from what I understand it wont hurt a thing and several people go with that look. leds are designed to withstand a lot of hours of run time so I wouldn't worry about it

 

Don't know if it would hurt the control unit, but as long as it is not flashing more than 120 time a minute, it's legal (legal range is 60 - 120 flashes per minute). If it is more than 120 flashes per minute, you could get pulled over for it.

 

I guess it could be (the pulling over part) becauae insted of a signal light it might look like strobe lights(emergency vehicle), other than that how bad can it be flashing at a higher rate.

 

I know this is an old thread, but I have the same question. I added a light bar and LED turn signals on only the front and left the rear with the standard bulbs - 2009 Nomad 1700. The LEDs are doing the rapid flash thing and I think it looks fine. I also ordered resistors but haven't received them yet and would prefer to not have to find a spot to mount them since apparently they get very hot and the headlight bucket is already jammed for space. Any further thoughts on whether it would hurt anything in the turn signal circuits if I just lived with the rapid flashing on the front and left the rear as incandescent?

Any other thoughts would be helpful. Thanks.

Mike

 

Run resistors, the hyper blinking is bad for the filaments and will cause accelerated wear and heat buildup.


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You can also look into a solid state flasher relay to replace the bi-metal one. The electronic flasher is not dependant on circuit resistance.

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