Member Contributer ggathagan Posted December 10, 2008 Member Contributer Share Posted December 10, 2008 I'm looking at replacing my 5th gen's tail and signal bulbs with LED bulbs Two questions: 1) Any opinions on vendors? Two I've seen were superlumination.com and superbrightleds.com, but there's probably more. 2) Are the bulbs I need the 3157/3156 series or the 7443/7440 series? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Super bright leds came through big for me. the one ending in 6 is single filament for the turn signals and the one ending in 7 is dual filament for the brake lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Daniel Paul Posted January 15, 2009 Member Contributer Share Posted January 15, 2009 None of this may pertain to your specific application... but there is a nice review/comparison on l.e.d. bulbs on another forum I visit. Here's a link to the thread... http://www.s10forum.com/forum/f62/led-ligh...parison-376375/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 I have some you can have for the shipping. I have to go look in the pile-o-parts to get the numbers from them. If they will work, just pay the postage. Sent this message to you PM also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stucky Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 You might be able to find something that will fit here ==> http://www.truck-lite.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afennell Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 I believe that Kanadian Ken knows a thing or two about LEDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer stuartcj Posted January 21, 2009 Member Contributer Share Posted January 21, 2009 I have just ordered a pack of blue LEDS to replace the clear bulbs in my instrument cluster on my 4th gen from superbrightleds. (not superbrightled it's a different site ) They fit and work perfectly and the shipping to the UK was super fast. I would (and will) use them again. (i'll post a pic when I put it all back together again ). http://superbrightleds.com/specs/bulb_specs.htm they are the WLED-B4 I'd be interested to know if anyone has successfully replaced the stop/turn signal bulbs as according to the site there is an issue with "brightness" and the fact that replacing the turn-signal bulbs may not work so well as they draw less power than a bulb so may not trigger the flasher unit. If you look at a LED tail-light on a newer bike there are quite a number of "bulbs" in there (which is probably how you get round the brightness issue )whereas we only have 2 to replace. Anyone got any actual experience as it's something I wouldn't mind doing too? I'm looking at replacing my 5th gen's tail and signal bulbs with LED bulbsTwo questions: 1) Any opinions on vendors? Two I've seen were superlumination.com and superbrightleds.com, but there's probably more. 2) Are the bulbs I need the 3157/3156 series or the 7443/7440 series? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 I'd be interested to know if anyone has successfully replaced the stop/turn signal bulbs as according to the site there is an issue with "brightness" and the fact that replacing the turn-signal bulbs may not work so well as they draw less power than a bulb so may not trigger the flasher unit. If you look at a LED tail-light on a newer bike there are quite a number of "bulbs" in there (which is probably how you get round the brightness issue )whereas we only have 2 to replace.Anyone got any actual experience as it's something I wouldn't mind doing too? I replaced my front turn signals with 54 led 1157 bulbs from ebay. They are not as bright as stock but very visable. I had to get a flasher unit made for leds too. Pretty sure I got the one from superbrightleds. The only reason I went to led signals is I wanted a led integrated taillight, so I had to change all the signals with leds so the new flasher would work. (oem doesnt work with leds, and the led flaser doesnt work with regular bulbs) I recommend staying with the brighter stock bulbs unless you are doing a similar setup. (the integrated taillight is not as bright as stock either) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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