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Originally Posted by cooltoy It has to be amber by law. You can get a mirrored bulb that does not look amber when off, but is amber when on. Hm,

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Old 06-26-2013, 12:24 PM   #1 (permalink)
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It has to be amber by law.

You can get a mirrored bulb that does not look amber when off, but is amber when on.
Hm, I think the amber reflector is what is required by law. And I will keep my reflector. Plenty of cars don't have an amber light on the side. Regardless, I'd still like to stick with my original plan.

I still want to go ahead and get rid of the amber light. Also, the stealth bulb you have described above is a decent idea, however, this is an LED, which already accomplishes the goal desired by a stealth bulb: white/clear when off, and amber when lit.

I'm looking for a way to make the LED not to shine amber.


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In AZ, you can have amber or clear bulb. I installed a 5000k LED for the parking bulb and cut the wire for the amber side. It's actually a amber colored LED soldered to a board otherwise I would have replaced it also. I use "chrome" covered amber turn signal bulbs front and rear for a cleaner look.

Okay great! So it's certain that the little amber LED is not replacable due to it being soldered to a board?

And sorry to be nosy, but what wire was it exactly? Maybe a picture if you still had it in your file somewhere? I don't want you do go behind your fender liner again, but just in case if you had it still...or maybe you remember where the wire was?

And I totally agree with the chrome look. That's exactly what I did with my rear turn signals...but instead of buying stealth bulbs, I just painted them chrome...here's the finished product:




Thanks for the info though...that's exactly what I was looking for!
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Okay great! So it's certain that the little amber LED is not replacable due to it being soldered to a board?

And sorry to be nosy, but what wire was it exactly? Maybe a picture if you still had it in your file somewhere? I don't want you do go behind your fender liner again, but just in case if you had it still...or maybe you remember where the wire was?
Yes, it's a 2 LED soldered to a small board. I was hoping it was just a bulb. I guess if you wanted to, you could solder in some white LEDs, but I made it easy and just made a cut. It didn't affect anything else. I don't recall which wire I cut and I didn't snap any pics, but I may have some time tonight to pull back the inner fender and take a peak for you
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Yes, it's a 2 LED soldered to a small board. ... I made it easy and just made a cut. It didn't affect anything else. I don't recall which wire I cut and I didn't snap any pics, but I may have some time tonight to pull back the inner fender and take a peak for you
Awesome, thanks for that info. I hope many others will find that just as helpful as I did.

And only if you have time, that would be greatly appreciated!
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Awesome, thanks for that info. I hope many others will find that just as helpful as I did.

And only if you have time, that would be greatly appreciated!
Ok. I pulled back the inner liners and this is what I found. On the connector with the black, blue and yellow wire, cut the yellow. This will turn off the side amber LEDs. It's the same color wire on both driver and passenger side. You can't just unplug it as the other wires power other things. Quick n easy. And it's a free mod

Here's a pic of the drivers side:

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