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Hey

I bought some red LED turn signal bulbs for the back. I wanted to do this because they were white with my new tail lights.

Anyways, because the voltage/amps are different, the car thinks the bulbs are burnt out, so it makes the turning signals blink way fast (6 times normal speed).

Just curious if anyone knows how I can go about fixing this? If I put in some resistors along the loop, will this fix the problem?

Any help would be great!

Thanks!

 
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man, i'm an idiot.

"all you need is a variable load flasher, which is possible to get, or get one of the load resistors that jamstrait sells, that will take care of the hyperblinker effect.." - Sorphin.

Shoulda searched first.

Anybody know where I can get this?

Thanks

 
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post a pic of your led's please, id like to see that.

 
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Searching is your friend

I've actually heard a few topics about the "LED effect". Just do a quick search and you'll find plenty of stuff.

 
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PoopyRay: for sure

the only problem is that it blinks so damned fast its hard to take a picture of [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]

one thing's for sure tho: its WAY brighter than the stock bulbs.

I'll try to take some shots tonight and post 'em!

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Thanks theGuySmiley...I can't wait to get rid of the hyperblinker [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]
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I posted about this a few months ago...

Heres a pic of the LED bulb...


And to fix my "hyperblinker" issue I replaced the 133k ohm resistor on the relay with ~160k resistor.
But that was all part of my earlier hyperblinker mods. The blinker is just a tad faster than stock, but not noticable.

tekgnosis - turn on your hazards, notice they still run at stock speed... just something interesting to notice.

 
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ya, those are the ones I got...except I got the 'sport compact' ones, or something like that. they's be white and shine red.

I actually tested them out by hitting my four ways...then when I got in the car later and drove, it was kinda weird for a second before I figured out wtf was wrong. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]

I'll try the suggestions.

Thanks man!

 
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yeah, l.e.d.s have lest resistance so they flash faster....in my s-10 all i had to do is get an electronic flasher from the local parts store for a few bucks and it was fixed.

 
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well, i just took care of the hyperblinker effect w/ my LEDs..

just took out the flasher, removed R1 and replaced it w/ a ~300ohm resistor.. works good enough, and no more blinkers on crack..

-ds