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UNGN

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I put Switchbacks on my Miata and I love them they are kind-of DRL's and bright flashers when the parking lights are on.

With pretty much all modern cars, LED's don't have enough resistance to make the car act like they aren't a burned out regular bulb, so the flasher circuit needs to be modified.
 
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bob64

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Yeah it looks really good going down the road and the lights are very crisp not a dull yellow or amber. Looks good with all of the other leds on my car. Also looks cool at a stop light with one running light white and the other blinking led amber

Yes the brightness of the Amber is what l really noticed , Very nice !
 
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Rudy913

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You don't have to change the back ones if you don't want to. My Malibu only has front led turn signals. My local Autozone carried the LED flasher. You can use load resisters or an led flasher. Led flashers are much more convenient because you don't need splice any wiring just replace the flasher in your fuse box.

If you don't put an led flasher in they will still work the turn signals will just hyperflash (blink really fast) . I have switchback leds. When my running lights are on they are white and when I use the turn signal they are amber led.

Led headlights coming next... View attachment 65909 View attachment 65910
Where did you order yours from ?
 

shawn1112

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Interested as well.
I have had LED's and switchbacks on a few of my modern Mopars and its a major pain in the dick to get some of them to work correctly.
Dodge/Chrysler has the shittiest Canbus system for running any aftermarket HID's or LED's.
 
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UNGN

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And can someone send a link for the led flasher?

Painless LED Flasher

Check Ebay. they should be about $10-12 shipped.

On my Miata I actually had to go into the Flasher box and remove/resolder in a replacement resistor.

On the painless one you need to ground the attached wire.
 
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mobileaudio25

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Where did you order yours from ?
Superbright leds. I tried to install a set in my grandpas monte and couldn't get them to function correctly. They work great in my Malibu though. Go to your local auto parts store and see if they have a flasher in stock it will say led on it. They are cheaper than the ones you order and I blew one that I ordered too so I think it's best to grab one from them.
 
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