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well today while driving behind my aunt i noticd my front passenger signals blinking fast and the dash indicator was too. so i looked tonight and the rear doesnt flash. im going to mess with it tomorrow and see if the bulbs out. if so i guess i may as well upgrade to leds. which have yall used with better than stock results? i have tinted tails and want it to be seen. i think ill swap the tail and turn bulb as well as the reverse lights to led if they dont cost that much. if they do ill wait for reverse since my aux ones are load brighter than stock and want to get leds that are better than stock. not going to cheap out on this. read the more smd on them the brighter and better. get em from sbl or v leds? which would be better
 
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i went and lookd at it at night and with parking lights off the light doesnt come on with brakes. and when i turn parking lights on then i get a light but its not nearly as bright as the brake from the drivers. so im assuming its the brake lights thats out? or is the brake and signal the same and the parking on that doesnt get brighter?
 

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Front and rear light bulbs should look the same with parking lights on. When you depress the brake the bulbs in rear gets brighter. The higher brightness also happens on both front and rear when turn or hazard is on. It is usaually two different filiments in the same bulb. You will want somebody to step on the brake pedal so you can look at them.
 
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is the parking light bulb different from the brake/turn bulb? i know one of the bulbs is a special kind wich im assumiing is the one ive got out if i have no brake or signal from the passenger side rear. heres videos. also when i tried to tap my mirror signals in i found the righ wire but when it was touching you can hear the flasher relay clicking when the signals no on and my buddy said he saw the parking lights blinking too. do i need diodes from what it seems?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqWnE6RrZRQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBJ7o5O04A0
 
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i dont know whats up both bulbs work? but i have no stop or turn function from the passenger one.

okay think i got it fugured out. plugged the drivers taillight in on passenger side and signal works so im gonna guess its the circuit board going to go and get one today and see if that fixes it then

yeah it was th circuit board works now
 
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Wont leds in the tail lights cuase the lights to flicker fast like ricer's?
 

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On 95 and older hoes that can be avoided by adding load resistors. the '96 and newer can have there flasher unit replaced so load resistors can be eliminated. I got led on the whole exterior and eliminated the load resistors because I changed out the flasher unit. Now it is truly energy efficient.:)
 

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You can run electronic flashers on a 95 also.

I say go with a whole LED tail light assembly and LED for the reverse. Shouldn't be More than $150.
 

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What is the source location for the electronic '95ers? And there are two different ones as well for each signal mode. could not find them on superbright and I have been asked many times so it would be nice to have the info handy.Have not looked very hard though either.
 

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