I know there's been numerous threads on LED conversions, but I can't find what flasher is being used (part #) and where it was purchased? Anyone help me out? My new Ironman bumper has LED driving lights and turn signals and the turn signals blink very quickly.
LED Turn Signal Flasher
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perrobravo
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How did you wire them? Mine flash as normal and didn't need any additional hardware.
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I wired them directly to the turn signal wire coming from the vehicle.
@perrobravo you just put LED bulbs in front and rear and it works like normal? Do you have a link to the bulbs you used? @Jrod how about you? I've read that this is the flasher to use, have not tried yet. http://www.autozone.com/autozone/parts/Novita-Turn-Signal-Flasher/_/N-5yc1s?itemIdentifier=6415
perrobravo
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No. I put the Ironman front bumper on, including the provided LED "driving light" and turn signal in the bumper. Both are LED. I wired those using the included wires, by tapping into the turn signal and side marker light harnesses. Now, both the OEM signals and side marker lights as well as the Ironman driving and signal work as expected.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding what @Jrod is trying to accomplish, but I understood that to be different from simply putting LED bulbs in the OEM housings...which would, in my experience, cause the flasher flash quickly, indicating a bulb problem...not enough resistance in the circuit.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding what @Jrod is trying to accomplish, but I understood that to be different from simply putting LED bulbs in the OEM housings...which would, in my experience, cause the flasher flash quickly, indicating a bulb problem...not enough resistance in the circuit.
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Your setup is different than my truck. The LX only has turn signals in the bumper, so that's where I tapped the turn signal from. I did not use the Ironman harness - I'll use it down the road if I put aux lights on the bumper.
Ah now I get it, I'm trying to accomplish something different. I'll just move along, sorry for the confusion.
perrobravo
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I think the issue is that you're using the wiring to the lights on your OEM bumper rather than the wiring for the side marker lights.
You want to tap into the wiring that powers this light...that I'm calling signal/side marker...
The wires you're after should look something like this (should be the same on the LX, not 100% sure)...
As opposed to the wiring that goes to these:
Connect the three wires behind your signal/side marker to the Ironman lights on the right in the picture below. Should be yellow, white, black, IIRC. Not the fog light.
In this way, you're not removing any of the OEM bulbs, so there should be enough resistance in the circuit so that the flasher doesn't think the bulb is out...which would cause the quick flashing.
For the fog lights, I converted the Ironman lights to HID using a kit from TRS (rendering them useless as fog lights). I connected that with my OEM fog light wiring (that going to the OEM bumper). As a result, the larger harness provided by Ironman is still in my garage, switch, relay, wiring and all. I presume you could use the OEM fog light wiring that was connected to your OEM bumper to power the fog lights in the Ironman bumper as well...but all that is separate from the signal/side marker light wiring you were asking about.
Hope this helps!
