[mrw82]

Where's the best/cheapest place to buy led lights. I'm looking for some slimline stop/tail indicator and reverse lights. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

[tanshi]

truck spares places are usually pretty good.

other wise online stores.

[Reubs]

Autobarn stocks the LED Autolamps brand. I've bought some and can't complain. They are a completely sealed unit.

[jdk81]

The autobarn are good quality, but expensive.

http://stores.ebay.com.au/brightlightautoparts seem pretty good

[laurie]

jdk81 wrote:

The autobarn are good quality, but expensive.

http://stores.ebay.com.au/brightlightautoparts seem pretty good

ive got a few things from them good price and service
lots of flash led's in hong kong and china.
my sierra is all led except for guard indicators and headlights
the first led's for the GV are on the way

[got_bar_work]

I got a pair of LED brand trailer lights on eBay for $80 with a number plate light light and they were $120 each at auto barn

[Fatzook]

Truckline.

[abclarke]

Sorry to hijack the thread man, but what about flasher relays? Has anyone found a straight swap yet for LEDs?

I spoke to Royce about it and I'm a bit unsure of how to change the wiring around in the housing. So if anyone could help with this too it's be great

[skyman]

Here a tridon EP34 is what works. It's a digital relay/timed flasher relay, so it does not work on resistance, I wonder if part numbers re the same across oceans?

[zukmeista]

Just go to your local auto parts store with the old flasher relay and ask for a non-load sensing flasher.

[monley]

I got 4 of these for $110 All ARD approved and they come in about 4 different length's i think (they also do a reverser light).

[mrw82]

Who was that through monley? That's the style I'm after.

[pyrohamish]

You just need an electronic relay, you will need to swap some wires around though.
If all your lights are LED some electronic relays don't seem to work because of the tiny load on them so you need to run a load resistor from indicator signal to ground for both left and right.

[abclarke]

pyrohamish wrote:

You just need an electronic relay, you will need to swap some wires around though.

Any tips on working out which relay to get and what wires to swap? Thats all thats stopping me now

[laurie]

swap wires! what swap wires? i have never swapped wires.

[abclarke]

laurie wrote:

swap wires! what swap wires? i have never swapped wires.

Really? Whats the flasher you have then and ill go out and buy one!

[pyrohamish]

well i bought a narva one that was at autobarn...my loom i rewired myself so i ended up swapping wires till it worked.
Earth one is easy it says it on the flasher unit then the other two just put in or swap till it works

[laurie]

abclarke wrote:

laurie wrote:

swap wires! what swap wires? i have never swapped wires.

Really? Whats the flasher you have then and ill go out and buy one!

bosch p122

[abclarke]

pyrohamish wrote:

well i bought a narva one that was at autobarn...my loom i rewired myself so i ended up swapping wires till it worked.
Earth one is easy it says it on the flasher unit then the other two just put in or swap till it works

They hard to swap around in the housing? I havnt puled mine out yet to have a look at it.

[stewy91]

Im using a narva one i got from Queensland diesel spares and I just swap the left wire to the right and right to left middle one stayed the same

[bakerboy]

skyman wrote:

Here a tridon EP34 is what works. It's a digital relay/timed flasher relay, so it does not work on resistance, I wonder if part numbers re the same across oceans?

Thats a flasher relay from a hyundai lantra, not sure if it would work well with leds?

[abclarke]

stewy91 wrote:

Im using a narva one i got from Queensland diesel spares and I just swap the left wire to the right and right to left middle one stayed the same

What part numbers that mate? What LEDs are you running? Do you still have some normal globes in there too?

[bakerboy]

mrw82 wrote:

Who was that through monley? That's the style I'm after.

through supercheap, your price would be around 150 though

[skyman]

Here in the U.S. it is a generic replacement for several different rigs, it is a new style they started selling instead of the old style.

They work very well with LED's it is the one I am running. So if the part numbers cross over, that's the one that works. Plug and play.

FWIW
Resistors get hot, can start fires, and are in general a real pain in the ass. I tried them first as they were on the rack so I just grabbed them. They relay were a PITA. Hence the tridon EP-34

[bakerboy]

pricing on the EP-34 btw guys should be about $25 if its in stock

[want33s]

I fitted LED's all round and just changed to an electronic flasher can. Pulled old one out and plugged new one in. NO rewiring.

[skyman]

want33s wrote:

I fitted LED's all round and just changed to an electronic flasher can. Pulled old one out and plugged new one in. NO rewiring.

X2 with the right flasher no rewiring is needed.

[abclarke]

Maybe thats whats causing me such a drama, because im only changing the front parkers/indicators

[want33s]

abclarke wrote:

Maybe thats whats causing me such a drama, because im only changing the front parkers/indicators

If you are only fitting LED's to the front the original flasher can will work if you add a couple of resistors to the power wires for front lights.

Flasher cans work on a specified resistance. That is why they typically flash faster when one bulb is blown and won't work at all if both bulbs are blown on one side.
LED's have next to no resistance so a normal flasher can will flash REALLY fast.

[abclarke]

Yeah im trying to avoid resistors if i can. Unless theres little inline ones...

Talking to laurie about it, hes used a 2 flasher pin relay and that seems to have worked some how?

If i was to go down the resistors path, what rating would i be looking for?