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LED DRL and Flasher Conversion - No Hyper Flash (2 Viewers)
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Got it...I'm pretty dense when it comes to this type of media. I haven't figured out how to post without replying to the last poster. I was looking to add to IHTFP08's options to eliminate hyper flash. Cheers, all!
yeah, forgot the pigtail thing. I meant to add that. I run that setup and it is great minus the no DRL thing.
Thanks for the thread, I ground my flasher down today and it worked like a charm, aside from one of my new rear LED's being DOA.
Grinding the shunt didn't do anything for me and its nearly broken. Just tried a 1Ohm resistor, lowest I had in the pack. Got a single blink haha. I guess ill do 2 1Ohm in parallel and try again.
Always does...that's what they do.
ended up fixing mine with 2x 1Ohm resistors in parallel.
Can someone clarify what they meant by stating that using the 12 pin to 8 pin adapter affected towing? My 7 pin towing connector still works fine with 4 pin lights. Also I am still looking for a solution so that I have working DRL's again. I didn't want to have to take apart the oem flasher relay to deal with cutting a shunt but if I have to I guess I have to. Where did you wire those risters @newnanarmsco on the Relay or at the lights?
I did the resistors on the relay. I tried grinding the shunt down, couldn't make it work. so replaced shunt with 2 resistors in parallel. smallest ones I had were 1ohm so it needed two.
And that worked fine without the need to do anything else and it didn’t get excessively hot? If so I think I might just grab a few resistors off of Amazon and do the same thing.
the smart tap was my route. Needed the harness and pin move and lose DRLs but I drive a 2003 so who cares! haha
yes I wasted a ton of time grinding. I can't say if they are getting hot since I haven't checked them. I'm not 100% certain of how the module works, but it makes sense to me that they only see current when the turn signals are activated, so heat won't really be an issue in the module. Also some weird reason my hazards don't work now. I know hazards are on a separate circuit. not going to investigate that one much further
Anyone else having issues with the smart tap mod. May not be issue at all with the smart tap and all cud be with the bulb. Did the smart tap on mine and my brothers gx. Worked fine and then 5-6 months in, both our rigs passenger side turn signal stopped working. We replace both front and rear turn signals using led bulbs from superbrightled. Just wanted to find out before i buy replacement bulbs and any suggestions besides superbrightled? Thanks
Anyone else encountering this after the smart tap install. I pull everything apart this past weekend and smarttap to makensure everything was securely plugged in. Swich out led bulbs and still didnt fix it. Some addition back ground, everything was working fine for 5-6 months. Then one dat noticed only passenger side only turn signal flickered. Would flicker and turn on occasionally. Another note, i also change the rear to led’s (if that makes any difference). Going to try to put regular bulbs in the back later today. Any suggestions. Also as mentioned, same thing is happen on my brother rig
MrTorgue
Grizzly Clint
Neither of my two GX smart taps has had any issues. I have no idea what could be the cause. I use Alla LED bulbs and have had zero issues with them flickering or randomly exhibiting odd behavior over the years I’ve used them.
Thanks! Did you do all led on the rear lights too?
MrTorgue
Grizzly Clint
Yup. Front and rear are all LEDs.
Thanks for comfirming mrtorgue
Update..gave the guys at diode dynamics a call as a last resort to see if they had heard other with similar issues. Those guys are AWESOME (especially Mathew who i spoke with)!! Gave them a rundown of things ive already tried, ie changjng bulbs, unplug and plug flasher, postrd on mud. Etc…. He said
Sounds like issue with the flasher and said since its still under warranty they’ll send me two new ones (as my bothers car w/ flasher purchased and installed exact same time had identical issue).
Just installed it on both cars today and both are working now!!
