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Originally Posted by PaleMelanesian
OEM is 55W low beam. I have a set of Sylvania Ecobright halogens that draw 45W.
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Yup. That's right. I just guessed at my memory.
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Originally Posted by PaleMelanesian
... both Honda and Toyota use regular bulbs for turn signals even in their top-trim models with LED taillights.
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I think that's because of the cost of the added resistor thingys needed for LED flashers. I wonder if the new models' separate the bulb for the flasher from the bulb for the running lights? Would it be cheaper to have LED running lights and incandescent directionals, instead of LEDs with the added resistor element for each? My Civic uses the same bulb in the amber fixtures for both running and flashing. And so I have never tried to replace them, because the costs of the special units for an LED flasher seem a little prohibitive. The incandescent bulbs are about 20w each, though. So I can see a small voltage drop (0.1 volts roughly) whenever I turn on the running lights.