Cheval

Lifetime warranty? Is this one of those real lifetime warranties? So many of them the lifetime is considered like 3/4/5 years and then the warranty is up.

If it's a true lifetime then that makes the cost of these much more reasonable...

even so I think I'll wait for these to go on sale. I'd imagine sooner or later they'll go on sale for similar price to what the pre-order price was....

ETA:

WARRANTY
All our products have a 1 year warranty, and the V3 Triton System has a lifetime warranty. We will warranty the V3 during its current production time. If the V3 is discontinued we will replace your old unit(s) with the current version for up to 1 year of the date it was discontinued.

hhrdx08

Very nice Triton V3 switchbacks!

One of its features says "Optional dim mode connection for white when headlights are on"; anyone knows if it is an extra cost for this option or it is just an extra wiring?

IamaTL

If only they had type 1 switchbacks.

JTS97Z28

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If Type 1's are the ones that when you put a turn signal on alternate white and amber to me that looks kind of goofy. I love the look when the white turns off and they flash only amber, then go back to white.

rockyfeller

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WOW nice, finally, LED technology is starting to come around! If only it had a built in load resistor and cheaper price. $400 a set......I think I'll wait it out for V4s.

honda_nut

Would love to see the comparison as well. No offense, but the ijdmtoy leds you sent, especially for the front ambers, are not very bright. If these are brighter than the stock incandescent bulbs, I may get a pair.

JTS97Z28

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No you might have read my original post wrong. I said the quality and output is so amazing that I would have probably been willing to pay $400 for them. Even though they still weren't cheap the actual cost was $220 priority shipped for all four lights as well as the new V3 plug and play load resistors. Cheap? No, but for an actual product that finally does the job right it was very reasonable to me.

After today I'm off for a couple days and I will try one of the front amber LED's. Expect additional pics later today or tomorrow comparing the front amber LED's.

James

SharksBreath

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$55 for each light? that is insane. i can only imagine what their mark up % is on these...

they do look nice, but i couldn't drop that kind'of coin on them.

350

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Just curious on the resistors, do you only need 1 per side of the car or do you have 1 on each bulb? At least on my Chevy's I put 1 larger resistor on each side the of the car and it works fine, so I have them up by the headlights but not the tails and everything works fine.

quanaman

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TBH, over 200$ for bulbs is kinda crazy. I won't even spend that kind of $ on my bixenons and those are used much more often and are much more important.


IF you have that kind of money to spend, yeah they look awesome and well made.

JTS97Z28

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You can use one resistor per side if you get the correct ones and the TL has perfect places near the rear tail lights to mount them and is easily accessible.

Undying Dreams

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I got the shipping conformation!!

JTS97Z28

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I wanted to add these new sunlight pictures to my original posts but can no longer add them. So here goes...

This evening I installed one amber LED front park/turn bulb, and one red LED rear turn bulb and went out when the sun was low in the sky, but very bright and at an angle directly aiming into the housings. What I found out that is in 100% ALL lighting conditions the new V3 Triton's are brighter. From the side, from direct on, when in the dark, when looking into the sun, and with the sun into the housings. As we all know the filament bulb can be extremely bright especially from a distance and head on, and even surprisingly then the LED was still brighter (although very close). This IMO is perfect because I didnt want a bulb that was ridiculously too bright, but I wanted it to be atleast as bright from direct on and in sunlight, and they most certainly are. I did my best taking all sorts of pictures from far and close wit camera into sun, and with sun directly into housings from behind the camera.

The V3 Triton LED is on the passenger side, and the OEM filament bulb on drivers side (for both front and rear).


Sunlight directly into housings from about 15ft. Turn signals on.


Same as above but from 50ft.


Filament bulb from angle.


V3 LED from angle.


Sunlight in front of camera about 15ft.


Closeup of filament turn bulb.


Closeup of LED turn bulb. Even with the sun directly behind it in your vision it was still very visible where as the filament bulb was almost washed out.


From turn signals with sun directly behind. LED has slight advantage from this angle.


Sun directly into rear turn signal from about 12ft. Again, LED has the advantage.


Closeup rear LED in direct sun.


Closeup of rear filament in direct sun.


Rear turn signals in direct sun from 50ft+. It was closer, but LED still stood out more.

Undying Dreams

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Awesome! I am so excited to try these things out. They should be here before the end of the week.

paperboy42190

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just double checking, the fronts are regular amber LEDs and not switchbacks?

JTS97Z28

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That is correct. The V3 switchbacks aren't even available yet.

