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I’m gonna give them a shot. All white with Amber only turn signals. What brand is everyone getting the best performance from and are they plug and play ? Will I need other accessories ?
I already have HFH under column for LED’s will I still require switch back resistors ?
No China made brands either if possible.
Last edited by C5 for life; Nov 22, 2018 at 03:43 PM.
I’m gonna give them a shot. All white with Amber only turn signals. What brand is everyone getting the best performance from and are they plug and play ? Will I need other accessories ?
I already have HFH under column for LED’s will I still require switch back resistors ?
No China made brands either if possible.
No resistors needed with hyperflash harness. If you want white DRLs (stock form will have amber DRLs), you will need some custom wiring or Radioflyer's DRL harness.
I would not recommend these based on my experience. I bought them from the recommendation on this thread. They do not stay white as DRL - only white when lights on. One of them was white as a DRL momentarily, then turned yellow. They do not blink in sync with the rear LEDs as the bulbs from RF do. They are going back.
^ they aren't meant to be on white as DRL. if that's what you were thinking then that's your mistake, not the fault of the bulbs. The bulbs are amber as DRL and white with headlights. This is why these bulbs are called switchbacks.
I have no issues with these bulbs blinking in sync with any of my other bulbs as seen here.
I can't speak for your issues but there haven't been any problems with these bulbs in over a year in my experience. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I purchased these switch backs at superbrightleds.com and they run amber during the day and switch to white with the parking/head lights on. 3157-AW60-SA and the load resistor will be needed. These look very nice and are bright in both modes.
Running these for 2 years so far with no problems. The side markers are just a standard sylvania 194A amber led from Walmart. Not the super bright LED in which I thought would be to much for a side marker. Eagle Eyes Lens GM347-U0WW2
i also got a set from amazon, they are amber until the lights are on then white signal amber
i do not like resisters so i spliced in a led flasher less then $15 and about 20 minutes to instill no fancy harness is needed (unless you dont want to cut 1 wire under the dash)
i like amazon for stuff like this since you can see the feedback of the item you interested in, helps cut down on the corvette tax since these bulbs are not made for the c5's they just FIT them
I would not recommend these based on my experience. I bought them from the recommendation on this thread. They do not stay white as DRL - only white when lights on. One of them was white as a DRL momentarily, then turned yellow. They do not blink in sync with the rear LEDs as the bulbs from RF do. They are going back.
That is due to your ignorance of how the C5 (and many other GM cars of the era) DRL system works. The C5 uses the turn signals as DRLs. You will need Radioflyer's DRL harness or some custom wiring to get white DRLs. Any switchback bulb you get will run amber as DRL unless you get one designed specifically for the GM DRL system or do what I said above.
1. Calling someone ignorant isn't an attck, it's stating the facts. Calling someone stupid or a dumb idiot would be an attack. Grow some skin.
2. It's your own fault for believing generic Chinese advertisement. Blaming that advertisement and product because you wanted to believe it would save you money on Radioflyer's harness is illogical, especially when it costs less than the harness.
3. The delay reason for returning the LEDs is up to you, and is actually informative to others. However, the white DRL reason is invalid and would confuse other people reading this thread.
Hey JDM and Stroker - Thanks for your assistance. You guys were helpful without being condescending. The vendor made it right with the bad bulb, and so knowing that the advertising was incorrect about it being a white DRL, I decided to give them a shot.
Initially it takes a moment for the whites to come up to full brightness, and there is that little sync delay that was noted above but other than that, for the price I shall give them a whirl.
Since it literally takes about 2 minutes each to change them, I'll see how it goes. Thanks again to the ones who helped. So far they are pretty decent for the price.
Last edited by Ed Ramberger; Dec 21, 2018 at 03:16 PM.
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