Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums Modifications Aesthetics LED tail lamp bulbs = hyperactive turn signal...

Just bought some LED type bulbs for the rear of my 'Tour (pic below). Installed them...bright as hell at night, but now my turn signal flashes at double speed as if a bulb is blown somewhere. Putting the old filament bulbs back in solves the problem. Any suggestions?

The actual bulbs I have have the addition of one large LED in the center of the unit.



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Andrew Morris

'99 SE Zetec ATX
Toreador Red/Greystone
K&N, custom 2" cat back
badgeless, Knauberized
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"Any connection between your reality and mine is purely coincidental."

Thats the way there suppose to be, by the way where did ya get them from how much ??? If ya don't know them would ya be willing to sell them??? I'm in cali-e
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Chow
98SVT #2263

LEDs are not resistive devices like light bulbs, that's probably why it's flashing at double speed. Try measuring the resistance of the light bulb and wiring a resistor inline with the LEDs.

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Louis Wang
Sugar Land, TX
1998 Black E0 #3826
http://web.wtez.net/tw57472

Chow...
Got them from www.aftermarketsource.com
Under "Colored Bulbs" look for the 3157 LED replacement bulb. They were $10 each...

Louisw...will do that. I have a Multimeter around here somewhere...thanks.

Cool! just ordered some,ive been looking at those for a while but didnt want to be the ginnie pig.
I wish you would have posted sooner,last night i ordered the POLARG 1157 hyper whites 70/10 watt.
See link,they were $12 apiece http://speedwerks.com/images/A140-10-M12.jpg


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[This message has been edited by HWCM (edited July 18, 2000).]

I brought 1157 50/15 watts and put them in the tail lights look great but a week later the bulb went out and i look at the bulb it had melted the socket.I had to buy a new socket $5.00 bucks.So i got white 8/27 for the taillight a little brighter.For the front turn signal bulbs i took out the 3157 sockets and replaced it with two contour taillight bulb sockets with 1157 superwhite eurolight bulbs 8/27 watts a "little brighter then stock".They fit right in the front headlight.I did this because they don't make the higher watt 3157 bulbs.Plus you have more options with the 1157.Any quastions about bulbs just ask me svt41574@aol.com i just about tried every bulb out their.Even headlight bulbs.