LED swap question
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LED swap question
I'm wanting to run Alloy Art LED rear strut mount signals, front fork tin signals, and an LED Tail (not sure which though). What will I need to make them work properly? Load equalizers etc. It will be going on my 2001 Fatboy.
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Thinking of running the Bad *** Lights LED Tail.
Went ahead and purchased the rear strut lights and a badlands equalizer. I hope that should suffice. I will scoop up the front signals next month along with the BAL Tail Light.
Went ahead and purchased the rear strut lights and a badlands equalizer. I hope that should suffice. I will scoop up the front signals next month along with the BAL Tail Light.
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I went 100% LED on my '08 Fatboy two years ago. Badlands load equalizer (installed behind rear wheel well panel), Radiantz LED turns and lay-down brake light. The only issue I have had it with the tail light. I have had to ship it in twice for LED segments going out (lifetime warrantee). While I don't know the actual cause, I think the vibration is breaking solder connections in the light.
I put the Kuryakyn Panacea taillight and alloy art turn signals on the rear of mine and I don't believe I used a load equalizer. I thought I read somewhere that as long as all the lights on either end are LED than you don't need an equalizer. I could be wrong it's been a while since I did it.
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I put the Kuryakyn Panacea taillight and alloy art turn signals on the rear of mine and I don't believe I used a load equalizer. I thought I read somewhere that as long as all the lights on either end are LED than you don't need an equalizer. I could be wrong it's been a while since I did it.
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I have the Joker Machine and I am not using a load equalizer - they just blink faster
(makes them more obvious)
(makes them more obvious)
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I put the Kuryakyn Panacea taillight and alloy art turn signals on the rear of mine and I don't believe I used a load equalizer. I thought I read somewhere that as long as all the lights on either end are LED than you don't need an equalizer. I could be wrong it's been a while since I did it.
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My wife is running ONLY a Panacea tail light with the integrated turn signals. It's not worth a damn on it's own. Unless it's dark or you're less than 100 feet away, you're not going to notice the turn signals unless you KNOW to be looking for them - they just blend in too much. I think to be "legal", they have to be apparent at 300 feet minimum. The stock turn signals had to be removed, since they tried to occupy the exact same space as the upswept exhaust. Thinking that the strut end Alloy Art turn signals would be the ticket. Set I saw were plenty obvious - and separated enough from the tail light that they didn't just blend right in. Bonus that they are almost invisible when not active, too... keeping with the "less is more" approach.