Having issues with incandescent bulbs burning out prematurely, I seen at Auto Zone they sell LED bulb replacements. However, after buying the rear stop/turn/taillight bulbs I had some unique problems occur. Main problem is the flasher itself - that had to be replaced with an LED compliant flasher. But even after ordering the LED Compliant flasher from Super Bight LED's, another issue was still a problem and that is when using the left/right turn signal, the instrument back lighting would also flash. But was really bizarre is when another driver asked me why I have my hazard flashers on when I turn. I checked the lights when I got home and sure enough when I turn on the left or right turn signal both front and rear signals flash at the same time. So following someone's advise I bought Load Resistors from Super Bright LED's. Still having the same issues.
Then I contacted a tech at Super Bright LED's and he gave me a link to read. The LED bulb replacements Auto Zone sells are CAN/BUS complaint. They are not design to be used on regular electrical systems as there are resistors on the circuits which can cause back-flow into other electrical circuits. Sure enough, when I removed the red LED bulbs from my rear taillight housing, the instrument back lighting stopped flashing. So in the mean time I put the incandescent bulbs back in till the order from Super Bright LED's came.
The front LED turn signal bulbs came from my totaled 2001 Ford Ranger pickup. They plug right into the Jeep's wedge base fixture. Same thing with the rear third brake light - also salvaged from my Ranger pickup. The front side markers came from SBL when I ordered the load resistors (that I don't need now).
Thursday of last week the SBL order came. The red LED bulbs are far brighter than the CAN/BUS LED's I got from Auto Zone. However, I have one defective bulb that has no marker illumination and should be returned (waiting for RMA#). I also replaced the floor area lights with LED bulbs, the dome light (#94) is super bright and the Festoon bulb in the back is also LED now.
Now I need to replace the #194 & #74 incandescent bulbs in the instrument gauge cluster, indicators and heater control assembly back lighting. Jeeps are notorious for excessive vibration and incandescent bulbs just don't last long.
Then I contacted a tech at Super Bright LED's and he gave me a link to read. The LED bulb replacements Auto Zone sells are CAN/BUS complaint. They are not design to be used on regular electrical systems as there are resistors on the circuits which can cause back-flow into other electrical circuits. Sure enough, when I removed the red LED bulbs from my rear taillight housing, the instrument back lighting stopped flashing. So in the mean time I put the incandescent bulbs back in till the order from Super Bright LED's came.
The front LED turn signal bulbs came from my totaled 2001 Ford Ranger pickup. They plug right into the Jeep's wedge base fixture. Same thing with the rear third brake light - also salvaged from my Ranger pickup. The front side markers came from SBL when I ordered the load resistors (that I don't need now).
Thursday of last week the SBL order came. The red LED bulbs are far brighter than the CAN/BUS LED's I got from Auto Zone. However, I have one defective bulb that has no marker illumination and should be returned (waiting for RMA#). I also replaced the floor area lights with LED bulbs, the dome light (#94) is super bright and the Festoon bulb in the back is also LED now.
Now I need to replace the #194 & #74 incandescent bulbs in the instrument gauge cluster, indicators and heater control assembly back lighting. Jeeps are notorious for excessive vibration and incandescent bulbs just don't last long.
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