LED for front blinking lights on 2002
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No. LEDs have lower resistance and will cause the bulbs to flash much faster. It installs under the dash in just about 10 mins. Bonus: it will also prevent your hazard switch from failing, which is very common on these cars.
To be clear, your lights will still work, they will just blink extra fast and look/sound like you have a turn signal out at all times.
To be clear, your lights will still work, they will just blink extra fast and look/sound like you have a turn signal out at all times.
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There are a number of forum vendors that sell LED lights - you might want to touch base with them to see what is available and recommended.
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The brand is pretty much irrelevant, but most of those cheaper Chinese LEDs are a crap shoot. You will still need the hyperflash module if you don't want them to look silly in use.
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I second going with the Sylvania LEDs for the blinkers. I put some no-name via Amazon LED front blinkers on my '99 a few years ago, used a hyperflash harness, and all was good. Until . . . I also put LEDs on the taillights and all sorts of weird electrical stuff happened - dash lights flashing, staying on, alarm/horn going off when using fob to lock/unlock car, etc. Tried lots of different solutions, including wiring in load resistors on the taillights, thinking maybe the hyperflash harness couldn't handle the front and rear LEDs. Finally solved the problem when I replaced the front blinkers LEDs with the Sylvanias and, miracle of miracles, everything returned to normal.
Which brings up the point that you can use load resistors instead of a hyperflash harness. The load resistors provide the resistance the LEDs don't so that there is no hyperflash. However, they get really hot and you are not using significantly less energy that are one of the benefits of LEDs. Plus they have to be wired in. The hyperflash harness is a much easier and effective solution.
Which brings up the point that you can use load resistors instead of a hyperflash harness. The load resistors provide the resistance the LEDs don't so that there is no hyperflash. However, they get really hot and you are not using significantly less energy that are one of the benefits of LEDs. Plus they have to be wired in. The hyperflash harness is a much easier and effective solution.
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We have an LED bulb / Hyperflash Harness combo package.
https://sharplightinnovations.com/sh...perflash-combo
Most "amber" LEDs today are actually white LEDs with an orange coating instead of the normal yellow This results in a yellow-ish color. Our Amber LEDs are true amber LED (not yellow) are as close to factory color and output you can get.
https://sharplightinnovations.com/sh...perflash-combo
Most "amber" LEDs today are actually white LEDs with an orange coating instead of the normal yellow This results in a yellow-ish color. Our Amber LEDs are true amber LED (not yellow) are as close to factory color and output you can get.
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We have an LED bulb / Hyperflash Harness combo package.
https://sharplightinnovations.com/sh...perflash-combo
Most "amber" LEDs today are actually white LEDs with an orange coating instead of the normal yellow This results in a yellow-ish color. Our Amber LEDs are true amber LED (not yellow) are as close to factory color and output you can get.
https://sharplightinnovations.com/sh...perflash-combo
Most "amber" LEDs today are actually white LEDs with an orange coating instead of the normal yellow This results in a yellow-ish color. Our Amber LEDs are true amber LED (not yellow) are as close to factory color and output you can get.
Are you in USA. I'm from Canada
What would it cost me with duty etc
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We have an LED bulb / Hyperflash Harness combo package.
https://sharplightinnovations.com/sh...perflash-combo
Most "amber" LEDs today are actually white LEDs with an orange coating instead of the normal yellow This results in a yellow-ish color. Our Amber LEDs are true amber LED (not yellow) are as close to factory color and output you can get.
https://sharplightinnovations.com/sh...perflash-combo
Most "amber" LEDs today are actually white LEDs with an orange coating instead of the normal yellow This results in a yellow-ish color. Our Amber LEDs are true amber LED (not yellow) are as close to factory color and output you can get.
