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Bought a set of Sylvania ZEVO bulbs last night. Lifetime warranty, 6000k, bright as hell. Price matched at Autozone to wally world's $21.72.

 

The bulb is a little too big for the Comanche socket so I took my Dremel and trimmed the socket to make it fit. Holy crap bright. The pics don't do it justice but the clean white light is much easier to see through my tinted windows.

 

Before :

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After: b3b562fc403b9a2cbc97add0ceeb7060.jpg

 

Dremeled socket :

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Was it $21 each or for the pair?

$21 for the pair. I figure over the life of the truck I'd replace regular bulbs at least twice (at $5/set). So only double the cost. Lol

 

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Wow, they must be bright. I couldn't even see the white car in the before picture. :rotfl2:

Yeah, I was gonna mention that in the write up but am easily distracted. :D

 

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Tex06, on 20 Apr 2016 - 05:56 AM, said:

 

hornbrod, on 19 Apr 2016 - 7:43 PM, said:

Wow, they must be bright. I couldn't even see the white car in the before picture. :rotfl2:

Yeah, I was gonna mention that in the write up but am easily distracted. :D

 

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Blinded by the light....?

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Nice! Do they have any effect on your blinkers?

Only on the backup lights, so no! I'd imagine if I put them in the brake/blinker slots I'd have to install a resistor.

 

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rather then using a resistor and losing half the benefit of LED lights ( energy savings). you should upgrade your flasher relay from a thermal flasher to an electronic flasher. its about $10 and completely prevents the "fast flash" of the blinkers If there is an amp change, whether its less amps ( dead bulb or LED lights) or its more amps (trailer lights or plow)

 

this is the round relay on the fuse box under the drivers dash. it takes all of 10 seconds to swap out the relays .

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rather then using a resistor and losing half the benefit of LED lights ( energy savings). you should upgrade your flasher relay from a thermal flasher to an electronic flasher. its about $10 and completely prevents the "fast flash" of the blinkers If there is an amp change, whether its less amps ( dead bulb or LED lights) or its more amps (trailer lights or plow)

 

this is the round relay on the fuse box under the drivers dash. it takes all of 10 seconds to swap out the relays .

EBay? I'd like to get a set of these for my motorcycle. It's less about efficiency and more about not having extra splices and failure points (resistors don't like vibrations).

 

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