Was wondering, when the blinkers are blinking faster than normal what exactly does that mean?

I have some 12 LED bulbs that I tried out with my GenIIs and it looks sick blinking, but it makes then blink faster than normal, is this due to the bulb consuming more power than normal? or something else?


thanks

 

It's normal with those cheap LEDs.

 

looks like quality, I'll take a pic after class and post them up.

 

I put in 24 led bulbs for turn signals they look sick and they blink really fast, but the other day a cop stopped me, and guess what he gave me a ticket for....supposedly having strobes as turn signals i told him they were led bulbs; he still gave me the ticket anyway. So thats what i got for putting the lights. But one thing i do tell you , is I get stopped a lot not by cops but by other people asking me where i got the lights from. At a maxima meet i had like 3 people approach me, asking me where i got my lights.

 

damn, I'm going to keep the LE bulbs, I dont think I'll get pulled over and ticket but if so I'll show
them that they are not strobes, but if I get pulled over a lot I'll buy some regular bulbs but why buy
regular bulbs if I already have some that work just fine.

My issue is they blink too fast, is this something all LED bulbs used in tail lights do? or specfic
types/brands/amount of leds?

 

LEDs consume less power and your turn signal circuit thinks there is a blown bulb somewhere. That's why it blinks faster. You can buy some type of resistor to add into the circuit so the current draw is enough to get normal blinking speed.

 

The last time my bulb burnt, it did this. It blink twice as fast on the dash but it didn't light up on the outside.

-Paul

 

You need a load resistor in the circuit.
http://www.superbrightleds.com/1157.htm

 

thanks so, its just going to blink faster its not going to shorten the life of the bulbs? if not then I should be able to live with it, or would using leds that consume more power balance it out.

this is what they look like

 

my bulbs almost look just like the ones on super bright


I dont know if mine are 1156 or 1157 but which would result in slow blinking?

maybe mine arent from super bright and dont have the load resistor in it, I'll try runing them for a while, and next time I have some xtra $$ saved I'll up to 18 or 19 what ever number bulb it is, and hope those slow blink

 

When the blinkers are blinking faster than normal, it means that the car is "ricey." Please don't do it.

 

Listen to Chitty Chitty Mins bang , this is ricer central. Please step away from the maxima....

 

An exactly how is it ricey? If you going to say something, back it up.

 

Comon now, you dont want to look like a Honda Civic now do you?? You might as well put on a HUGE Spoiler that is ugly and has absolutly no use and then drop your car to the ground cause its the COOL thing to do.
PLEASE O PLEASE dont rice out a MAX like that. I will gladly take the max off your hands and you can go and BUY a tru CIVIC RICER to go and play with!

 

You guys have no idea,

I'll post pics when I'm done you'll see. . . till them

 

Post pics of the lights flashing? yeah, sure.. we'll be able see how nice it'll look. host a vid if you want to show them off.

I've seen so many cars with those "blinkers" which blinks noticeably fast that it almost looks as if they are strobing. I personally think they're "ricey" since I've seen them on tons of Civics...not saying that whatevers on civics = ricey, but you get the idea...(ex. altezzas, huge spoilers)

 

i wouldnt consider a light that blinks a lot faster thus drawing more attention to it ricey. To me any turn signal that can draw your attention better seems like good safety measures.

 

True, but the fact that I've seen them on civics....... okay, okay, i guess i could be wrong on the term but I just think he should spend his money on something else.

 

On A track I'd take a fully tuned Civic over a fully tuned max anyday. Quit the hating

 

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For the true rice professional

 

WTF does servers have to do with being a ricer????

 

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