led turn signals, need some help

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as i anxiously await my retrofit projector lights from jj, there is one thing i noticed that will probably bug me. After looking at a few pics on his site, u can barely even notice the amber turn signal lit with the housing being painted black, guess the chrome helps reflect the light on the stock housing. Was checkin out some led bulbs for the turn signals, here are the one's i'm thinkin abouthttp://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED-Bulbs/Turn-Signal-LED/Amber-LED/V-LEDS-AMBER-75W-HIGH-p9593082.html
these should make them nice and bright i hope? Question is about the flash rate, i'm sure it will have a fast blink on the signals bc of the resistance and the truck will assume a bulb is out. Do they make electronic flashers i could just swap out, or would resistors need to be wired in. Would much rather purchase an electronic flasher instead of splicing into the stock wiring, again!!
Also might pick up one of thesehttp://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED-Bulbs/License-Plate-LED/White-LED/V-LEDS-HIGH-POWER-18W-p7516915.html
bc the backup led's on my recon smoke lenses suck ass. Saw some pics of a member with one of these installed, and WOW that sucker is bright!!
 
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any electrical guru's on here? Found these on autolumination.com
http://autolumination.com/images/auto_bulbs/3157_44led_a_wm.jpg
and the description states they are outfitted with canbus bulb-out warning cancellation chip which is designed to eliminate bulb-out warnings for bmw, audi, etc. Wonder if these would have a normal flash rate if i slapped them in?
 

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I'm pretty sure a resistor has to be wired in. Not totally sure, I know it's that way on the rear turn/brake bulbs. But I've been perfectly fine with stock blubs and black headlights. They're perfectly seeable at night, and during the day.

As for the rear lighting, I converted all my bulbs to LEDs also.
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The liscense plate lights were not on, but I assure you they are just as bright as everything else.
 
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could definitely use some more lighting in the back, and figured that license plate light would definitely help. Guess i should wait until i receive my heads back and see how bright the turn signal bulbs are behind the black housing. I have been on a little lighting kick lately, any light on the hayabusa or truck-i will outfit hid's or led lol. The hid's on the busa were by far the best mod i have done
 

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