LED taillight turn signals

[2002GrandAmSE]

Hi all, new here to grandamgt.com. Anyway, I just modified my turn signal bulbs in the rear. I purchased 4 3156 25LED bulbs with 6 LED's shining light out on the side from superbrightleds.com. Also, with those I purchased 4 6ohm resistors. I had to use 2 6 ohm resistors on each side since I didn't have any 3 ohms. I like the look of the LED, but are there any LED light bulbs that are brighter, within a reasonable price? The reason I'm asking being the LED bulbs are about the same intensity as my rear driving lights when lit as opposed the the regular filament bulbs. Yes, I did read that LED bulbs had lower output due to their light being concentrated in a single area, etc.

I will post a video later.


Here's a description of the bulbs:

3156 25-LED bulb
25-LED 12VDC replacement bulb
16mm Single Intensity wedge base
Unique design has 19 LEDs aiming out the end and 6 radially mounted LEDs aiming 90 degrees from the base for better lens fill





THE VIDEO(S):

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InFQLsUB1dc

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10cAdRNLgJA

[Bryan]

Best saying ever: Host then post. :D

[stillriza]

^indeed!

[2002GrandAmSE]

My apologies!!! I will get a video up tonight after I get out of work. Good ol' budget time here at work, so it'll be a late night.

[Rosado]

Come on, be nice,, New guy LOL

[Bryan]

Dang, 2002GrandAmSE looked like a really familiar name. Sorry dude, nothin but love over heeere.

[2002GrandAmSE]

it's cool man, no worries! I have a daytime video, but my bloody PDA is acting up as usual with ActiveSync. I will try to get a vid up as soon as possible, sorry guys.


EDIT: Video now posted.

[DrFabulous]

Interesting, but doesn't look much different in the video.

[Woody87]

I've always wanted to do this seeing as how all my DRL's and tail lights are LED's. very cool.

[2002GrandAmSE]

The video doesn't serve much justice. It was shot on my phone and the pixels were crappy. I'll shoot it on my camera and you can see a notable difference.

[Bryan]

I def. like that. Very nice man.

[ryanbgb22]

they seem to blink a little faster than stock...which is cool i guess.

what did u use for resistance?

[2002GrandAmSE]

they seem to blink a little faster than stock...which is cool i guess.

what did u use for resistance?


Again, the video did chop up for some reason, so yes it does look like it is blinking faster, especially in the beginning; plus the camera (on my phone) has very poor pixel resolutions.

I had to use 2 6ohm 50W resistors on each side, 1 per bulb.

The only odd thing is when I have the car on ACC and I turn on the signals, they work fine, but when I turn on the running lights along with the signals on, they blink as if there is a blown turn signal bulb out. Meh, o well. :confused:

[Elderas]

lol my blink about 3 times as fast as that its so damn annoying.

i stopped signaling because of it

[ledfreak]

Again, the video did chop up for some reason, so yes it does look like it is blinking faster, especially in the beginning; plus the camera (on my phone) has very poor pixel resolutions.

I had to use 2 6ohm 50W resistors on each side, 1 per bulb.

The only odd thing is when I have the car on ACC and I turn on the signals, they work fine, but when I turn on the running lights along with the signals on, they blink as if there is a blown turn signal bulb out. Meh, o well. :confused:

I was having the same problem with ACC & normal headlights/running lights. The easy solution is to install another 6ohm 50W resistor for 1 of the bulbs on each side (2 more total).

I'm still trying to find another solution that doesn't use 3 50W resistors since with 2 3W LED's per side it "should" blink normally when using only 2 6ohm 50W resistors. Even an electronic relay (specifically for LED applications)wired inline didn't cure the problem. Oh well, I still have to finish modding the other taillight assy.