Switchback LED turn signals

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I am looking to replace the front turn signal bulbs with switchback LEDs. I was looking at a set on eBay that comes with the resistors and connectors. I was thinking of going that route, or replacing the turn signal relay and not doing the resistors. Has anyone made these work?
Bulbs and resistors:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/322073573441
Or flasher relay and bulbs:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/282083280030
 

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I've done the bulbs and resistor route. This requires you to cut and splice the resistors inline with the turn signal. Relay, just replace relay, no cutting of wires involved
 

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I used the bulbs and new flasher relay option on my 2000 Yukon XL, and when my dad got his LED turn signal assemblies, we also used the new turn signal relay.
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I just received the switchback bulbs and put them on. With the lights in the white turns on fine. But with the turn signal, the white stays on and the orange flashes. Haven't received the led flasher yet, don't know if that will make a difference or if the led flasher is just for the hyper flashing. These are the ones I got:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/222425553161
 

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I just received the switchback bulbs and put them on. With the lights in the white turns on fine. But with the turn signal, the white stays on and the orange flashes. Haven't received the led flasher yet, don't know if that will make a difference or if the led flasher is just for the hyper flashing. These are the ones I got:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/222425553161
Some of the cheaper ones don't turn off the white light, and just flash the yellow over top, the better ones alternate the white and yellow, and the best ones switch off the white while the yellow flashes on and off.

http://a.co/2zJmgaC <-- I found this one on amazon, but you will pay $25 a pair for them. They flash "amber-off-amber-off" for the turn signal.
 

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Hey guys.i got the switch backs and replaced the relay but still has the hyperflash.who has the part number for the relay?
 

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Hey guys.i got the switch backs and replaced the relay but still has the hyperflash.who has the part number for the relay?

Just to make sure, you bought the turn signal flasher that said it was for LEDs and not just a "heavy duty" flasher, right? (they aren't the same thing)

If you bought the correct turn signal flasher (and if you ordered it online, received the part you ordered), then there is something wrong with it, and you need to return it for a good part.

If you still need to buy the LED flasher, if you do a search on amazon for "EP29N LED Flasher", there are currently three of them listed.

I'm using one on my 2000 Yukon XL (after modding the socket), and one in my dad's '98 GMC Sierra, and they work great. No hyperflash.
 

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Thanks yeah thats what i was thinking mightve been the wrong part.
 

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