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L1224R LED modded '06+ tails!!! (56k no, 28 pics...)

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He will go back... Just let me keep driving in front of him all the time and trust me, you'll see a thread with them modded with an led or something. lol
 
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Way too late update:

Replaced the stock blue incadescent flasher with a flasher purchased at Autozone for about $12. It's an EP27 that says LED on the flasher, but not the packaging. works great! Cured the 'hyperflash' issues when the turnsignal is selected. Problem was cured about a week after the LED install was done.

Went to 3 different auto parts stores to find one that would work. The one from Schucks flashed FASTER than the stock flasher. lol.

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Oh....and to anyone talking about the 3rd bulb on '06+ tails....yea.....I'm going to do it again. Damnit Trevor for driving by my house the other day after his full blown LED conversion on all his lighting. lol.

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My ep27 doesn't have any writing on the flasher, I have the vled's one. Why don't you put something else in the bottom of the lights?
 
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I wanna see pic of the tails with leds in the bottom.
 
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Now the civicforums.com guys are buying my LEDs!

http://www.civicforums.com/forums/3-...ml#post4356429
 
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you still have some left? on the Ranger all we have to do is connect the wires, I see on the civic forum there was talk of this dim mode bright mode is that just for civics...?
 
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you still have some left? on the Ranger all we have to do is connect the wires, I see on the civic forum there was talk of this dim mode bright mode is that just for civics...?
I sold the civic guy the exact same thing Shane bought, of course there is a bright (turnsignal brake light) mode and dim (running lights) mode - just like your stock bulbs.

I have some left now, till people buy them all up..
 
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Whats the price on these?
 
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Whats the price on these?
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Oh JP7, btw, I saw a new body style Chevy Malibu with what looked like the L1224R bulbs in it. The rapid ignition of light caught my attention out fo the corner of my eye and I pulled up and got some pics at a red light. I will post them hopefuly this weekend, but LED is the wave of the future, lol. Now I am glad I waited on putting those bulbs in my Ranger.
 
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yeah LEDs are awesome and go perfect with HIDs
 
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Originally Posted by 07SPORT
yeah LEDs are awesome and go perfect with HIDs
you are correct.

Now, if only Turb'z and I can find those L1224R's in Amber, i'd be set!
 
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you are correct.

Now, if only Turb'z and I can find those L1224R's in Amber, i'd be set!
I'm trying... I was thinking worse case scenario to take apart an L1224R and mod it internally. - should be easier than a cluster, and no needles...
 

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heck all white would be cool too!!! I've been doing research as well... no luck so far...
 
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heck all white would be cool too!!! I've been doing research as well... no luck so far...
Yea white ones for the reverse would be awesome.
 
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i'd run them for turn signals, lol...

the ones in my pic are "stealth" 3157s imagine that x5
 
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Originally Posted by 07SPORT
i'd run them for turn signals, lol...

the ones in my pic are "stealth" 3157s imagine that x5
?????? What are these stealth bulbs?
 
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Originally Posted by 07SPORT
i'd run them for turn signals, lol...

the ones in my pic are "stealth" 3157s imagine that x5
you lost me... stealth?

Cheeseburgers sound good now....
 
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I am wondering if he means chrome dipped bulbs
 
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I am wondering if he means chrome dipped bulbs
Oh, forgot about those.
 
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yessir...
*with freshly painted light sockets (primer) , I couldn't stand seeing brown sockets...

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^^yuck. i got amber ones and 'xenon white' ones......dim as hell. i couldn't do it.
 
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Originally Posted by 07SPORT
yessir...
*with freshly painted light sockets (primer) , I couldn't stand seeing brown sockets...

Yea I love thoes. I had a set on the SRT. When I traded in the car if I would have thought about it I would have replaced the headlights and turn signals withe the stock ones. Who knew they used the same ones as a ranger. I could have had a set of SS and chromes.

How did you go about painting the sockets? That looks like a great thing to do. It makes them look 100x better.

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you pull it out and disconnect the socket, put a lil tape over the metal connectors, and paint it lightly with primer
 
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I will have to do this one day when I am board or when I have to change the bulbs.
 


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