led tail lights
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Heel & Toe
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led tail lights
Has anyone had any luck with the LED tail light conversions?, I bought a set from a major Corvette parts supply, however they will not plug into the female recepticle, these are not just the bulbs , but the whole conversion . The male end has a plastic portion that will not let the pins go in deep enough to spin and lock. I have two c-3 cars and will not fit either car, the company told me how many they had sold last year, but do I have the only two in the nation that these lights will not work in??
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Heel & Toe
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Has anyone had any luck with the LED tail light conversions?, I bought a set from a major Corvette parts supply, however they will not plug into the female recepticle, these are not just the bulbs , but the whole conversion . The male end has a plastic portion that will not let the pins go in deep enough to spin and lock. I have two c-3 cars and will not fit either car, the company told me how many they had sold last year, but do I have the only two in the nation that these lights will not work in??
Drifting
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From: Chester Virginia
Question: If you do Led tailights I understand you have to change the flasher. What about the front turn signals? Do you have to convert them to LED's too to use the same flasher. I like the LED lights in the rear but am not sure about the flasher as noted above.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Kalispell MT
You do not have to use LEDs front & rear. I'm running rear only too. The cheapest flasher replacement that I know of and it works fine, is the NAPA HD flasher. It's basically a trailer kit flasher that forces it to flash with the reduced load of the LEDs compared to the filament bulbs. I have one of the "expensive" led flashers laying in a drawer from one of the sponsors here on the forum it does not work for the LED rear only set up and the cheap NAPA flasher works fine.
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From: Toronto Ontario
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You do not have to use LEDs front & rear. I'm running rear only too. The cheapest flasher replacement that I know of and it works fine, is the NAPA HD flasher. It's basically a trailer kit flasher that forces it to flash with the reduced load of the LEDs compared to the filament bulbs. I have one of the "expensive" led flashers laying in a drawer from one of the sponsors here on the forum it does not work for the LED rear only set up and the cheap NAPA flasher works fine.
Same thing happened to me; I bought the "special" LED flasher, and it did not work! I used the NAPA HD flasher, and it worked fine.
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From: Henderson Nv-Rohnert Park/Sonoma C o. ca/born in NY Rockaway Beach.
Id like to see what people are using and maybe where they purchased them.. i have a 77 and they have a set for the 68-73 but nothing but the bubble lens for the 77. i really want the stock lens with the leds ... anyone.. ? ? ?
car is getting painted and would love to have new lens for it.
car is getting painted and would love to have new lens for it.
