Well... I took the plunge and did it... replaced my Amber turn signals in the rear, with RED LEDs and... it looks GREAT! I will post some pics (a video may be more successful, but we'll see). I used LEDs from www.autolumination.com - they have new 60 LED 7440's which willl fit a stock location.... just slightly less bright than the standard filament turn signals, but they look a HELL of a lot better IMHO.

Stay tuned....

L

 

wow.....can not wait to see the result. Very Interesting.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E9ANdigWrY

 

I like it

 

Very nice.....

 

nice, that must look 10x better in person...
too bad for me, i can never leave my amber turn signals, i like em too much

 

It does... The vid doesn't do it justice. It really does look great!

 

Is red even legal in Cali? Last time I checked the only colors that can be used is amber and white

 

i guess i will be the first... i dont like em to each his own and if you like it

i dont know cali law, nor do i live there, but i dont think it is illegal. think about all the cars out on the road now with the brake lights and signal being the same light and those are red as well.

 

i would think white would be more illegal than red.

but i know red is not illegal. most GM cars are red.

 

you're right... at least in new york white is illegal, but it's not really enforced.

 

White is absolutely illegal because it can be confused with reverse iights, which is why you can get a ticket for a broken taillight with a white bulb showing through (you see all kinds of cars with red foil covering the broken piece in cali). Amber and Red are legal - all the new Audi's, VW's, BMW's, etc., have red LED turns... I am still not sure why Lexus is so behind the times on that one... with the over abundance of LEDs elsewhere in the vehicle, they sure did leave a lot out that were more obvious: city lights, parking, turn signals, etc., but everything else is LED - weird!

Anyway, to each his own - it's looks especially cool at night!!!

Lee

 

this thread is awesome. i'm gonna do the LED turn signal swap too but with amber bulbs. i have a question: did you have to put in flashers or load resistors? and i was gonna get the 27 high powered LEDs from the same website thinking 60 was overkill but i guess not.

 

60 is not overkill, in fact, I will likely get brighter bulbs if/when they come out... these are pretty bright, but could even be brighter! As for load resistors, I am not going to do that and just deal with the fast flashing... I don't want to mount parts in the vehicle that generate heat and could cause other problems. I will wait to see if someone can eventually show me how to actually replace the flasher itself.

L

 

yeah i saw someone else say they did the swap and it flashed too quickly but then i saw your youtube clip and thought that wasn't too fast. oh and another question: do u have any bulb failure notices? anything not-normal? sorry to bug you with so many questions, i just wanna do things right the first time around. thanks a ton for your help