Hyperflash Smyperflash!
#1
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
Hyperflash Smyperflash!
I was hesitant to make the change to LED Tail lights and DRL lights because of the often discussed and much cursed hyperflash. The thought of adding thermite charge load balancers ready to melt anything they touch (or at least that's the amount of heat they put out if you believe everything you read here ) really gave me pause to do it.
I decided to do a test and put in the LED DRL lights with no load balancer and guess what: the flash rate is hardly noticeable! Only a smidgen faster. Having DRLs that are amber during the day, white when the headlights are are on, and flash white to amber when a turn signal is activated with the headlights is way cool.
I guess I'll order those LED tail lights.
I decided to do a test and put in the LED DRL lights with no load balancer and guess what: the flash rate is hardly noticeable! Only a smidgen faster. Having DRLs that are amber during the day, white when the headlights are are on, and flash white to amber when a turn signal is activated with the headlights is way cool.
I guess I'll order those LED tail lights.
#4
Burning Brakes
The easiest and safest thing to install is a LED flasher unit instead. Don't have to worry about resistors getting hot and burning something if they touch something. No splicing wires.
With the LED flasher unit just unplug stock one and plug the new one in and it is all over with. Everything works fine. They are listed here half way down the page. Easiest thing I found for fixing the problem with no issues
http://www.superbrightleds.com/tail-brake-turn.html
With the LED flasher unit just unplug stock one and plug the new one in and it is all over with. Everything works fine. They are listed here half way down the page. Easiest thing I found for fixing the problem with no issues
http://www.superbrightleds.com/tail-brake-turn.html
#5
Safety Car
The easiest and safest thing to install is a LED flasher unit instead. Don't have to worry about resistors getting hot and burning something if they touch something. No splicing wires.
With the LED flasher unit just unplug stock one and plug the new one in and it is all over with. Everything works fine. They are listed here half way down the page. Easiest thing I found for fixing the problem with no issues
http://www.superbrightleds.com/tail-brake-turn.html
With the LED flasher unit just unplug stock one and plug the new one in and it is all over with. Everything works fine. They are listed here half way down the page. Easiest thing I found for fixing the problem with no issues
http://www.superbrightleds.com/tail-brake-turn.html
#6
Burning Brakes
Will have to look for my bill from them for number but it was the one for GM. What I did was go to auto parts store to see one for the car and matched it up from picture. I also called them to make sure was right ne.
#7
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
If you could post the model number of the unit you have in your car, it would be great.
I had been led to believe the vette didn't have a flasher relay, it allegedly did it in the computer.
I had been led to believe the vette didn't have a flasher relay, it allegedly did it in the computer.
#8
Team Owner
#9
Burning Brakes
You might very well be right because I haven't looked into the flasher unit on the car yet. That would definitely make things harder to do if no flasher unit was on the car and would have to use the resistors for sure.
#10
Burning Brakes
Well you just ruined my day. Called the parts store and talked to them and they said same thing, no flasher unit on a vette. Since putting LED's and one of the flashers on my truck thought I had the easy solution for the car when I decided to put the LED's in.
#11
Safety Car
I was interested in the switchbacks as well but didn't get them because of 2 issues:
1. There really is no room for load resitors to be easily mounted and I didn't want to mount them externally.
2. They are only white if you have your lights on, I wanted them white for my DRL's during the day and they will be yellow during the day unless you turn on your headlights which defeats the reason I wanted them.
2. They are only white if you have your lights on, I wanted them white for my DRL's during the day and they will be yellow during the day unless you turn on your headlights which defeats the reason I wanted them.
#13
Le Mans Master
The Eagle Eyes L.E.D. tail lights load resistor is encased in 1 1/2" block of resin. It gets warm, but not hot.
#14
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
Who sells the Eagle Eyes, other than eBay? (I don't do eBay)
I looked at their site and couldn't find that they made LED Tail lights for the C6 (or any Vette), which is odd since they clearly do.
I looked at their site and couldn't find that they made LED Tail lights for the C6 (or any Vette), which is odd since they clearly do.
#15
Tech Contributor
I also bought the 'Eagle Eyes' LED tail lights off of *bay for $279 shipped and they look great and NO Hyperflash. They are on there sold by various 'middlemen'. Do a search. I created a thread with lots of pics of my Cyber Gray showing the stock ones compared to the 'Eagle Eyes' LED ones.
Last edited by ncvette_1FUNRIDE; 11-07-2009 at 08:25 PM.
#16
Le Mans Master