Johnny_bravo00

Looking for an amber only (no switchback), led turn signal to run as drl's on my halogens. Looking for recommendations, or ones to steer clear of.
Specifically looking for a deeper amber colour with a bit more brightness than OEM.

Rambo007

I too wanted some LED bulbs for my turn signals to run as DRLs. tried 3 different LED bulbs from Amazon:


The seemed to be by far the brightest so I returned the other 2. My only complaints about this bulb are that it is more yellowish as opposed to amber and it doesn't fully emit light into the reflector so depending on what angle you are at it has some "dead" spots but it is really only noticeable in the day time and not so much at night.

Above you can see the "dead" spots in the reflector with the LED bulb in the day time.

I have searched a lot though and so far most of the LED bulbs I've seen suffer from these two issues. If you are straight on they do a good job of throwing the light but I think the base is a little too long so even though the LEDs do emit light in a full 360 degrees, the bulb sits just a little too far forward in the housing for it to properly reflect light the stock halogen. I'm still in search of something else but in the meantime I'm using them and one of the nice things is I can run them all day and they don't get anywhere near as hot as the stock halogens did.




Above: Stock turn signal bulbs Below: LED turn signal bulbs

Johnny_bravo00

Thanks for the detailed response Rambo, that's exactly the type of info I'm looking for. The stock halogen headlight crowd doesn't get any love on the forum LOL.

madmatt83

I'm in the market for amber 7444na led's. I tried some cheap ones from eBay and they were junk. I also tried the following sylvania led's. The package said they were 7443 but also fit 7444na. They did not fit and would not snap it. So I'm still looking. DIode Dynamics sells some but they are kinda pricy.

bigd9247

I have no personal experience with these, but I noticed that Diode Dynamics sells non-switchback amber turn signals. From what I've read on the forum it seems like people have been happy with Diode Dynamics products.

https://www.diodedynamics.com/by-veh...rd-f150-152195

dalola

I know you said no switchbacks, but I love my DD switchbacks! They really "class-up" the factory halogen lights, IMO. The white LED running lights are super bright, and look good in the housing (especially the smoke housing on my SE), and the amber turn/flash is also much brighter than stock.

If you haven't seen a set in a truck, it might change your mind if you do. Had mine going on 4 years, in two trucks, still going strong.

Rambo007

Are they true amber or more yellow? I have a Raptor style grille with the 3 amber LEDs that are very amber and my OCD-ness can't handle the difference between them and my yellowish LED turn signals.

Johnny_bravo00

dalola

Subjective, but I'll go with nice bright amber.