Anyone install LED bulbs for your turn signals? Just wanted to know if i will need a LED turn signal relay or if everything will work fine with LED

 

What year bike do you have ? The newer bikes, 2014s don't need the equalizer. 12s and 13s some do and some dont?

You switching the front sigs? Or the rear? Or both?

I just switched my front sigs on my 08 rocker and I didn't need the load equalizer.

 

I have a 2014....and planning on doing the front and rear turn signals

 

Be waiting for some answers

 

If you have the CanBus electrical system, no you don't is my understanding.

 

I guess it depends on the bulbs. I replaced my front and rear signals with the led bulbs that you get from autozone. Not great but better than incandescent. They look good with my clear lenses. They are clear and it doesn't look like a bulb is in there. They were $15 for the pair. J & P cycles also has them.

 

With Can Bus (2012 and newer Softails) you do not need load equalizers to get the signals to flash at the normal rate. The BCM will keep the flash at the same rate no matter what the resistance. What may happen though, is the indicator on the speedometer may flash at double the normal speed. Some have remedied this by leaving the 4 way flashers on for a few minutes, and it may correct itself. Others just don't care as the signals themselves still flash normally.

 

Also, as for bulbs, you have a few options.

There is this type of bulb that is the least bright. They will only put light straight out, so they do not make use of the reflector inside your turn signals. So at night you will see a very small circle of light inside the center of your turn signal housing. These are also the least expensive typically.


This type of bulb is much more expensive, and works the same except they fill the housing with LEDs so that you have a much larger circle at night.


This type of bulb is right in between the other two for price, and is typically very bright as it uses LED's on all sides to reflect off the inside of the turn signal housing.

 

I am running Custom Dynamics in both turns and tails; canbus system, no load equalizer.

Working great, Beave!

 

I went with Custom Dynamics front and rear on my 13 Slim. Simple plug and go with no load equalizer needed. Pricey but what a great improvement. Well worth it.