Those should be simply plug & play... I've got LEDs in for my reverse lights and they do make a difference, but they aren't as bright as I want - time to get another set perhaps? :undecided

 

Yep, plug and play. No load resistors needed, since they don't flash. I posted my setup on a couple other member's threads about reverse lights. I got these from Mike @ Jetttstream. You can also get them from autolumination.com (about 1/3 down the page) for under $30. :thumbsup:

 

Yep, plug and play. No load resistors needed, since they don't flash. I posted my setup on a couple other member's threads about reverse lights. I got these from Mike @ Jetttstream. You can also get them from autolumination.com (about 1/3 down the page) for under $30. :thumbsup:

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc260/blckshdw/Trailblazer/100_0180.jpg
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc260/blckshdw/Trailblazer/100_0181.jpg
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc260/blckshdw/Trailblazer/100_0287.jpg

Maybe its just me but will those fit in the stock TB taillight housing?

They have a 42 LED kit for less then $8 on ebay. At that price I might have to give them a try!
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Are your license plate bulbs as bright as mine? :raspberry

These are the ones I've got, not bad for $3



I've heard Afterburners from Jetttstream are the best reverse lights, but $50 is to pricey for me.

I just ordered these

 

Are your license plate bulbs as bright as mine? :raspberry

:laugh: Probably not. I had some pretty good 5 LED LP bulbs in from V-LEDs, but one died on me, so I got some cheap 4 LED bulbs cuz the stockers made me sick to look at.

I've heard Afterburners from Jetttstream are the best reverse lights, but $50 is to pricey for me.

I just ordered these

18 LEDs should be plenty bright. If I knew then, what I know now, I may have shopped around a little more, since you can always find good deals if you dig long enough. But I am more than happy with my 40 LED reverse lights. :thumbsup:

 

Hey Blazin, are those T20 turn LEDs gonna require any special wiring or are they just plug & play?? You guys have me thinking (and my credit card a screaming) now... :undecided

This summer should be fun...

 

And not to hi-jack the thread, but am I correct in understanding that for the signal light, a 3157 LED is simply plug & play for it to work??

I know that for the brake lights you need to grab the 3157 SCK(sp?) bulb, but I'm talking about just the signal bulb...

 

IDK if you need the special bulb for the signals, but you will need red LEDs and load resistors or the LED blinker module. I'm using these in my reverse lights.

 

i have an 02 envoy with the reverse lights in the bumper. i have blue 3157 led replacement bulbs installed. they work great and have had absolutely no issues with them. only thins is they arent as bright as white would be. but it matches my blue truck lol. i also have white underglow which is unhooked for the winter

 

:undecided Well at least they were nice and cheap. Now you can go back and get those 42 LED bulbs instead!! :yes:

 

:no: I looked at the pic and they have the same base. I've seen some with a different base that should work, but they cost a little more.



This listing has a better pic of the base that will NOT work

 

Hopefully the next set fits right. Otherwise, bust out the Dremel and hope your hand is steady enough to grind down the edges on those bases!! :raspberry

 

Heres the set I bought. Clearly says they are 3157 compatible. We use 3157 in all 3 rear bulbs sockets right(excluding the top mount third brake light)? For some reason they do not seem to want to snap in to the socket. :suicide: I asked the seller, just now, if any kind of special adapter is needed. Any ideas? The base seems to skinny..

 

The problem is with the round part of the base. It's to thick to go into the socket and there's no place for the clips that our sockets use to grab the bulb. If you look at the OEM bulb, the flat part slides in a little farther and clips to a little thicker flat part. On these LEDs that thicker flat part isn't there.

 

Well keep in mind my kit is slightly different then yours. From what I can see the base on the LED bulbs is longer then the OEM style bulb. The thickness was roughly the same, but after further observation(that post earlier was right before my second attempt to install them) I noticed that, like you said, It did not have the little small raised areas on the side to lock in place. If it had those I believe it MAY have fit. I think I am gona have the seller send me these instead:

From the look of it...it should fit..

 

If you look at the OEM bulb and the LED and our socket the socket clips to the flat part of the OEM bulb that 's a little thicker on the long sides of the flat part.

Your ebay listing didn't come up, but it looks like these will fit from the seller you used. All the SMD bulbs had the same base

 

If you look at the OEM bulb and the LED and our socket the socket clips to the flat part of the OEM bulb that 's a little thicker on the long sides of the flat part.

Do you think the other one i linked to would work? like i said it looks like it in the pics...

 

You missed my edit, look above your post

 

It works for me..but heres the link just in case:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230587546439&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

 

I think those will work, IDK how bright they'll be but atleast they should fit.

Time to go to work

 

Just curious what makes you question the brightness?

 

:undecided Interesting bulb setups for those pairs.

Edit: Yep, time to get ready for the morning commute :hahano:

 

From the LEDs that I've had, SMDs seem to be much brighter.

