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Old Apr 7, 2012 | 10:53 PM
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How-To: Install Switchback LEDs W/ Resisters

Switchback LED Install W/Resisters


1. Remove your headlights to gain access to your blinker bulbs.

2. Remove your stock bulb and insert the LED switchback bulb. I recommend that you bend the pins out from the base of the bulb so when the bulbs inserted the pins make a 100% connection. If you install your LED bulbs and they do not turn on, take the bulb out and flip it around.

3. To wire up your resister take your quik-taps and connect one wire from the resister to the blue wire comming from the socket of your blinker bulb, then take the other wire and connect it to the black wire that runs to the OEM harness plug.

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Old May 24, 2012 | 10:47 PM
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i finally just got a set of switchbacks, but the parking light is orange and the blinker is white. i want it the other way around. Will adding the resistor do anything for that, or is there a way i can reverse it?
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Old May 25, 2012 | 01:11 AM
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What if I remove the switchbacks will I need to remove the resistor? Or can I leave it?
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Old Aug 17, 2012 | 06:33 AM
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just double checking before i do this but the OEM harness plug is the blue one correct?
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Old Aug 17, 2012 | 07:11 AM
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Im gonna need this thanks mike
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Old Aug 20, 2012 | 01:43 AM
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Where did you mount the resister? I don't want it to melt any plastic
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Old Sep 5, 2012 | 09:58 AM
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Mike,

Great mod!! It was one of my top tens mods that's real easy to do.. I still get asked about it all the time..
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Old Oct 26, 2012 | 12:19 AM
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Will switchbacks fit in aftermarket headlights?

Ones like these? SPYDER® - Chevy Cobalt 2005-2010 Smoke CCFL Halo Projector Headlights with LEDs

Or on orignal headlights only?
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