Colored lightbulbs

[navistar]

Anyone know where I can get colored upper light bulbs for the dragon horn part of the highlight assembly?

[LittleBeast]

http://autolumination.com/194.htm

[etlsport]

your local auto parts store probably has a few diff colors too, the 3 major stores near me (autozone, advance auto parts and strauss discount auto) all carry red blue and green 194 bulbs almost 100% of the time

[SkidPlate]

http://autolumination.com/194.htm

First one on the page, SMT towers, are pretty frickin bright, esp for led's. I put the superwhite's in mine..

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/thumbs/IMG_3920.JPG (http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/medium/IMG_3920.JPG)

[Raque Thomas]

The least expensive way to get colored bulbs for the horn lights is to go to Home Depot or Lowe's and buy colored bulbs for Malibu outdoor lighting. They fit right in, and you can safely double the wattage (to 8W) without fear of melting the housing.

[tysamigo]

The autolumination.com site is THE BEST! I emailed them and negociated a disocunt on my next order (that I placed tonight). I've changed the horn lights out and the inside dome light so far. I'm so satisfied with those that I have decided to replace all lights on the VX to LEDs. All together (once my new order is received), all lights will be replaced with the following:

*Dome Light
6 LED Super High Flux
39mm, Blue
9.99/each


*Horn Lights
*Front Side Marker Lights
*Rear Side Marker Lights
T10 Wedge
Item # SMT Tower Color: Blue
Lens: 194
$9.99/each


*Small Round Front Parking Lights
194 6 LED Clear Focused Lenses, projects light forward like a flashlight
UV (purple)
$4.99/each


*Interior Map Lights
Super White, 9 LED
39mm
$6.99/each


*Front Turn Signal Lights
*Rear Turn Signal Lights
20 Powerful Wide Angle High Flux LEDs
Amber
$17.99/each


*Back Up Lights
The Beacon, advertised as perfect for back up lights
1156 Ba15s Base 50 watt Xenon Super White


*License Plate Lights
194 (Super White) Xenon
$1.49/each

[etlsport]

ty.. dont forget that when you change your turn signal bulbs you will need to get a load equalizer or a new flasher, they work on building up a charge and when there is enough charge to light up the bulbs, it discharges and lights the signals.. LEDs draw significantly less power, so it will discharge almost instantly... ie your turn signal will flash crazy fast like if you had a bulb burnt out.. pull one of your turn signal bulbs out and then turn on your signal to see what i mean

[tysamigo]

etlsport,

wow, I didn't know that. I don't know what a load equalizer is. Would this be something autolumination.com would have and is it easy to install? This is all new to me. Thank you very much for the advice. If this is really difficult I'll just cancel those bulbs on my order.

Thanks alot,

Ty

[etlsport]

nah its pretty easy, and yes autolumination does carry them.. i beleive moncha went with a 3ohm with good results, you may be able to email them and tell them what you are doing (let them know the wattage on the bulbs you are taking out) and they can recommend something for you, make sure to tell them you only want to put one equalizer in each circuit, they are easy to install, you just splice one end in before your bulb and one in right after your bulb (basically short circuit the bulb with a resistor) and that should take care of your problem, if you do a gallery search for load equalizer, moncha has some pics of his install, (theres also a write up on it in the review section) its the yellow AAA battery lookin thing spliced in with the blue scotch-lock connectors

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/3153/medium/IMG_0619.JPG
its a really easy install, the load equalizer is tied into the black wire going to the turn signal via blue scotch lock, red wire comes from there to load equalizer..red wire comes out of the other side of the equalizer and to the white connector, where its spliced with the green wire.. all you have to do is snap the connectors over the correct wires.. i dont even think it matters which side is connected to which wire, hardest part is probably positioning

heres a link to monchas write ups

http://www.vehicross.info/modules.php?name=Reviews&file=viewreview&id=4
http://www.vehicross.info/modules.php?name=Reviews&file=viewreview&id=3

pm or email me if u have any other q's

[tysamigo]

etlsport,

AWESOME, thank you very much!

He says "I used the 3ohm model thus using only one resistor on each circuit (lamp) for a total of 2."

So that means I need 2 of these equalizers for the front turn signals and another 2 for the rear?

The rear bulbs I want to use these:
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/Search?catalogId=10101&storeId=10101&sku=eak264308&searchbtn.x=25&searchbtn.y=13

If I bought these, would they need separate equalizers?

[etlsport]

the front and rear signals on the pass side work together and drivers side work together, as long as you have the equivalent load with a strong load equaliz=er, the flasher will discharge at the same time doesnt really matter where the load is (ie one large load equalizer vs 2 smaller)

if you want to calculate exactly what you need to make it exactly the same check this page out.. http://science.howstuffworks.com/question501.htm

pretty cool...here is some quick number crunching to give you an idea of what you need/what happens w/ the equalizers i dont have the real numbers on the bulbs, but this should all be pretty close.. each "circuit" is a side of the car (ie passenger/driver)

STOCK
2 bulbs @ 27 watts each on each circuit (drivers side or passenger side)
battery puts out 14volts
2x27watts= 54watts total
54 watts/14 volts = 3.9 amps
------
with (1) 3 ohm equalizer per circuit and LED bulbs
2 led bulbs @ 2 watts each
1 load equalizer @ 3 ohms

(2) bulbs x 2 watts = 4 watts
4watts/14 volts = 0.29 amps (way too low by itself.. thats why your turn signal would flash like crazy.. so you add...)
14 volts / 3 ohms = 4.6 amps

=4.89 amps total ... a little higher than you need, but it will get the job done and its much better than .29 amps

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with (2) 15 ohm load equalizers

4 watts / 14 volts = 0.29 amps

14 volts/15 ohms = .9 amps (you would need two of these on each side (one on each bulb) so multiply by 2)
=1.8 amps
+ amps from LED bulbs =2.19 amps a little low... but again much better than the 0.29 from the bulbs alone

so yea.. i might be way off... it is 230 am and i had class from 8am -10 pm today...

.. phew i need to be out of college already, see i learned how to apply what i learned in the real world!

[MZ-N10]

the front and rear signals on the pass side work together and drivers side work together, as long as you have the equivalent load with a strong load equaliz=er, the flasher will discharge at the same time doesnt really matter where the load is (ie one large load equalizer vs 2 smaller)

if you want to calculate exactly what you need to make it exactly the same check this page out.. http://science.howstuffworks.com/question501.htm

pretty cool...here is some quick number crunching to give you an idea of what you need/what happens w/ the equalizers i dont have the real numbers on the bulbs, but this should all be pretty close.. each "circuit" is a side of the car (ie passenger/driver)

STOCK
2 bulbs @ 27 watts each on each circuit (drivers side or passenger side)
battery puts out 14volts
2x27watts= 54watts total
54 watts/14 volts = 3.9 amps
------
with (1) 3 ohm equalizer per circuit and LED bulbs
2 led bulbs @ 2 watts each
1 load equalizer @ 3 ohms

(2) bulbs x 2 watts = 4 watts
4watts/14 volts = 0.29 amps (way too low by itself.. thats why your turn signal would flash like crazy.. so you add...)
14 volts / 3 ohms = 4.6 amps

=4.89 amps total ... a little higher than you need, but it will get the job done and its much better than .29 amps

-----
with (2) 15 ohm load equalizers

4 watts / 14 volts = 0.29 amps

14 volts/15 ohms = .9 amps (you would need two of these on each side (one on each bulb) so multiply by 2)
=1.8 amps
+ amps from LED bulbs =2.19 amps a little low... but again much better than the 0.29 from the bulbs alone

so yea.. i might be way off... it is 230 am and i had class from 8am -10 pm today...

.. phew i need to be out of college already, see i learned how to apply what i learned in the real world!

OH DEAR GOD.....i just had a corporate finance midterm, and there is way too many numbers in that paragraph :mad: :mad: :mad:

[SkidPlate]

Replacing the flasher module is a much more elegant solution.

Well, it's actually rather difficult to get it installed up under the dash. But it is cleaner than using 3ohm heat generators.

Flasher EP34 fits our rigs: http://autolumination.com/equalizers.htm

I changed mine, works like a charm.


If you still want to use load equalizers I will send you my old ones for free, just cover the shipping.

[Spike]

I popped in the flasher module last year when I converted to LED, yes, once you find it, its easy to remove... the replacement is a little harder to get in since you are totally working by feel.

Once in it works very well and I cant recommend it enough.
The only weird thing is the clicking sound, seems to come from behind the CD player .. (even with the stereo off!)

Oh, I have had bad luck with the 'newer' matrix 194 bulbs, Where half or all of the unit would burn out after a couple months (just past warranty). I went with the older matrix unit, and havent had a problem at all.

[djkymar]

*Back Up Lights
The Beacon, advertised as perfect for back up lights
1156 Ba15s Base 50 watt Xenon Super White


can these damage plastic in there or no?

[tysamigo]

I changed my order and omitted the load equalizers to get the Flasher EP34 instead.

Any instructions on flasher replacement available?

Regarding:
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can these damage plastic in there or no?
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I'm not sure. I hope not....

[WormGod]

I changed all of my bulbs over to LEDs some time ago and ALL of my signal lights flash fast. Total plus in my book since it's extremely annoying to other motorists and their gets attention faster and easier. Not so sure what the legalities of it are since they WORK, just faster, heh.