Shep
09-09-2014, 05:17 PM
I know this is kind of an old subject, i.e. how to get LED's to be compatible with the blinker mod, but I haven't seen any currently-available solutions posted yet (if I'm wrong, links to threads discussing this would be most appreciated). With the BA9 LED bulbs, there's usually two inherent in-built problems:
1) only works plugged in one way, making the "blinker mod" incompatible with this; and
2) points directly out, and has minimal (if any) light that hits the reflectors. i.e. coverage of the housing isn't so great.
This product solves both in one go, using bulbs from SuperBrightLEDs, the much-raved about source for various LED's on here. I've had these since mid-to-late May, and they've been running like a champ ever since:
https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/bayonet-bulbs/ba9s-led-bulb-6-led-360-degree/8/
Here's a picture of what it looks like:
https://d114hh0cykhyb0.cloudfront.net/timthumb.php?h=230&q=90&src=https://d114hh0cykhyb0.cloudfront.net/images/uploads/BA9s-xHP6-led-car-bulb-store.jpg&w=300&zc=2
Each of those white/yellow egg-yolk-looking things is an SMD LED. There's circuitry in there that makes it "bipolar", i.e. it effectively removes the "diode" function of an LED. And thanks to the fact that the plug is NOT permanently mounted to the side marker housing, it's fairly simple to twist the bulb once installed to align it perfectly. I actually aligned it so the board was vertical, which gives two SMD LED's pointing towards each reflector, one pointing to the top of the housing, and one pointing to the bottom of the housing.
All I have to say is "Wow", what a HUGE difference! These things are brighter, look better, and run cooler than stock. Keep in mind that once you replace one housing with the blinker mod, you need to replace the remainder with LED's before you'll see it work. I made this mistake and wondered why it wouldn't work, and my laziness to remove and inspect it paid off -- once I got them all installed, it worked beautifully!
If anyone's interested, I can take pictures tonight and post them, with a side-by-side comparison of Tomcio's door LED lights. Let me know.
1) only works plugged in one way, making the "blinker mod" incompatible with this; and
2) points directly out, and has minimal (if any) light that hits the reflectors. i.e. coverage of the housing isn't so great.
This product solves both in one go, using bulbs from SuperBrightLEDs, the much-raved about source for various LED's on here. I've had these since mid-to-late May, and they've been running like a champ ever since:
https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/bayonet-bulbs/ba9s-led-bulb-6-led-360-degree/8/
Here's a picture of what it looks like:
https://d114hh0cykhyb0.cloudfront.net/timthumb.php?h=230&q=90&src=https://d114hh0cykhyb0.cloudfront.net/images/uploads/BA9s-xHP6-led-car-bulb-store.jpg&w=300&zc=2
Each of those white/yellow egg-yolk-looking things is an SMD LED. There's circuitry in there that makes it "bipolar", i.e. it effectively removes the "diode" function of an LED. And thanks to the fact that the plug is NOT permanently mounted to the side marker housing, it's fairly simple to twist the bulb once installed to align it perfectly. I actually aligned it so the board was vertical, which gives two SMD LED's pointing towards each reflector, one pointing to the top of the housing, and one pointing to the bottom of the housing.
All I have to say is "Wow", what a HUGE difference! These things are brighter, look better, and run cooler than stock. Keep in mind that once you replace one housing with the blinker mod, you need to replace the remainder with LED's before you'll see it work. I made this mistake and wondered why it wouldn't work, and my laziness to remove and inspect it paid off -- once I got them all installed, it worked beautifully!
If anyone's interested, I can take pictures tonight and post them, with a side-by-side comparison of Tomcio's door LED lights. Let me know.