Rear Turn Signals
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I am brand new to the G35 Driver Web Site. I've been reading some of the posts for the past few days and found it fantastic. I have the 5AT Coupe, Brilliant Silver, Performance Tire, Premium, Nav, and Aero kit on order and should receive it sometime in March. Forgive me for not knowing all the lingo yet but I'm learning. I guess I'm kind of old for this car (51), but I love the looks of it and judging from all of the posts that I've read, you guys do too!
I have one stupid question though and I hope it hasn't already been answered. I too am a nut for LED lights of any kind and I wondered if anyone had tried using an LED 7440 bulb for the turn signal. I know many have discussed duplicating the ring of LEDs for the turn signal area, but what about a single 7440 fixture designed with the ring of LEDs in the bulb itself?
Thanks for listening and again, forgive my lingo and question until I become more familiar with this site.
I have one stupid question though and I hope it hasn't already been answered. I too am a nut for LED lights of any kind and I wondered if anyone had tried using an LED 7440 bulb for the turn signal. I know many have discussed duplicating the ring of LEDs for the turn signal area, but what about a single 7440 fixture designed with the ring of LEDs in the bulb itself?
Thanks for listening and again, forgive my lingo and question until I become more familiar with this site.
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02-02-2004, 05:05 PM
Re: Rear Turn Signals
I to am a nut for LEDs, but to my knowledge, there aren't any plug-n-play LEDs that will both fit and have the same or better illumination than the incandescents that are in the signals.
Some work has been done on the G fronts however, you can see it at ClearCorners.com.
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Some work has been done on the G fronts however, you can see it at ClearCorners.com.
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Re: Rear Turn Signals
Thanks for the reply. I've seen the Clear Corners web site but I'm not sure I want to take a chance on getting pulled over in NJ for non-amber lenses. I'm actually more interested in getting the rear turn signals to also be LEDs. I found a few web sites that sell 7440 LED bulbs. Have you seen this one?: http://autolumination.com/7443_7440.htm
Is there any reason why they wouldn't fit if they claim to be 7440 replacements?
Is there any reason why they wouldn't fit if they claim to be 7440 replacements?
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Re: Rear Turn Signals
Hey... which bulb to get? 7440 super white, or red???
By the way, welcome to the club [img]/w3timages/icons/smile.gif[/img] and dont worry, you are NOT too old, many of us here are well into our 40's and 50's (not me though... haha)
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By the way, welcome to the club [img]/w3timages/icons/smile.gif[/img] and dont worry, you are NOT too old, many of us here are well into our 40's and 50's (not me though... haha)
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G35_51, welcome to the forum. There are a lot of us youngens on the site, but don't feel like a geezer...we're all fellow G35 owners and friends here.
I am also a fan of the LED tail lights/brake lights. They look great, they illuminate very well, and they illuminate quicker than standard bulbs (such as when you step on the brakes). May I ask, are you interested in changing the turn signals to LED bulbs to sort of "complete" the LED look or for improved visibility of your turn signals? Because the stock turn signals are impressively bright.
If anybody orders/oredered these LED tail lights that G35_51 has linked us to, can that person take some pics and post them up? I'm curious to see how the LED turn signals make the tail lights look. =)
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I am also a fan of the LED tail lights/brake lights. They look great, they illuminate very well, and they illuminate quicker than standard bulbs (such as when you step on the brakes). May I ask, are you interested in changing the turn signals to LED bulbs to sort of "complete" the LED look or for improved visibility of your turn signals? Because the stock turn signals are impressively bright.
If anybody orders/oredered these LED tail lights that G35_51 has linked us to, can that person take some pics and post them up? I'm curious to see how the LED turn signals make the tail lights look. =)
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Yeah Elussive, i am about to do it... i am gonna buy 1 bulb only and then test it out for a few days, so incase something goes wrong, i only mess up 1 housing [img]/w3timages/icons/wink.gif[/img]
But can somebody please confirm that the correct bulb is the 7440, or is it the 7443??? I've looked in the Service manual and could not find it
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But can somebody please confirm that the correct bulb is the 7440, or is it the 7443??? I've looked in the Service manual and could not find it
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Re: Rear Turn Signals
I TAKE THAT BACK....
after some research, this is what i came up with:
https://g35driver.com/forums/showfla...view=&sb=&vc=1
Basically, the bulb will fit fine, but the recommendation is to go with at least an 11-LED setup as 9 will probably not be bright enough for the Day-time (thats a huge safety issue for me)
And in addition, the bulb will blink really fast, so you will need to hook up a resistor to the wiring near the bulb to restore the blinking speed.
Sorry guys, i am shying away from this mod, for now...
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after some research, this is what i came up with:
https://g35driver.com/forums/showfla...view=&sb=&vc=1
Basically, the bulb will fit fine, but the recommendation is to go with at least an 11-LED setup as 9 will probably not be bright enough for the Day-time (thats a huge safety issue for me)
And in addition, the bulb will blink really fast, so you will need to hook up a resistor to the wiring near the bulb to restore the blinking speed.
Sorry guys, i am shying away from this mod, for now...
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I plan to be ordering some LED bulbs... and as soon as the weather gets better I will put them in. (Lousy Canadian winters keep my G in storage)
check out this site also: http://www.superbrightleds.com/led_prods.htm
all these bulb sizes and types give me such a headache.... mostly because I want to order and replace a whole bunch of light at the same time (reverse light, courtesy light, clearance light, etc)
and I *think* I have all the correct bulb sizes now...
if no one else gets to this first, then I will just be the guinea pig.
check out this site also: http://www.superbrightleds.com/led_prods.htm
all these bulb sizes and types give me such a headache.... mostly because I want to order and replace a whole bunch of light at the same time (reverse light, courtesy light, clearance light, etc)
and I *think* I have all the correct bulb sizes now...
if no one else gets to this first, then I will just be the guinea pig.
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Re: Rear Turn Signals
Hey Mr. Ellusive. Yes, my reasoning was to "complete" the LED look of the rear end. I love the way LEDs "snap" on and I figured the look of a turn signal snapping on and off while the LED brake lights are firing would really complete the back of the car. If all goes well, I think they'd look good for the front turn signal as well. Since I have't taken delivery on my car yet, this is all hypothesis as to whether the 11 LED cluster 7440/7443 bulb fixture will fit or not but if someone else has a chance to try it first, I might be able to learn from their experience. The LED brake lights and Center Mounted LED on the spoiler were very instrumental in my decision to buy this car. I just want to add to the "look". Thanks again for everyone's responses.
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02-04-2004, 01:25 PM
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The page fluffy posted has the best LEDs I've see so far, well at least the highest number (19) in one bulb for the 7440. Maybe that would be as bright or brighter than stock. I'll see if I can get a set and try them. I'll also look into the resistor setup.
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02-04-2004, 02:14 PM
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i read somewhere before that someone has used these bulbs and said that they blink a lot faster than the stock ones and they had to use a resistor to slow them down. so it didnt look like the blinker was goin crazy.
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Yes, I also found that the SuperBrightLEDs website has a good supply of specialty LED bulbs. The need for a resistor makes sense since teh current draw of an LED is much less than an incandescent bulb. That's how the car's flasher determines if a bulb is out or not. If the current draw is too low, it determines that a bulb is out and the flasher blinks faster. By placing a 6 ohm, 50 watt resistor across the same wires as the LED would be, it simulates the current draw of a normal bulb. If they look good, let me know which one worked the best and I'll get some before my car arrives. Thanks.
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