L.E.D. bulbs
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Dec 2001
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From: Gainesville Fl
L.E.D. bulbs
I am looking to get some LED bulbs for my front running lights/turn signals as well as the fog lights. I want them as bright as possible. For the running lights, I would like to go with a very brilliant yellow over the conventional amber. I really love the look of the yellow HIDs on the C6R and I would kinda like that look on my car as well for the running lights. Any suggestions on where to get bulbs like this? Should I gamble with fleabay? I know corvettehid ad a kit but is now discontinued. SuperbrightLEDs.com looks like a forum vendor. does anyone have any experience with them? Are they decent stuff? any input would be greatly appreciated.
Le Mans Master
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From: Windermere FL
Let me give you one warning about a complete conversion of your turn signals to LED. I learned this the hard way when I installed the CorveteHID group buy system last year. The stock flasher, and even the after market ones will not work. The after market one worked for about a week and then would not flash. I tried a couple varieties. Even the all electronic ones would eventually not work. There are two ways around this. You can put in a resister to fool the system that it still has regular lights. Or you can do what I did and just use regular bulbs on the front and led tail lights.
Plus you will get an annoying 'glow' on your turn signal indicators on the dash at night. I believe this is part of the system that is trying to tell you that it senses the wrong resistance in the system indicating you have a burned out bulb. Again, going to regular front bulbs stopped this.
Plus you will get an annoying 'glow' on your turn signal indicators on the dash at night. I believe this is part of the system that is trying to tell you that it senses the wrong resistance in the system indicating you have a burned out bulb. Again, going to regular front bulbs stopped this.
Team Owner
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From: Cincinnati, Oh USA
OEM flashers work on current and LED's don't draw enough current to make the flasher work. There are flashers available meant for adding tail lights on trailers and these flashers do not rely on lamp current.
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I bought the front LED turn signals and the markers on the dash board were half-way lit.
CH refunded the money and I turned back to regular lights/bulbs.
CH refunded the money and I turned back to regular lights/bulbs.
