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Need a turn signal flasher unit, which kind should I get?

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Need a turn signal flasher unit, which kind should I get?

Postby carsonhowe22 [OP] » Feb 23 2012, 6:27am

So I have LEDs in my turn signals and the hyper-flashing is getting annoying. I know that I want to get a new flasher unit as opposed to resistors, but what kind would I need for an 04 Silverado? I heard that there is no real difference, that I just need to look at my current flasher unit to see what kind I should get, but I don't even know how to get to my current flasher unit as of right now. Could someone help me out?
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Re: Need a turn signal flasher unit, which kind should I get

Postby nicks93hotrod » Feb 23 2012, 7:11am

your saying you cant find your current flasher on your truck?
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Re: Need a turn signal flasher unit, which kind should I get

Postby Wolfman » Feb 23 2012, 2:15pm

Either under the hood with the larger fuses, in with your fuses in the dash, and a third possibility is up under the dash on drivers side (lay down in floorboard and look up).

Once you find it, just compare the pins to the ones at the link below and that's the one you need.
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/ ... %23flasher
Click the button "See Price and Buy" then in blue you'll see it says Flasher Selection Guide - Click that to see the pin outs.
(Most GM vehicles use the EP29L http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/ ... EP29L.html )
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Need a turn signal flasher unit, which kind should I get?

Postby carsonhowe22 [OP] » Feb 25 2012, 12:55am

Wolfman wrote:Either under the hood with the larger fuses, in with your fuses in the dash, and a third possibility is up under the dash on drivers side (lay down in floorboard and look up).

Once you find it, just compare the pins to the ones at the link below and that's the one you need.
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/ ... %23flasher
Click the button "See Price and Buy" then in blue you'll see it says Flasher Selection Guide - Click that to see the pin outs.
(Most GM vehicles use the EP29L http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-bin/ ... EP29L.html )

Thanks. So did GM put different flasher units in different trucks? Figured they would all be the same
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Re: Need a turn signal flasher unit, which kind should I get

Postby robbierob02 » Feb 25 2012, 6:34pm

I replaced the flasher under the driver side dash, just remove the panel under the steering wheel and it's plugged into the back side of the fuse box. Not sure if it's the same on yours cause mine is an '02 but check it out, it's just a little relay, I can post a link from superbrightleds on which flasher to use if you'd like.

And quick question, which mod did you use to have your drl's run at night?
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Re: Need a turn signal flasher unit, which kind should I get

Postby carsonhowe22 [OP] » Feb 26 2012, 5:17am

robbierob02 wrote:I replaced the flasher under the driver side dash, just remove the panel under the steering wheel and it's plugged into the back side of the fuse box. Not sure if it's the same on yours cause mine is an '02 but check it out, it's just a little relay, I can post a link from superbrightleds on which flasher to use if you'd like.

And quick question, which mod did you use to have your drl's run at night?

I ran a diode from my DRLs to my lowbeams, similar to the All-on-high mod. It's cheap and easy to do, also in the fuse box.
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Re: Need a turn signal flasher unit, which kind should I get

Postby robbierob02 » Feb 26 2012, 10:25am

So you run the diode from the 87 pin of each relay? And how many amps is your diode?
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Re: Need a turn signal flasher unit, which kind should I get

Postby carsonhowe22 [OP] » Feb 26 2012, 9:18pm

robbierob02 wrote:So you run the diode from the 87 pin of each relay? And how many amps is your diode?

Run it from the 85 pin of each relay, the diode I used was 1 amp.
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