LockDots

Can you take a picture of the sidemarkers front he side during the day? LED signals (even bad ones) reflect fine when looked at from the front, but the side profile is where you can really tell.

quanaman

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Maybe a comparison between your standard LED turn signal bulb and these would be helpful. Got any laying around?

JTS97Z28

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Thats not true, low quality LED's dont reflect good straight on and especially in direct sunlight. I have tried probably 5 different types of LED bulbs and almost all of them became very close to if not completely invisible in direct sunlight. The only one that you could see in direct sunlight, but still very dim was the VLED's 92 smt tower LED.
I did take somewhat of an angled shot which is posted above, but take my word for it the V3 Triton is brighter at every angle. I looked and saw it for myself. Wish I could help you with additional pictures but im done taking pictures for now lol. Besides I already removed the two LED bulbs because as I dont have the load resistors yet to be able to use them without hyper flashing anyway.


No I do not have any other LED's right now so I cant help you out with any comparisons with those. However, since I have personally owned about 5 different LED sets I can say from experience that everything else IMO is a waste of money. I was completely disappointed with every other LED bulb I have tried. At night they were ok, but in any sort of light conditions and especially in sunlight they almost completely disappeared. Not onlny that LED tower bulbs look tacky and are huge inside the housing. Thats the other good thing about these new V3's is inside the housing they basically appear like a normal bulb where as the towers look like a huge christmas tree with 60+ LED's mounted all over the place with no focus of light whatsoever.

guitarplayer16

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Props - these bulbs truly are the brightest on the market.

LaJay007

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James, I still love that White Sox license plate! And the signals look great! Nice work!

Undying Dreams

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They're being delivered today!

Gonna try to install them tonight, trunk liner isn't too hard to pull back.

o4Komodo

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Damn nice!
Do you have a video of them in action??
Or can you tell me how they flash?
I.E: On/off/on/off or On/brighter/on/brighter

JTS97Z28

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Awesome let us all know how it goes. Just a heads up for you when you put them together. Only two screws line up with the stock bulb socket attachment points. So you will only be putting two screws on the LED on opposite sides of eachother. Once pushed in and rotated it holds very securely. And dont forget to put the rubber seal on.
Last but not least, I adjusted the LED so that the very end of the LED lens was at the same length from the base as the filament in the original bulb. I assumed that would give the best focus if it even matters. Thats all their is to it. Let us know what you think!

James

LockDots

You misunderstood, or perhaps I didn't explain myself right. I didn't mean viewing the LED itself from the side or head-on. I meant the overall turn signal 'chamber' light output when looking at the headlight ASSEMBLY not the actual LED.

Undying Dreams

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/87741887@N07/8250192368/http://www.flickr.com/photos/87741887@N07/8250192368/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/87741887@N07/, on Flickr

On to the install!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/87741887@N07/8249125109/http://www.flickr.com/photos/87741887@N07/8249125109/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/87741887@N07/, on Flickr

Above is a comparison of the VLED Triton (left) vs the 18 LED (right) I had before.

Close-up (Triton)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/87741887@N07/8249125515/http://www.flickr.com/photos/87741887@N07/8249125515/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/87741887@N07/, on Flickr

Close-up (18 LED)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/87741887@N07/8249125917/http://www.flickr.com/photos/87741887@N07/8249125917/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/87741887@N07/, on Flickr

Triton vs 18 LED
http://www.flickr.com/photos/87741887@N07/8249126285/http://www.flickr.com/photos/87741887@N07/8249126285/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/87741887@N07/, on Flickr

Both Tritons installed
http://www.flickr.com/photos/87741887@N07/8250194422/http://www.flickr.com/photos/87741887@N07/8250194422/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/87741887@N07/, on Flickr

Side shots
http://www.flickr.com/photos/87741887@N07/8250195080/http://www.flickr.com/photos/87741887@N07/8250195080/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/87741887@N07/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/87741887@N07/8249127953/http://www.flickr.com/photos/87741887@N07/8249127953/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/87741887@N07/, on Flickr

^ That one didn't turn out so well...I assure you it's as bright as the other side shot.

Both installed, this is about 20-25 ft away.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/87741887@N07/8250196180/http://www.flickr.com/photos/87741887@N07/8250196180/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/87741887@N07/, on Flickr

I can't wait to see these things light up tonight.

So far, so good, I'm really happy they're as bright as they say they are. As for now, my front switchbacks are plenty bright but in the future if these Tritons go on sale or drop in price I will surely pick up a switchback set.

