LED FAST FLASH FIX AND WHY RESISTORS MAY NOT BE A GREAT IDEA

DONT ever put these in your vehicle, for chance that this may happen!

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[stevenmcmasters]

Don't blame the resistor for your poor mount. It is stated that they need to be mounted to metal and away from plastic or anything that can short out. It was your poor choice in where you mounted them.

[dionne]

flasher modules is the preferred way but a lot of modern vehicles do not have flasher modules as the flasher is controlled by the BCM

[toyotabrony]

Or just stick with less powerful but still enough to prevent hyperflash, sylvania - load equalizer resistor. Instead of of 50W they shoved on the little one. The sylvania is 27.5W.


The little 50W resistors operate about 5 minutes, and the heat gets up to 330 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s why the mini 2” gold resistors get super hot.

But the 27.5W sylvania - load equalizer resistors gets hot for around 180. So that’s way better and more efficient.


Mine has led flasher relay by novita LM449. For my 2015 lifted Scion xB. And it works beautifully.

[philmissy]

I'ma just go ahead and say it as I'm an automotive accessories installer of over 20years. That is a Ballist resistor with heatsink "the metal housing" it's designed to get hot that's how it work. It turns excess load into heat. Think of it as your radiator. It needs air flow most importantly and would you cable tie wires to your radiator?. Point is installed in the correct way with airflow, screwed to the vehicle properly and with sufficient air flow then they will live a happy life for ever. I'm by no means having a dog but I watch you to learn what you do and in turn this is what I do. Hope it helps. Having said that it is still worth the extra money but honestly it is doing the same thing but with no heat. Doesn't mean it won't release the white man's magic white smoke either lol.

[KimRowden]

First you have to spend almost 4 minutes watching a hood cable replacement...? sheesh, why? Put it in a separate video. Please.

[NateHarrisCreations]

You was suppose to mount the resistor to the metal away from anything because it gets hot...I’ve used these for years with not one issue

[amsdrivelines]

Someone already said it in your comments but I did the same thing. Customer came in with those ballast resistors on their 14 RAM. Well they melted the headlight assemblies where they were wired in at lol. I remote mounted them on the core support so they got the airflow and they could dissipate their heat into surrounding metal of the core support. The vehicle comes in pretty frequently at the shop, next time it comes in I'mma peek at it and see if it's still holding up lol

[tchiggz]

Why are your 4ways jacked up?one side blinks on and off, the other dim and bright.

[tima.]

Above 2007 models it is programmed in BCM so there is no flasher to replace! Use resistors or ger reprogrammed.

[hubbaman]

Hello, thanks for advice. I have a 2002 ford taurus and I have so far replaced my back up lamps and head lights with LEDs. I would like to go for front turn signals. Not sure if it will hyper flash with them. Is that part you installed available at any autoparts store or did you have to special order it?

[NowWeEats]

My 2003 Saturn doesn't have a flasher box like that so I'm just going to use those hot

[ElTejanoBoy]

So I have a 2013 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and I can't seem to find that Relay on my Truck?? I've had the truck since brand New

[AllHandlesHaveBeenTaken]

Nobody can put a resistor into the led unit. Wtf

[garypearce]

DOES THE LM487 WORK ON A 2002 SILVERADO, I SEE SEVERAL GUYS TRY THIS AND DID NOT WORK MODEL INFO WOULD BE HELPFUL WHEN RECOMMENDING A PRODUCT....

[dunnoyolo]

Can you tell what one to use for 2012 4Runner 5gen hyperflash ?

[southlandacademy]

I'm not expert, I got LED lights on my 08 chevy silverado. WhT do you suggest to install as resistor ? Or what relay . My lights flash like crazy when turn signal is flashing 😅

[toyotabrony]

@RustbeltMechanic

I was actually lookin forward to swap all the halogens and incandescent bulbs from interior and exterior for my family’s 2017 Toyota sienna LE, especially the led bulb turn signal lights as well.

I want to installed the sylvania zevo 3157 front and 7440 rear.

I have the Novita led flasher relay LM449.

But here’s the sucks part, Toyota made a very stupid idea to move the oem relay somewhere else.

Instead of under the steering wheel which is a nice spot, they moved behind the gauge panels and it’s the worse thing they ever did.

So I got two options. Either get the ultra bright auxito with a built in resistors.

Or just get not only just a load equalizer resistors, but as a plug and play version. Which I prefer those for now.

I will use those, and for the front under the hood of the sienna. It has nice room full of sheet metal frame to mount the resistor with 50 watts.

So I prefer those with 3157 socket connectors as a plug and play that it came with. And I’m also gonna get but not installed with a 7440 for the rear, and see if it’s enough power to mount just the front to get rid of the hyperflash and not needing the resistors for the rear 7440.

I just wish Toyota shouldn’t move that relay in the first place. That would save my time for that.

What are ur thoughts on that?

And just for the heck of it, how much is it to have some mechanic installed the led flasher relay for us for 2017 Toyota sienna LE, and the relay is behind the gauge cluster, that needs to remove the plastics panels and gauge clusters for that?

[dannycampbell]

Exactly but where is the flasher on a 2009 Chevy Silverado? I can't seem to locate it. Please help!

[wreckedretirementadventure]

Did you lose your cruise control when you took out your resistors? They is supposed to fix that crazy glitch.

[RCX]

Great video. How do you get both headlamps to come on? I installed a ISSYAUTO flasher in my 2003 and everything works great. The LM487 wouldn't work. I have a 2017 2500HD and I'm trying to figure out how to do a full LED swap without resistors. It doesn't seem to be easy to just change a flasher swap? I bought CANBUS ERROR FREE bulbs but the still Hyper Flash.