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Ajwalk2008

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Wanting to know who’s running them and what brand. Want to upgrade because my light board is giving me fits. At this point I just want to upgrade the tail lights. I know if you don’t run a resistor on certain ones you will get a lamp out indication


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I’ve the Spyder Auto tails in red and have been running them for almost 2 years. Look pretty stock and work well. No lamp out issues. Had them on my old truck too for 3 years with no issues.


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I also run Spyder leds, same set from my 13...so 4+ years no issues.
 

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Looking to change the bulbs in my 2012 Ram to LED. Does anyone know where the turn relay is? Easier just to change the relay, right, instead of bolting 4 resisters to the truck to prevent hyper flashing?
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Looking to change the bulbs in my 2012 Ram to LED. Does anyone know where the turn relay is? Easier just to change the relay, right, instead of bolting 4 resisters to the truck to prevent hyper flashing?
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HA
That is a good question I will be looking to hear the answer
 

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3rd gens have no flasher relay its controlled by whatever the bcm Is called in a dodge. only way to kill lamp out is resistance.
 

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I’ve also got Spyder tail lights. 3 years and no problems


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I've wondered that myself, resistors seem to be a PITA, bit if there's no flasher relay...
 

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I've wondered that myself, resistors seem to be a PITA, bit if there's no flasher relay...


they really arent that bad, most aftermarket lights wont require them, if you change to LED bulbs you will need them, on my 08 i ran some really nice LED bulbs in mine and i tucked the resistors away and never had an issue, all of my 3rd gens have aftermarket LED tails, out of all the ones ive tested ANZO makes the best and brightest ones
 

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Isn't the flasher relay, (along w/ the micro fuse box)
still on the drivers side down on the left side of the dashboard behind the small door ?

If hyper flash is your only problem (as was mine),the special flasher you're talking about I got from JDM at Amazon. It was about $7. I also bought the best/ brightest bulbs I could find and
after installing the new flasher I tested a bad bulb and found out that burned out bulbs were still detected . The flashers are year/model specific of course, mine was a # 27bfor a 1999 . I'm very happy with the headlight, running/turn signal, back up bulbs and flasher I bought from this company. JDM makes bold claims regarding having the highest quality and the brightest bulbs yet they actually back them all up.
If you must install resistors...
I'd suggest that you use the
'plug & play type', so as not to damage any of your wiring.
I've seen more a few, (too many in fact) LED installs that ended up with lighting problems from tapping the resistors into stock wiring with havoc ensued .
 

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I didn't use the resistors on my front turn signals as the error only comes on once in awhile and I know it BS...so ignored. :) Livable until whole unit is changed.
 

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Isn't the flasher relay, (along w/ the micro fuse box)
still on the drivers side down on the left side of the dashboard behind the small door ?

If hyper flash is your only problem (as was mine),the special flasher you're talking about I got from JDM at Amazon. It was about $7. I also bought the best/ brightest bulbs I could find and
after installing the new flasher I tested a bad bulb and found out that burned out bulbs were still detected . The flashers are year/model specific of course, mine was a # 27bfor a 1999 . I'm very happy with the headlight, running/turn signal, back up bulbs and flasher I bought from this company. JDM makes bold claims regarding having the highest quality and the brightest bulbs yet they actually back them all up.
If you must install resistors...
I'd suggest that you use the
'plug & play type', so as not to damage any of your wiring.
I've seen more a few, (too many in fact) LED installs that ended up with lighting problems from tapping the resistors into stock wiring with havoc ensued .


everything with the 3rd gens is controlled through the FCM, there is no flasher to change, its all built into one main board, if you install a resistor properly then you will not have any issues, when something goes wrong with a resistor installation it is because a person who shouldnt be touching electrical components tried to do it
 

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Sure there's plenty of room in a truck to tuck away the resistors, it just defeats part of the reason for going to LEDs which is less current draw.
 

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Sure there's plenty of room in a truck to tuck away the resistors, it just defeats part of the reason for going to LEDs which is less current draw.

i fully agree with that, but thats due to the design of the can-bus system they are putting on vehicles these days, switching to LEDs is more of a safety thing than a reducing electrical draw kind of thing
 

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True. On a bike, its definitely for both - power draw and longevity. But on most bikes it's not too difficult. Still, even with resistors, I still love the look of LEDs.
 

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I installed a set of Recon smoked OLED taillights on my 2012. Easy install, zero issues. The connector in the Recon taillights plugs right into the factory bulb socket. (Remove your OEM bulb and plug the Recon connector into the light socket) Resistors are internal and pre-installed. They look great. I got them during a sale Recon was having earlier this year. I can’t speak for newer model Rams, but no issues at all with LED or HID installs in my 2012. d7ca9dba014a58617f1b7d4beddfdcc3.jpg


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