Signal lights? Can I go to larger bulbs?

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Dragoon · #1 Post by **Dragoon** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 12:29 am

I drive to work in the dark and because I need and have a fairing, I can not put a light bar on. Considering I drive 60 miles on the 5 in SoCal, I would like to figure a way to be better seen (I have the fluorescent stripes already). The thought occurred of increasing the size (wattage) of my signal bulbs. Has anybody done this?
I can’t imagine it would put strain on my electrical system compared to a light bar.

Any ideas techies?

CNF2002 · #2 Post by **CNF2002** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 2:21 am

Likely your blinker housings are designed for a certain watt bulb. More watt=more heat, might do long-term damage to the housing. Wire may be too thin to handle a larger current, will overheat could short it out. Fuse might not handle the current, may have to buy a bigger fuse.

Dragoon · #3 Post by **Dragoon** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 2:30 am

all sounds reasonable to me.

Thanks

#4 Post by **Big B** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 2:34 am

switch to led's if you can. much brighter, less draw and heat. should work out great

dieziege · #5 Post by **dieziege** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 2:46 am

LEDs aren't always much brighter... you must shop around and find LED lamps that are actually as bright as standard bulbs. However, when you find them they are a very good option because they draw less current and don't melt anything.

sharpmagna · #6 Post by **sharpmagna** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 4:35 am

Yup, LED lights are not always brighter than stock bulbs.

Have you switched to synthetic signal fluid?

earwig · #7 Post by **earwig** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 4:39 am

Check out Shock Racing LEDs http://www.shockracing.com/products/ind ... r%20lights

Click the links on the left hand side... these are very bright.

Sev · #8 Post by **Sev** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 4:39 am

sharpmagna wrote:Yup, LED lights are not always brighter than stock bulbs.

Have you switched to synthetic signal fluid?

Can you pick me up 2 pints of elbow grease please??

#9 Post by **bok** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 5:10 am

Can you pick me up 2 pints of elbow grease please??

my dealership sucks, they only ever have elbow grease in the left handed bottles

roscowgo · #10 Post by **roscowgo** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 8:23 am

bok wrote:
Can you pick me up 2 pints of elbow grease please??
my dealership sucks, they only ever have elbow grease in the left handed bottles

I ordered my headlight fluid from ebay.