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Old 03-03-2013, 10:50 AM
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Switchbacks(beat to death i bet)

I was looking at different swtichbacks, granted i bet they are the same all in all BUT i wanted to know if anyone knew of differences pros/cons of lets say

the Buyhid.com ones HIDWerks.com - Groupbuy Order Page

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V-LED.com V3 Triton ones V3 TRITON 6K WHITE AMBER TYPE 2 SWITCHBACK LED TURN SIGNALS | 1 PAIR B/O
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IMO V3's are overrated.
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i agree on the cost side of it, but the high output(when headlights are off) is kinda interesting
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I have the V3 and I love them. The kit from HID works, you'll have to splice your wires, the bathe V3, you won't have to. I was one of the first few people to get the V3's.

I'd wait till the end of the month on the V3's though cuz they're doing some updates to fix some issues. Also, check the V3 site cuz I think you can get a life time warranty with them over the others.
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I've had pretty much almost every switchback there is, and right now I have Triton v3 switchbacks. I LOVE the light output. They do come with lifetime warranty. If they come out with a new set and yours fails - they'll send you a new kit. On other kits - if something goes wrong after the initial 3 months - you're buying a whole new set.

all switchbacks (or LEDs in general) suffer greatly when it comes to amber output. They're usually fine at night, but when it comes to sunny days it's a matter of safety to me how hard they're to see. V-LEDs have fixed this problem with their V3 Tritons.

It all comes down to the good 'ole saying: You get what you pay for.
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Originally Posted by Smithkid21
IMO V3's are overrated.
Have you seen them in person? You'd love them... I think they're well worth the money (as you can see by my reviews) But I'm biased: I loved almost every product V-LEDs came out with...
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from what i've seen i quite like them also, thats what brought me to them over the HID works kit...

is all thats on the page whats needed though?
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Lifetime warranty with ours as well. TO me the V3s are overkill lol but some dont think so. There a good choice if you want to spend the money.
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Originally Posted by serega12
I've had pretty much almost every switchback there is, and right now I have Triton v3 switchbacks. I LOVE the light output. They do come with lifetime warranty. If they come out with a new set and yours fails - they'll send you a new kit. On other kits - if something goes wrong after the initial 3 months - you're buying a whole new set.

all switchbacks (or LEDs in general) suffer greatly when it comes to amber output. They're usually fine at night, but when it comes to sunny days it's a matter of safety to me how hard they're to see. V-LEDs have fixed this problem with their V3 Tritons.

It all comes down to the good 'ole saying: You get what you pay for.
He pretty much sums it up. A few of us on here got the V3's when they were on pre order. You do get what you pay for.
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6K WHITE AMBER DUAL COLOR TYPE 2 CHANGING SWITCHBACK 92 TURN SIGNAL BULBS 3157 3157NA 3357 3457 4157 4057 | 1 PAIR

save urself 20 bucks
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^this








given the trouble the V3's have given many of the members on HIDplanet already, I would utterly refuse to pay that sort of money for a bulb given the extra mess of wiring needed as well.. if you can afford to spend that kind of money on turn signal bulbs you need to send me some of your money
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They look pretty cool
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