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Led bulbs

Discussion in 'Lighting' started by Yota82, Sep 30, 2018.

  1. Sep 30, 2018 at 9:38 PM
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    Hello which led bulbs u recommend for interior/ third break lights? and also debating on adding led bulbs to rear lights or replacing with led?? Thanks
     
  2. Sep 30, 2018 at 9:40 PM
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  3. Sep 30, 2018 at 9:43 PM
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    hi, most of my led lights are from headlight revolution, except for the front.
    I haven’t had any issues with them.
     
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    vleds.com

    high quality
     
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    Sylvania Zevo is what I used for the interior, backup and license plate lights.
     
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    Is it True that Fog Light LED are less effective in the Fog than the Stock?
     
  7. Oct 1, 2018 at 7:01 PM
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    THANKS appreciate the responses
     
  8. Oct 1, 2018 at 7:10 PM
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  10. Oct 1, 2018 at 7:33 PM
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    The 2018 option is not available would it be same as 2017?
     
  11. Oct 1, 2018 at 7:33 PM
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    Vled are crazy expensive but really good quality.
    Superbrightleds are a good choice.
    Personally I went with a mix of hikari and jdm A star from Amazon and I'm very happy.

    Be careful with the dome lights, lots of guys blow fuses and mess shit up doing those. Remove the fuse when installing and be very careful of the metal shroud to be sure it doesnt short out the bulbs. I used a file to make the openings on that metal shroud bigger
     
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    There are several packages from Headlight Revolution that contain everything you need. They use GTR Lighting bulbs and it's about the same cost or a little less than buying them individually from GTR.
     
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  13. Oct 1, 2018 at 7:35 PM
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    Awesome man thanks for the heads up!
     
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    That's what we are here for.
    As far as tail light LED bulbs I think they work ok, you may need a resistor for the blinkers, but I'm not sure. Some day I'll do mine.
    Lots of guys have done full LED taillight replacement, I havent really seen a set I like though
     
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    I've replaced the front and rear blinkers with LED's. Unless they have the resistor built-in you'll need to add one.
     
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    Good to know. Thanks Jason. Resistors on all 4 or just 2 of them?
     
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    agreed - I don't like any of the aftermarket ones for my truck. I'm full interior/exterior VLEDS minus the 2018 LED headlights and fog lights. The turn signals require resistors - 6 ohm if replacing just 1 turn signal bulb on each side (so front or rear), or 3 ohm if replacing both turn signal bulbs on each side (front and rear). Only have to tap one time on each side, then select the load you want. So only tap 2 times, then use 6 ohm resistors or 3 ohm depending on the load needed. You could always use 4 6ohm resistors, but that's redundant and twice the number of taps that can fail and twice the number of resistors ($$). Less failure points, especially heat generating ones, the better.

    Pretty much you should always tap in the rear of the truck as well, but on the 2018s that don't have the amber DRL bulb it's less of a point than the 2014-17s with the amber DRL. But still, cleaner to tap the rear vs front to avoid any of the drl wiring or anything. Plus, the resistor tucks away never to be seen again when tapping in the rear :)
     
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    One for each bulb.
     
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    Thank you sir
     
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    BTBAKER DIFFERENT NAME. SAME JUNK.

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    My Hikari H11 LED headlight bulbs lasted 11 months. I did use their warranty but it was a little bit of a pain. They seem to be tied with Amazon pretty hard.
    I’ll probably order another brand for backups when the the replacement set takes a dump.
     
  22. Dec 10, 2018 at 11:59 AM
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    Personally, i only added 2 resistors to the rear when i swapped out turning signal for leds.
    I used 3 Ohm 50watt. One for each side on the rear. That's it. No hyperblinking.
    Jdm astar switchback for front
    Jdm astar amber for the rear

    Nice and bright.

    What i notice during installation was, it would not hyperblink if only the rear were led and front incandescent. This is withouth the resistors. If the front are leds it would hyperblink, it did not matter what the rear were. Led or incandescent.
    Once the resistors were installed in the rear, all 4 corners blinks normal with LEDs.
     
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    Are the rest of the lights (brake light, reverse, dome, vanity) just swap outs? Meaning no resistors.
     
  24. Jul 30, 2019 at 7:25 AM
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    Only need resistors for the blinkers. All the others mentioned are easy swap outs.
     
  25. Jul 30, 2019 at 7:26 AM
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    Go to VLEDS.com for the highest quality bulbs and resistor kits.
     
  26. Jul 30, 2019 at 8:50 AM
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    Nope, with stock bulbs I could not even to the fogs were on. I put less in and they work great. Now if I can just get the lights to quit vibrating
     
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    I put in a set of Headlight Revolution interior LED's and I'm having issues... All of the lights worked fine when I first installed them. Now though, two of the lights (one front overhead and one center overhead) flicker like crazy. They go from bright to dim to off every few seconds. Anyone have similar issues? I don't think it is a bad connection, but who knows...
     

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