I bought a set (4) of 3157-CK bulbs from superbrightleds.com... Their lumen values were really high, so on paper these should have been a very good replacement for stock bulbs, AND they are only $10 per bulbs.
So I installed them tonight. Their dim mode looks like it's completely on par with the incandescent's dim mode. Their bright mode looks like it's not as bright. I haven't decided if I want to keep them or not, I haven't had to make that choice, because somehow they kill my blinkers!
So with all four of these red 3157's installed: Whenever my tail lights are on, the blinkers/hazards do not work. And inside on the dash, the blinker indicators (green arrows) remain dimly lit all the time.
Turn off the tail lights and the blinkers work normally.
They are not CAN bus bulbs as far as I can tell (see for yourself), and I am even using an LED compatible electronic flasher in place of the factory flasher.
My dash with my tail lights on, and my blinkers and flashers off:
I emailed SBL but I'm sure they're just going to tell me to return them. I figured I'd post the problem here too in case there's some other known issue that is causing this? I was so excited to FINALLY have good working red 3157's.
So I installed them tonight. Their dim mode looks like it's completely on par with the incandescent's dim mode. Their bright mode looks like it's not as bright. I haven't decided if I want to keep them or not, I haven't had to make that choice, because somehow they kill my blinkers!
So with all four of these red 3157's installed: Whenever my tail lights are on, the blinkers/hazards do not work. And inside on the dash, the blinker indicators (green arrows) remain dimly lit all the time.
Turn off the tail lights and the blinkers work normally.
They are not CAN bus bulbs as far as I can tell (see for yourself), and I am even using an LED compatible electronic flasher in place of the factory flasher.
My dash with my tail lights on, and my blinkers and flashers off:
I emailed SBL but I'm sure they're just going to tell me to return them. I figured I'd post the problem here too in case there's some other known issue that is causing this? I was so excited to FINALLY have good working red 3157's.