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Old Apr 19, 2005 | 10:19 PM
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Something Interesting...

The other day I saw a 05' TL, that his rear turn signals have an arrow flashing instead of a lightbulb.
I have an 04' and the bulb flashes, am I seeing something or do 05' TL'S have an arrow flashing? Has anyone else notice this?
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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 03:33 AM
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Are you sure it was a stock 05? It could be a mod. I have seen it on the Avalon though.
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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 08:06 AM
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Are u saying that for a turn signal - it has a blinking arrow? That sounds like it would look so bad on the TL (maybe any car). Belongs on a school bus or something.
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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 08:11 AM
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Our rear turn signal is... small... by some angles, you may feel it's... small... maybe also looks like arrow due to its cuneal shape??
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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 08:23 AM
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I have an '05, it's the same as an '04. It must have been modded.
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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 04:19 PM
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I thought I saw this too..Im in NJ...thought it was 05 since prior to getting my 05 my sis has an 04 and it was not an arrow. looks good...dont know how
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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 05:57 PM
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Maybe I was seeing something but the arrow i supposly saw was integrated in to the rear light, did not look modded. Anyone know if somewhere did modd is sold? If its true?
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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 06:48 PM
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Maybe it's just the shape of the light? It's kind of like this:

|----\\
|----//

With the forward and back slashes being the turn signal shape.
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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 06:59 PM
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Well, since it is an LED rear light could they have clipped the power supply to some LEDs, having it function somewhat as a dot matrix?
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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 07:05 PM
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It's not an arrow. It can just look like that because of the shape.
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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 07:14 PM
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I think I know what you mean. The signal looks somewhat like greater, less than < > signs from about 100 feet.
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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 09:25 PM
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the shape of the light sorta looks like an arrow when its blinking, im sure if anyone modded their turn signals we would hear about it on this site.
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Old Apr 21, 2005 | 01:57 AM
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Originally Posted by crazymjb
Well, since it is an LED rear light could they have clipped the power supply to some LEDs, having it function somewhat as a dot matrix?
The turn signals are light bulbs, not LED's
only the break, and side markers... I think
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Old Apr 21, 2005 | 08:17 AM
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It's not a mod, its stock for 2004 and 2005 as it looks like this at night >
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Old Apr 21, 2005 | 10:35 AM
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Im not sure about that cause they brag about the space saving of using LEDs but I could very well be wrong.
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Old Apr 21, 2005 | 10:49 AM
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That's the actual shape of our lights. I really like the shape which is what makes it look like an arrow.
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