finally LED switchbacks to my liking

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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 05:46 PM
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finally LED switchbacks to my liking

so i've been going back and forth on how to get my switchbacks to not show white and only orange.

well, the answer finally presented itself a few days ago, if you have the LED switchbacks, if you start/stop the engine with the lights on, EVENTUALLY the white will go out, btu the orange still works.

will post pics later, it's a shitty day in NY today. but i'm finally diggin the whole

cleared + blacked out + 1 CFFL ring.

that's all,
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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 05:47 PM
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i know that ppl have brought this up before, but it's never been like a DEFINITE, "yes, if you do this long enough this is what happens". - now i turn my lights off all the time for fear that the CFFLs will burn out! lol
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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 08:20 PM
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yeah i figured this out too but i like the white, so i sent them back and got a free pair.. although now the colors of the white are a little bit different from each other.. =\
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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 08:21 PM
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also when my whites went out, they went out only on one side..
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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 08:46 PM
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u could just get an orange led turn signal.. thats what I am using..
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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 08:55 PM
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cant you just break the pin off for the parking lights? or cut the parking light wire. it can always be spliced back. or Vleds type 2 Leds if not blinking white
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Old Mar 27, 2009 | 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by bzyrice
u could just get an orange led turn signal.. thats what I am using..
yea i was using the silverbulbs, but w my blacked out inside, the orange bulb wasn't bright enough

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cant you just break the pin off for the parking lights? or cut the parking light wire. it can always be spliced back. or Vleds type 2 Leds if not blinking white
yea rocky told me to try that or buy the 7442 smt bulbs or something....but i was too lazy to try it out

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also when my whites went out, they went out only on one side..

yea originally one side went out, but i figured if i did it long enough the other side would go out too lol
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Old Mar 27, 2009 | 02:36 PM
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Guess I better not start/stop my engine with my lights on because I like my white...
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Old Mar 29, 2009 | 11:39 PM
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lolz JCL, doing things the hard way. You are intentionally trying to give it voltage spikes to fry them, haha.
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Old Mar 29, 2009 | 11:48 PM
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lol, i already told you guys that this works, it's been like this on my old type s headlights for a while
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Old Mar 29, 2009 | 11:54 PM
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Originally Posted by anthraciteaspec
guess i better not start/stop my engine with my lights on because i like my white...
+1
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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 09:53 AM
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where the pics at?
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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 01:45 PM
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what is a switchback led
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Old Mar 31, 2009 | 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by bukjoe15
what is a switchback led
LED turn signals that are white running lights and amber turn signals.. see infamouslinks avatar on this thread.
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