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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?

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.

all sounds reasonable to me.

Thanks

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

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.

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

Have you switched to synthetic signal fluid?

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.

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??

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

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.