LED front turn signals

LED front turn signal bulbs

I like LED signals. They have better color, have instantaneous attack and decay (on and off way fast) which makes them highly noticable. This is awesome for safety. Plus it looks cool.

I used Lasfit LEDs. Stuff “B09S9WGSWY” into amazon to get what I got. They were $26 for a pair, which is about half what the incandescent ones cost, so a win all around.

Here’s a slow-mo video comparison of LED vs. incandescent:
If you can’t tell which is which, this page probably doesn’t apply to you.

Installation is kind of a pain. You can’t practically get at the turn signal bulbs without removing the headlight assemblies. You can’t remove the headlight assembalies without partially removing the bumper cover. You can’t remove the bumper cover without removing the grill.

That makes it sound like an enornous amount of work, but it’s not quite that bad.

remove top four screws inside the wheel well where the bumper attaches. There’s two right up at the top, two lower down.
remove the grill, there’s two screws, and it lifts off easily.
remove the two screws that hold the bumper cover on that were hidden by the grill.
pull the side of the bumper cover away from the car just below the headlight. There’s three “clips” that are a little scary to pull on.
remove the three bolts that hold on the diagonal bracket over the headlight.
loosen, but do not remove, the headlight mount in the back.
remove the headlight mount bolt under the bumper cover.
remove the inside front headlight mount bolt.
pull the headlight out and remove the power connector.

That gives you easy access to all the bulbs in the unit.

Installation is reverse of removal, just make sure the washer of the bolt you loostened goes above the bracket, and that the housing is pushed in so the adjustment screw touches the car’s frame, it’s in the front toward the middle of the car.

The only other note is that the driver’s side is a bit more fussy because the windshield washer tank hose is attached to the diagonal bracket, and the wiring harness has a little annoying clip attaching it to the headlight assembly.

Three clips and side bolt location:

Side mount bolt: