LED's

[Denali132]

Has anyone replaced their factory tail light bulbs with the LED bulbs? If so what bulb number, costs and how do they look pics?
Thanks

 

[Nnaboy]

I wanted to do that once upon a time but I changed my mind because I'm pretty sure doing that would lead to the quick flasher signal problem seen on some cars, it represents a dead bulb, and because those bulbs are really low on power consumption the cars computer will think the bulb is dead or not there at all, which will result in the quick signal problem. The only reason why some LED tails work is because they have, I think Load Equalizers, or something that stops them from the quick signal problem.
Now you could install load equalizers in the positive wiring and avoid that problem. Load Equalizers and alot of LED bulbs can be found at www.autolumination.com

 

[scotto2323]

Nnaboy is correct with the load equalizer. However I have not heard of anyone that has installed them in brake lights. I just did dome, license plate, and reverse LED Bulbs looks real nice like. You can look at http://tahoeforum.com/showthread.php?t=8820

Go to:
http://www.sylvania.com/
and you can get your factory bulb styles and then look on www.autolumination.com for the conversion bulbs.

 

[kutza]

autozone sell all the Jamz Straight LED products. They also carry the load equalizer in stock.

 

[e-dub75]

On the autolumination.com website, is the 906 bulb gonna be the size I need to replace the dome lights?

 

[uofmz71]

if you do order some for the brake and signal lights make sure you get the RED LED. if you use white the red lense cuts alot of the white if you use a white LED, so they recommend a red LED for turn and brake lights.

superbrightled.com is a great site as well, and the sylvania site will tell you the bulb size, and also you will need a load equalizer but they are not too expensive.

i have replaced my back up bulb and thats it just cause i wanted to match the license plate to make it look cleaner, and the reason i dont really like the brake/turn light is cause when you are using them it just lights up that on little spot and not the whole area of the bulb... make sense? sometimes just looks tacky IMHO

besides i think the esky tails look the best and they alot of leds in that set up and its way bright!

 

[e-dub75]

I'm not sure if uofmz71 was replying to me about checking the sylvania site or he was just including that in his response to the post but the sylvania site doesn't mention anything sizes about the dome light, unless I missed it. Here is what I got.

2007 CHEVROLET Suburban/Tahoe

Low beam headlamp
H11-55W

High beam headlamp
9005
9005SU Silverstar ULTRA for Ultra Night Vision - The Whitest and Brightest Halogen
9005ST Silverstar High Performance Lighting: The Whiter and Brighter Halogen
9005XV XtraVision Halogen - The Brighter Light
9005CB Cool Blue Halogen - The Whiter Light

Parking light
4157NALL
4157AST Silverstar Signal Lighting: Complete the Look: Crisp, Clean, Style

Front turn signal
4157NALL
4157AST Silverstar Signal Lighting: Complete the Look: Crisp, Clean, Style

Rear turn signal
3057LL

Tail light
3057LL

Stop light
3057LL

High mount stop light
Assembly

Fog/Driving light
5202

License plate
2825LL

Back up light
7441

Front sidemarker
2825LL

Trunk/Cargo area
921
921LL Long Life Upgrade: Up to twice the life of the standard lamp

Daytime running light
3157LL

 

[uofmz71]

yeah e-dub - no dome lights on the sylvania site, which i dont know why they dont have them on there. i was just giving it for denali cause he wanted to know about the leds in the brake lights/turn lights

e-dub, i also heard that those leds, i believe the 906, they dont work very well. apparently they start to blink alot after a couple weeks - i mean with some techno music youd be good, haha - but the putco lights are what alot of people are doing and they are much brighter - i cant remember what size but if i find out ill let you know. they are kind of expensive too...

 

[e-dub75]

yeah e-dub - no dome lights on the sylvania site, which i dont know why they dont have them on there. i was just giving it for denali cause he wanted to know about the leds in the brake lights/turn lights

e-dub, i also heard that those leds, i believe the 906, they dont work very well. apparently they start to blink alot after a couple weeks - i mean with some techno music youd be good, haha - but the putco lights are what alot of people are doing and they are much brighter - i cant remember what size but if i find out ill let you know. they are kind of expensive too...

Yeah no techno music for me. Actually what made me want to research about the dome lights was b/c I saw the Putco lights (below) and heck yeah they are expensive. Alright, well I guess I wont be getting an upgrade in the interior light section.:nonod:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Part...d=p4506.c0.m245&_trkparms=65:10|39:1|240:1318

 

[73shark]

Eagle Eye LED tails rock.

 

[e-dub75]

Eagle Eye LED tails rock.

I second that. But Eagle Eye LED tails I threw some HID's in the reverse.:cool2: