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Old 09-25-2015, 06:01 PM   #5 (permalink)
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On a lot of domestic vehicles the rear brake and turn signal share the same light bulb filament.
I lucked out and it just so happens the rear tail lights blink correctly being LED.

If I had amber turn signals on all for corners I would do what bruce did and just leave the turn signals all stock for the same reason.
I might add an LED to each rear blinker to make them brighter to help get the attention of drivers behind me who are not paying attention.

The only reason I can think of to convert all the amber the blinkers to LED is if you used the hazards a lot with the engine off.
Which is not something we do very much in the US.
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