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LED Light Replacement

Old Jan 22, 2015 | 01:31 PM
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LED Light Replacement

Hey everyone, I've been looking through the forum trying to gather information on how to convert my tail lights to LED. I know that in order to get the turn signals to work I will need to use a new flasher relay or resistor. It seems to be easier to put in a new LED flasher relay but I am having trouble finding the one that will fit my 87 Trans Am. I am not intending to convert all of my lights to LED, just the rear lights and possibly the two front turn signals. The side markers will remain the same.

My questions: which one should I use? If there is a relay that will work for this, does anyone have a link to it or where can I buy one? Thanks!
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Old Jan 22, 2015 | 05:26 PM
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Re: LED Light Replacement

I used a Superbrite led lights an a heavy duty flasher from AutoZone an they work great taillight's all dash lights no front turn sig.
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Old Jan 22, 2015 | 06:26 PM
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Re: LED Light Replacement

Noth shure for the 87, this is on a 91



https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/elec...er-v-turn.html
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Old Jan 22, 2015 | 06:30 PM
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Re: LED Light Replacement

Yeah the 87 looks a little different. Not sure how I would run the ground wire or if that relay would even work.
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Old Jan 23, 2015 | 03:54 AM
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Re: LED Light Replacement

Originally Posted by Swingblade
Yeah the 87 looks a little different. Not sure how I would run the ground wire or if that relay would even work.
The OE flashers have no ground wires, I connected the LED flasher ground wires to the little screws you can see in the pic.

Do you have a pic of the flashers used on the 87?
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