chingajose

i was looking up turn signals bulbs for the car and saw something saying if u have drl as ur turn signals u cant use them. is it that true? oh yeah and for the turn signals r they 3157 standard?

Nighthawk243

I have an 05 with LED signals, you can use them just fine.

Just get good bulbs... the cheapos sometimes fail. And yes 3057/3157.

chingajose

where did u get urs at? so do we have the 3157 standard right? and if so did u get the blinker fix too?

Nighthawk243

My current ones were some ebay cheapos. THey're half burned out already.

The pair I had before that were superluminations. They lasted pretty well, even through a deer strike and a roll over (in the G5).

As far as the hyperflash goes, I personally never put the resistors in to stop it. But you can usually use a set of resistors to make them flash normally.

zerosk8ter83

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i got switchbacks,pretty neat

chingajose

yeah where did u get ur switchbacks? and was it easy to put the fuses or whatever they are called to keep them from blinking fast?

EmperorJJ1

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lol ya i sorta liked it blinking fast. but now i have enough leds so it doesnt do it anymore. boo

chingajose

oh so if u start making everything led it will go to regular blinking? what about cruise control? i know when i had some led brake light bulbs everytime i would turn my lights on my cruise control would turn off.

EmperorJJ1

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hmm idk my cruse works fine. but no i added extra leds inline with my turn signal bulb

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chingajose

do u have leds in ur taillights? thats why my cruise control wouldnt work when i turned my lights on.

mkulrey13

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Cruise control is based off the third brake light. Unless you swapped that to LEDs without a proper resister, you have other problems.

chingajose

[QUOTE=mkulrey13;5574621]Cruise control is based off the third brake light. Unless you swapped that to LEDs without a proper resister, you have other problems.[/QUO


i never switched my third brake light. i put leds in my taillights and couldnt use my cruise control when i would turn my lights on. so i switched them back to regular bulbs and never had a problem. it was when leds first came out. so when i go to v-leds.com to buy turn signal bulbs for the front do i buy standard or ck type? and is it easy to put resistors on too?

Acey

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The resistors are $6 and plug-and-play from vleds. Why do people make this so much harder than it has to be?

Also, I'd avoid switchbacks on 05-06 cars. Just rig something up yourself if you really want that effect, but I'm not sure anyone has successfully killed the DRL's without some creative wiring.

chingajose

It is probably easy but never done it tho. Thanks for the info bout not using switchbacks since I have a 05. I just want to buy some leds so when I istall my retros I won't have to worry bout it for a while.

EmperorJJ1

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nah not even i do have them in my 3rd brake thou

JshLnsctt

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Every single bulb on my car is LED's with not a single resistor and my cruise works perfect

EmperorJJ1

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what bulb did you get for the trunk?

Render2009

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so i wired an led bar to my 3rd brake light few months ago and never used resister.. does this explain why my cruise wont engage now..?

C_A_D88

why can you not use leds for drls? please explain

mkulrey13

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Exactly, you have the proper resister on the brake light lol

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NCC-2000

You can, but I'm betting it would significantly reduce the life span of the bulbs.


As for the cruise control issue, I'm using an Impala LED board in my third brake light, and my cruise works fine. Just using LED bulbs is gonna be enough to screw with the cruise, that's why I used the LED board. I wired up a 194 base to the power wires from the Impala board so it's plugged right into one of the light sockets, and everything works.