Wire Turn Signal to Break Lights

MattP725 · 06-08-2012, 11:20 AM

An LED blinker bulb has a few problems... as others stated you won't have the same OEM look because it is just meant to replace a standard bulb... won't look OEM.

The other is that your blinkers will flash faster without a resistors (which I don't like) and I'm pretty unsure about using resistors after watchign them melt through wiring on a newer BMW.

Romulus1 · 06-08-2012, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by MattP725

An LED blinker bulb has a few problems... as others stated you won't have the same OEM look because it is just meant to replace a standard bulb... won't look OEM.

The other is that your blinkers will flash faster without a resistors (which I don't like) and I'm pretty unsure about using resistors after watchign them melt through wiring on a newer BMW.

Not sure about the resistor thing either but that's the only way to slow them down unless you find some sort of loaded LED bulb but as far as the OEM thing it doesn't look any different really. Just brighter, unless your disassembling the taillight housing and putting a LED board across the entire turn signal area these are just drop in bulbs that really don't look different behind that lense

MattP725 · 06-08-2012, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Romulus1

Not sure about the resistor thing either but that's the only way to slow them down unless you find some sort of loaded LED bulb but as far as the OEM thing it doesn't look any different really. Just brighter, unless your disassembling the taillight housing and putting a LED board across the entire turn signal area these are just drop in bulbs that really don't look different behind that lense

I should have clarified... they don't look like an OEM LED turn signal (like our brakes). They look like a regular halogen just brighter with instant on. Def a plus but not as nice as a full boarded LED setup...

Basically I would like it to look like the first gen Murano (I think the later 350s did this as well).

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MattP725 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2011 Location: Toms River, NJ Posts: 1,904 Drives: 2010 40th Rep Power: 18	An LED blinker bulb has a few problems... as others stated you won't have the same OEM look because it is just meant to replace a standard bulb... won't look OEM. The other is that your blinkers will flash faster without a resistors (which I don't like) and I'm pretty unsure about using resistors after watchign them melt through wiring on a newer BMW.