01 Silverado

Well... I got the LED's in and working! I had to really push them in hard, I am surprised they didn't break. I actually broke a small piece of platic off from the side of the socket housing, but it still fits snug in there. It looks nice, they are very bright and noticable from a distance! Overall, a pretty neat mod that I not too many people have.

Skylarsh

I have found a really great Website that has the best led bulbs, Called Bayonet Stlye bulbs it has the standard leds that point straight out causing a white dot and doesnt light up the base very well, But the bayonet has a ring of leds mounted 90 degrees and shine go all around the base to light up the entire housing. Go take a look.



http://www.ledtronics.com
Then go to Products, Automotive Base and you can see What I mean, Hard to explain without a picture.

01 Silverado

For 50 bucks a piece they better be the best! Nice technology though

99power

yes good technology but they don't have 3157 white which is what everybody is looking for. Only red and orange. And a tech comment bayonet is the old (round) style socket bulb our is the wedge style (flat)

blownZ71

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Could you clarify what you mean by this? Is there a seperate blinker specific bulb or if you use the bulbs for a blinker you must add a resistor???? If they are both 3157's why would the blinkers not work by just plugging them in? Thanks!

F8L Z71

For the side blinkers they are the small wedge bulb like a 193 or something like that. LEDs dont pull pull quite the current that the incandecent bulbs do and don't have enough resistance for the blinker to work. The website sells a resistor kit for $4.95 ea that you would have to use in line on the 12v wire to make them work. I would just leave the regular amber bulbs in there though. They are brighter

Now I never thought about changing the middle parking lamp/blinker 3157s with the amber LEDs. You said you stuck the white LEDs in that socket? Did it look bright enough?

01 Silverado

It looked very bright. Not too bright from a far angle or from up high or low, but if you were near center, it was almost blinding to look at. Might not be a bad idea, but I'm not going to be the one testing it out. Being a broke student is what I am great at

QUIKAG

I had some LED's that I bought the tailights of my C5 that I decided not to put on (for one, I was a dumbass and only bought two when the C5 has 4 tail lights). Anyway, I put them on the truck and they look pretty cool. They're Pilot LED replacement bulbs for 3157 or whatever the right number is. They plugged right in, takes about 1 minute each side. I paid about $8 for the red LED bulbs at :

www.ultimateautoaccessories.com I think is the website. Anyway, I want the white ones now for the DRL's, but the damn things cost like $24 (if I remember correctly). Why do the white LED's cost so much more than the red?!?!?

F8L Z71

Pretty much all colors cost more than red. Maybe because they get the red bulbs at a discount because they were the standard for so long?

I am currently having trouble with mine now. They worked great for a couple weeks but now they went out. I am not sure if it has anything to do with my rigged setup but I will find out. Until then maybe wait to place an order. I'll keep ya updated.

01 Silverado

F8LPONY... funny you mention that, mine started going out today. On one bulb 3 of the LED's are out. On the other bulb, it will flicker half the time. Most of the time only half of the bulb works when it isnt flashing. I am e-mailing them with this problem and a link to this thread. I tried flipping the bulbs around in the socket and switching the right to left. Nothing worked, and the problems still remained the same. Keep me updated as I will do the same!