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New from Houston

Discussion in 'New Member Introductions' started by Rickeyjm, Sep 29, 2018.

  1. Sep 29, 2018 at 8:21 AM
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    Rickeyjm

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    Hello from Houston. Moved here from SoCal not to long ago and bought a big boy truck. Plan on doing a lot of fun stuff in the future.

    Q1: Purchased some new headlights and taillights, Spyder. Trying to switch out the 4157 headlight for an LED bulb. Sylvania’s are giving me some issues. I either only get hyper blinking, or if I flip them in the housing I get a solid light but no turn signal. Will a resistor fix this or do I need to buy a better bulb combo that’s more of a plugngo?
     
  2. Sep 29, 2018 at 8:22 AM
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    Welcome neighbor! From the south side of town, Pearland / Friendswood area.

    Sorry, no help for the lights.
     
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  5. Sep 29, 2018 at 8:28 AM
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    I’m a little more North, Spring / Woodlands area. I’m going to keep it solid for now and do some more research. Thanks!
     
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  7. Sep 29, 2018 at 8:43 AM
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    Welcome from Spring Branch area, nice rig
     
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    You can try a resistor for the hyperflash but also verify you need the 4157 as opposed to the 4157CK.
    Also, be aware that some bulbs change over completely when switching to an LED. A little bit more research will help you out.
     
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  23. Sep 29, 2018 at 1:29 PM
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    @Larmand

    Decided to not go the resistor route and just buy a conversion kit, all in one. Don’t want to mess splice wires or anything like that and have to go back and update that situation.


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