LED question

gearhead77 · May 29, 2020

So I decided to take a chance on LED bulbs on my Fox after cleaning up my headlights and sealing them. I put LED bulbs in the parking/signal lights and they flash on 4-way (hazard) but not when used as turn signals. They’re Sylvania LED bulbs, 3157 type.

Do I need to do the resistor thing or change out the flasher relay? One or the other or both? So much differing info out there. I still have some incandescent bulbs, but that might change depending on how I can get this to work. TIA...

kendawg73 · May 29, 2020

From my experience on my motorcyle... I just installed a new (LED) supported flasher relay... which I would do over resistor packs... all they do is generate heat and burn electric/power.

Blown88GT · May 29, 2020

LED's for the turn signals & headlamps offer no benefit on these old cars.
Headlamps are too dim, turn signals won't flash.
I put LED's in the fog lamps to use as DRL's.
You can use LED's for all the other lamps.

africansnowowl · May 29, 2020

I just recently went through and put LED headlight, turn signals, parking lights, brake lights, license plate lights... pretty much every single bulb on the car I switched to LED, and yes, it makes a huge difference. Initially I used resistors, but later figured out I did not need them. It took about 5 different combinations of flasher relays before I got everything to flash as it should though. It ended up needing a heavy duty RV flasher relay and LED relay for the hazards. Not sure why, but any other way and the blinkers don't flash.

General karthief · May 29, 2020

LED headlights suck for the drivers coming at you, you can't 'aim' them and blind oncoming drivers.

gearhead77 · May 29, 2020

Novita EL12 flasher relay fixed the issue .OEM, It’s a small round, blue relay tucked way under steering column on an 89, tight but accessible. We are all flashing and blinking now as appropriate . It might be blinking too fast now, but it was really slow before.

No, the LED aren’t that much brighter but they respond faster to the brake switch. My car is not a daily and rarely driven at night but I like the old look with new technology behind it. Don’t think I’ll do LED headlamps at this point, but everything else will be LED when I can.

Ryuk · May 29, 2020

General karthief said:
LED headlights suck for the drivers coming at you, you can't 'aim' them and blind oncoming drivers.

I have a 2017 Mustang. Every single blessed time I drive down a 2 lane road that doesn't have a median, at night, somebody will flash their brights at me. The real jackasses will wait until they're right on me to try and blind me. I have to drive with one hand on the lever just in case.

That said, I'd like to have LED headlights on my 90.

elarm1 · Jun 3, 2020

I have a full LED light conversion on my 2001 F150 SCrew and people hate me. I need the bright light for back roads that I drive down. You think my headlights and fog lights are bright.... wait till you see my Rough Country light bar and flood lights at night. If you were a vampire, looking at the light would turn you into dust! My fox will be getting the same treatment. I gotta see too right? *Edit* Super Bright LEDS dot com supplied me.

Rdub6 · Jun 5, 2020

elarm1 said:
I have a full LED light conversion on my 2001 F150 SCrew and people hate me. I need the bright light for back roads that I drive down. You think my headlights and fog lights are bright.... wait till you see my Rough Country light bar and flood lights at night. If you were a vampire, looking at the light would turn you into dust! My fox will be getting the same treatment. I gotta see too right? *Edit* Super Bright LEDS dot com supplied me.

Nice truck! I run an ‘02 XLT Sport as my daily, that I owned since new! Just turned 100k (I work close to home)

nickyb · Jun 6, 2020

Hid headlights ftw. leds for gauges.

elarm1 · Jun 12, 2020

This was my 99 SVT Contour's dash that got all new leds

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wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair

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So while I wait to figure out my rear end issues

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