Honestly, if you're thinking about getting a tower LED, I'd recommend you don't. As you can see from my pictures, they're very dim in daylight and I had multiple people tell me they could barely see the turn signal. I know these are expensive but given their brightness, I feel like they will be worth it, they also come with a a warranty so if they fail me I'll get a replacement. If these bulbs last me a few years, definitely worth it.

Note: I do have smoked USR tails which are missing a diffuser in the turn signal area like the OEM tails. If you have smoked tails like me, these are what you need.

I'd like to thank JTS97Z28 for his review on these bulbs, he convinced me to buy them and I am happy I did. Also a thanks to VLED's, I did not pre-order these bulbs but I bought them the day after. I bought them on a Saturday, they shipped Monday and were here yesterday

Sensual_Sushi

I also just installed the V3's for my front/rear turn signals.
FINALLY led's that are bright/brighter than the stock incandescents!

Previously I had:

Front - VLEDs PLATINUM AMBER 7W HIGH POWER 20 LED PARKING/TURN SIGNAL BULBS

Rear - Superbrightleds 45HP-LED 16mm Wedge Base 7443 Tower bulb

The old rears from Superbrightled.com were about 75% as bright as the V3's, they worked well enough.
The old fronts from Vleds.com were about 1/2 as bright as the V3's, huge difference. Can actually use them without worry of people not noticing you signalling.

Like the OP said, two 3mm screws opposite sides will do the trick + a 32mm gasket. I adjusted the gap to about 3/32" ~ 1/8" and it was the best install for the rear. For the front, I adjusted near max height so that you can see more light from the side (careful not to install TOO tight, my passenger side one is stuck, can't undo with just my hands now).

People are right, they are expensive ($100/pair) but they work. I've wasted $$ on the older stuff - would have just gone for these if they were available before.

The pics:
-old vs new vled bulb
-gasket and screw
-parking light (left is old, right is V3)
-signal ON (left is old, right is V3)
-signal ON from side view

o4Komodo

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Holy balls brightness.

Can anyone still confirm how these blink for the front turn signals?

UA6

JTS97Z28

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Just like stock. If you have your park lights/headlights off its high intensity blinking on/off.
If you have your park lights/headlights on, when you activate turn signal they will continue at low intensity and flash high intensity. Hopefully that makes sense, but if not like I said they function exactly like the stock bulbs.


James

LockDots

Weird question but is there a turn-on delay? The reason I ask is because some have internal charging capacitors that prevents the parking light (not turn signal) whether it's white or amber from coming on immediately. If the car has an aftermarket alarm/keyless/remote start when you lock/unlock you get a 1-2 parking light flash pulse. This pulse is sometimes too short or the charging delay in the internal capacitor causes the light to not actually flash or only flash on the second pulse.

Aretardedorange

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Caved in and bought the ambers. Use the code NLCODE at check out and it will take $6 off.

JTS97Z28

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I have noticed no delay whatsoever. When I lock/unlock the car they flash exactly as they should.

JR_Rider

You all have convinced me to go ahead and order a set of the switchbacks for my front ten signals. I just order a set of the 60 led 6K switchbacks but I will return them. Since replacing the bulbs in my signals is such a labor intensive process, I think it makes the most sense to get something good. Thanks for the convincing fellas.

Undying Dreams

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Labor intensive? Just turn the wheels to one side and pull back the fender liner, the turn signal is right there. Takes 10 mins tops.

swoosh

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JTS97Z28

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One question for the guys that have already installed the V3's in your front turn signals. Since all I have done was temporarily tried the fronts since I havent received the V3 load resistors yet, I did have trouble getting the fronts to turn in and stay tight. What did you guys do to get them in there securly? Once I get them installed permanantly I will take the fender liner off to get a better look and hand in there, but just want to make sure the fronts will fit right.

Obolonsky

I did install front.
To secure bulb correctly:
1. 2 small screws opposite each other
2. Small rubber ring ( you should get it with your item)
External ring diameter should be the same as bulb base.
Regards,
dmytry

JTS97Z28

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I should have specified I have a Type S. I cant recall if yours was a base model or not. Since the Type S has different front park/turn bulbs I need someone who has installed these on the front on a Type S. From the intructions they state to use the adapter collar ring which I have done, but it didnt seem to be secured like I was able to get the rears. Once I install them permanently I will get in there better and remove the front wheels if I need to.

Thanks,
james

sockr1

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these look very promising...have a few questions:

is the CLS module the resistors you are talking about for the turn signals?
do the resistors need to be welded in or are they some sort of plug and play?

and finally, for anyone that has run switchbacks, does the 6k or the 5k line up better with the headlights on a type s?

thanks for the reviews by everyone so far in this thread, very helpful!