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Old Sep 28, 2009 | 08:41 PM
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So I get home from working 36 hours straight. I come home to see my Sonar LED tails have come. So I unwrap it and start installing. I take off my passenger side tail light and plug in the LED one. I notice the turn signal isnt working....They didn't give me a bulb. (Plug and Play???) Then I notice that they also forgot to ship my inner trunk lights. Disappointed I began to start to put my stock tail back on because I want to do it right and install the inners too. So I hook my stock one back up and the indicator light on the dash turns on and my now stock light is messed up. I can't fix it because I need to go to sleep right now and I don't want to mess with it. I also notice that there is nothing on the packaging or on the unit itself indicating that it is Sonar. I notice in other member's pictures that it says Sonar on them and Made in Taiwan. Mine say Japan USA on them with no Sonar anywhere. I'm not happy right now What do I do to fix my OEM tail?
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Old Sep 28, 2009 | 08:59 PM
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Look on the tail light itself. It will have sonar casted into the plastic. It should be right around where the clear and red part on the taillight meets.
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Old Sep 28, 2009 | 10:20 PM
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my frend bought the sonar ones off ebay. it says sonar on it. its a direct PNP harness that connects to the stock one.
i got the ebay thin signal ones and its much harder to install. its not made by sonar either so u sure u got the right kind?
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Old Sep 28, 2009 | 10:28 PM
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Thanks Jeff I found it. So where do we get bulbs for these to make the turn signal and the reverse brighter? Anyone have advice for me fixing my OEM tails? The turn signal, brake, and the reverse work just not the upper red portion that is on when the headlights are on.
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Old Sep 29, 2009 | 12:41 AM
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So where do we get bulbs for these to make the turn signal and the reverse brighter?
Go to vleds.com (also on ebay) thats where you can get some bad *** LED replacements for your turn signals and back up lights.
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Old Sep 29, 2009 | 06:56 AM
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Ok cool that's what I was thinking is going to vled. I just want to make sure the turn signal is a #7440 and the reverse is a #921 right? I know it says right on it but I want to make sure.
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Originally Posted by GrEgMT
Ok cool that's what I was thinking is going to vled. I just want to make sure the turn signal is a #7440 and the reverse is a #921 right? I know it says right on it but I want to make sure.
depends on what year, just got to Sylvania's bulb chart. HOWEVER!!! <--- many exclamation points cause I made this mistake. You now have aftermarket tails and they more than likely use a different bulb, I ordered for my factory ones and were different than my Insurance tails, and that was a $40+ mistake with a 15%-20% restocking fee
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