Ero

Do they fit in the housing? They look longer than the cree ones posted above...

Also do we need 25w or 50w for turn signals? I found some cheaper crees online elsewhere (I'll post if they work out)

Mr Hyde

Curious how you actually get access to these bulbs. Can they be reached from the engine bay?

Ero

Anyone find decent quality bulbs that aren't $90 BMW bulbs that fit our TLX nicely?

Silvaccordex01

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through the fender. remove a couple clips and pull back the lining

mikeyk24

For anyone looking for a cheaper option for the white led signal bulbs, I found these from China and should have them in a few more days. I will be trying them in my TLX once I get it, lol.

Here is the link, could be a good option instead of the pricy ones off the BMW site:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/130723101297?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

I will let everyone know if they work and don't cause the hyper flash as well.

KeithL

Anyone tried these for rear turn signals? Supposed to have built in load resistor and CANBUS compatible.

Lumen® - Acura TLX 2015 Rear Turn Signal LED Bulbs

dzionny_dzionassi

You will get hyperflash.... Needs new or modified flasher relay.

KeithL

Darn, it says it has a built in load resister. I wish Acura would have done all LEDs everywhere.

BEAR-AvHistory

Something to look into, might or might not work. I have LED stop/tail/turn/hazzard bulbs in the rear of the Cobra. They will do a normal blink without resistors as long as I don't use LEDs in the front turn signals.

Rear has four light housings - two are running & brake, the other two are running & turn/hazzard. Each of the four light housings has a single LED bulb in it that functions as both the running light & the bright light for stop/turn/hazzard

This has held up as valid for all of the guys in the FFR cars that have tried it.

Rommel Orellana

Did you get hyper flash?

Mr Hyde

Interesting, but all my experiences with my german cars which have been very, very fussy about LED bulbs has left me scarred. (I really don't need notifications that my DRLs, reverse, or license plate bulbs are out)

mikeyk24

Yep.. I am going to order the bimmian.com bulbs instead. Bulb type is PW24W.

wilztlxs

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Just to keep the thread up to date with parts that work, I installed the following and no hyper flash

Front Turn Signal, PW24W
https://bimmian.com/Accessories-for-...-Signal-Bulbs/

Rear Turn Signal
Best, Brightest LED Brake Light Bulb

Resistors, installed in Trunk
VLR-6 RESISTOR WATERPROOF CONNECTOR W/ DUOTAP HARNESS

Fidel CashFlow

Thanks for updating the thread. Could you upload a video of your front and rear signals? Im looking into doing the LED conversion but im not too sure about trunk thing.

wilztlxs

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I'll try getting a video tomorrow.

To me, the hardest part of the install was carefully getting the tail lights removed since they are on there pretty good due to the clips, a trim/panel remove tool would be recommended. After that, you just need to remove all of the electrical tape on the wiring to find the correct 2 wires inside the trunk to connect the resistor to.

wilztlxs

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Fronts look a little blue in the video, but they're white

Fidel CashFlow

Came through! Thanks man, looks awesome.

18TLXAspec

As I understand it, the relay is integrated into the MICU which is part of the under dash fuse box. Years ago I ran across a write up where someone with a Honda Ridgeline cut/removed the OEM Shunt resistor and soldered in resistor(s) so that the MICU would receive the expected load reading when LEDs were installed, but now I can't seem to find the discussion.

Greengecko

Thanks to @wilzrsx for reminding me about VLEDs, I had forgotten about them. To piggyback on his info, I installed some similar equipment:

Front Turn Signal -- iJDMTOY PWY24W (same as PW24W)
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B079QDNHC1/

Rear Turn Signal -- JDM ASTAR High Power GX-3020 SMD 7440
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07PWYRF4Z/

Resistors -- VLEDS VLR-6 resistor (installed in trunk only, did not need one for the front)
https://www.vleds.com/vlr-6-duotap-wp-2.html

Only one resistor per side was required to eliminate hyper-flashing, which I installed in the trunk next to the turn signal because that's where there's space to do it, and it's all kept inside, away from the elements, nice and clean. Up front would be a terrible location. The VLEDs resistors are very high-quality and come with high-temp resistant adhesive and real nice T-taps (the best I've seen anywhere). They're much larger and heavier than the typical resistors you see all over the place, with actual heat dissipation fins, so I'm sure they'll dissipate the heat much more efficiently and therefore not get so hot. They were very easy to install. ​​​As @18TLXAspec mentioned above, there seems to be no flasher relay to replace any more, so you have to rely on resistors to avoid hyper-flashing.

Greengecko

Update on the above installation: I ended up switching out the rear turn signals because I didn't like the JDM ASTAR. Even though they're these newer, high-tech looking aluminum-body lights, they only have like 13 LEDs. In spite of them being very bright, you can see that the light emanates from a real small surface area, so it just looks like a big bright dot.

I preferred some older Antline 7443s (https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07HLTGZLV/) because those have 52 LEDs and they fill up the turn signal housing with more evenly distributed light. I had used these before in my 2004 TL and was very happy with their performance over a long period of time. The light output was the same as for the other type.

SHayat786

If you replace with white LED in a turn signal it will always do that but if you replace it with red LED you will see a difference. Hope this help.

Greengecko

Thanks. They are both red, but the one that's supposedly more "high tech" had four small LEDs per side, so it could be seen through the lens as a real bright dot, while the other one that I replaced it with, which is an older style, has 52 LEDs so the light is much more spread out and looks nicer in the lens. As you probably know, it's recommended to use the same color bulb as the lens in order to get the best color.