I know we need 7443 but which ones do u guys prefer the 20 or 30 leds towers and which one would I have to mod the hole for?

 

wassup george, the 30 LED 20mm one is the one you want, it's 7443 and it fits your stock housing.

30 Led SMT Tower

Measures 3/4" (20mm diameter x 2-5/15" overall height)

Note: The 7443 switch back has a standard 3/4" diameter head to match all standard 7443 housings

the 20 LED one with the bigger diameter is the one you DONT want. This fits the type s housing.

 

thanks bro appreciate it.... which resistors did u buy? i remember u saying u got bigger ones so they dont get hot

 

Difficult to install?

 

Hey George, I bought these sames ones from the DIY on here.

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showd...number=019-015

They're huge but don't get too hot.

 

thanks nim thats what i was looking for

 

poc to install

i got the 6ohm 50 watt resistors from autolumination.com

btw, the rear type s bumper came out GORGEOUS... omg

 

not difficult jm....but since i got a ronjon front kit the other day and while i wait to get it painted I wanna do a few things a lil diff to the lights i might as well go all out.

 

Yeah... I'm gonna have my front bumper off tomorrow to get it painted but I'm gonna be leaving my car at the shop. Theres a couple things I wanna get done while its off but I'm pretty limited, time-wise.

When I (finally) open up my headlights, I might as well throw in some switchbacks.

 

Btw man, your bumper matches my paint better than the ASM bumper..it's weird

 

mine doesnt.... its so off...lmao im glad it matches urs though.... it saves u a few bucks. but its ok once all the good stuff gets in im droppin it off for some paint....its gonna look so dope...
brian im glad it came out good....does it feel flimsy like if it takes a bump it'll chip or does it feel nice n flexy?

 

I emailed Chris at Autolumination and asked if he could confirm which switchback LEDs will fit the turn signal housing on the TL. He said to go with the 30LED 7443 and use the 6ohm resistor.

Mine shipped today. If you want to hold off until I get it I'll let you know for sure if it fits.

 

its all good bro...thanks tho..... i saw brians when he came to my shop and i loved it.... i just didnt know what was what because everyone i do something for had something diff installed..... i know nim had resistors that didnt get hot n so did brian... so before i go nuts ordering im gonna pulse the lines so i can get a good reading on what the lines actually carry out so when it comes time for the resistors i can get the most compatible ones.

 

Sounds good. I just cleared my headlights and i'm not liking the stock 7443's.

 

yea..thats the way to go.. since you gotta wait might as well go way out.. when I did mine I cleared/blackout w/ switchback and threw in CAI at the same time.. one shot got everything..GL

 

dude everyday that goes by the standard 7443's drive me nuts i was ok with the ones in the rear cuz i have the ghost look tail lights but the front is too yellowish....i thought ehh if they look as bright as the rear ones or if they were orange, ill leave em.... but no way do they even come close.

 

I ordered the same part for mine and it fit perfectly.....

 

Sweet! Thanks for letting me know. Where did you mount the resistors?

 

^ frankie mounted them on the side by his sidemarkers where its not near anything or touching anything.

also, he didnt order 6ohm resistors. the reason for that is because you would have to order 4 of them and install 2 in the front and 2 in the back. the 6ohm resistors will work for the front 2 switchbacks only.

he ordered the 3ohm's which will allow leds blinkers to work in the front and the back to fix the fast blinking. but since he only has the front 2 as led blinkers the 3ohm resistors work fine.

i mean why splice all 4 when you can just slice just 2 wires haha... so the 3ohm's is a better and cheaper alternative than the 6ohms. i have switchbacks installed on my 2nd gen, but im using only 2, 3ohm resistors installed in the rear. Chris told me that the 6ohm resistors are the resistors that i should order, but jjasha here on the boards told me that the 3ohm's will work fine.

 

btw, the light bulb sizes and item number is different on the type s than the base tl? because i know that the product number on the 04-08base tl's are 7443, but i've seen on other threads that the type s is 1157... is that really true or am i just imagining things.

 

Front turn signals for 07-08 Type-s are 1157.

 

hmmm... okay... then i guess they made some things different on the Type-S's than the base TL's.