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LED Taillight bulbs.

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Ive seen a few places with the p21w leds but has anyone bought them for a cheap price?
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Yes im wondering about this also. as well as reverse and indicators.
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I've had LEDs in my car for two years now. Definately worth investing. No problems with blown or "blacking" bulbs but the fast flash circuit in the indicator relay needs slightly modifying.
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WhiteLightning wrote:I've had LEDs in my car for two years now. Definately worth investing. No problems with blown or "blacking" bulbs but the fast flash circuit in the indicator relay needs slightly modifying.
How did you go about fixing that up?
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Would u be able post of a pic of the brakes applied lol
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You can get replacement flasher relays for LED indicators.

http://shop.ebay.com.au/i.html?rt=nc&LH ... 86.c0.m283
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Supplanter wrote:You can get replacement flasher relays for LED indicators.

http://shop.ebay.com.au/i.html?rt=nc&LH ... 86.c0.m283
does that sit in the fuse box?
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Driver side footwell, near the fusebox there, it replaces the normal indicator relay.
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Supplanter wrote:Driver side footwell, near the fusebox there, it replaces the normal indicator relay.
Ah cheers.

Simple changover, I was expecting something more involved.
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For turn signals, you can also buy a load resistor & mount it across both poles, 50watt 6ohm iirc..

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The FTOOC forum is down at the moment so i can't post a link to the "How to" for you but it's just about de-soldering a small resistor inside the relay. Only takes about 15 minutes but the replacement relay would be better.
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