 

sorry for what may appear to be a stupid question..how do you get to the reverse lights to change the bulb? My '07 just had one bulb go out on the passenger side and I want to replace them both. This is my 3rd TB and I have never had to change one bulb in any of them...

 

Grab a phillips head screwdriver. Open your lift gate, unscrew the 2 screws on the tail light housing so you can unmount it from your TB. Remove the screws from the circuit board on the inside of the tail light housing. When you pull it off, the bulbs will be plugged into it. Replace the reverse bulb, then put it all back together. Done deal. :thumbsup:

 

License Plate LEDs cought FIRE!

Thats right, those LEDs that I got of fof ebay for like $3.00 cought fire!!! I dunno if it got too hot, or I got a bad set. I noticed that it looked like one of the lights came out of the socket, so when I got a chance, I took the cover off and noticed that the thing had burned up, (got pics but @ work right now, will post tonight.) So I must hunt down the wiring harness for the license plate bulb:hissy: I figure I would just give you guys a heads up about it just in case you have the same set as I do... BTW for something small, the smell was horrible! I still cant get the burnt smell out of my garage:no:

 

Thats right, those LEDs that I got of fof ebay for like $3.00 cought fire!!! I dunno if it got too hot, or I got a bad set. I noticed that it looked like one of the lights came out of the socket, so when I got a chance, I took the cover off and noticed that the thing had burned up, (got pics but @ work right now, will post tonight.) So I must hunt down the wiring harness for the license plate bulb:hissy: I figure I would just give you guys a heads up about it just in case you have the same set as I do... BTW for something small, the smell was horrible! I still cant get the burnt smell out of my garage:no:

WTF That's some bad luck Dion. I'm guessing you just got a bad set. I've never heard of any problems like that with LEDs

 

This is all that's left...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/iamsodamnconfused/IMG_20110424_182300.jpg

 

Wow, that really DOES suck. I gotta agree, there had to be something wrong with the way that bulb was made to cause something like that. Although the LEDs don't get that hot, the resistors can. Maybe they put in the wrong kind? Who knows.

 

I'm just glad the fuse did its job and blew to prevent anymore damage:yes: If it would've went up in flames, that would be the time you would've saw a grown man cry:crazy:

 

Hey guys I been busy with other porjects but finally got a set of the lights.
Heres the one I got:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120720162923

Good news:
They fit!
Didnt test them in the dark, but damn it looks bright out of the housing!

Bad news:
That price was a SINGLE bulb. Like wtf who sells bulbs in singles?
The other bad news is they shipped me blue not white!
I only tested it in the circuit board no in the housing where it could reflect but it looks super bright! At night you could see these from a mile away I bet!

Now I am waiting to here from the seller to resolve the issue since I purchased super white LEDs and these were clearly blue. I am talking cop car light bar blue!

However:
After reading a PM blazin and I had awhile back, he mentioned the afterburners from Jett5tar and how it was just 3 or 4 high powered LEDs. So I thought I wonder what high powered LEDs I can find on Ebay, and heres what I found:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170642580295

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170632408348

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120726542265

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270751955609

I wonder if these might be even brighter. Of course I didnt look at the base to see if it looked like they would fit or not. Any thought guys?

 

Hey guys I been busy with other porjects but finally got a set of the lights.
Heres the one I got:


Good news:
They fit!
Didnt test them in the dark, but damn it looks bright out of the housing!

Bad news:
That price was a SINGLE bulb. Like wtf who sells bulbs in singles?
The other bad news is they shipped me blue not white!
I only tested it in the circuit board no in the housing where it could reflect but it looks super bright! At night you could see these from a mile away I bet!

Now I am waiting to here from the seller to resolve the issue since I purchased super white LEDs and these were clearly blue. I am talking cop car light bar blue!

However:
After reading a PM blazin and I had awhile back, he mentioned the afterburners from Jett5tar and how it was just 3 or 4 high powered LEDs. So I thought I wonder what high powered LEDs I can find on Ebay, and heres what I found:



I wonder if these might be even brighter. Of course I didnt look at the base to see if it looked like they would fit or not. Any thought guys?

68 is a lot of LEDs I'm sure those will be nice and bright once you get the right ones. Out of the other sets, I would probably try that first one with the super flux LEDs in it. The last one, plenty of other people have used, so we know those will work. I think someone tried the 3rd one, and was not overly impressed. Haven't seen that 2nd set before. :undecided

 

Yeah I know 68 is alot, but then again the jett5tars are what, 48 LEDs and yet the afterburners are only 3 LEDs but they are brighter. I just want to have the brightest thing avaliable. Not like there going to run some one off the road being used as backup lights lol. Plus I have a bad neck so some times it is hard to look back. Obviously at walmart you have little choice but when backing out my friends driveway out in BFE I am hopping these things well turn night time in to day time lol.

 

Why dont you just go with the 15watt HID reverse lights they now sell.. there a little pricey but damn are the bright!