, so they were a darker blue but came out a nice white color.
Here is the comparison on my Saturn, the left is the super street series, and the right is the hyper white.
final product
They were Super White Super Street Series, so they were a darker blue but came out a nice white color.
Here is the comparison on my Saturn, the left is the super street series, and the right is the hyper white.
final product
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