I bought the Zoops headlights after I had my bumpers
rechromed because the old headlight looked bad next to
the new chrome. It really made the difference in
appearance. The wasp nests almost made me hurt myself
when I first noticed it, my heart jumped out of my chest. I read all the talk about
how much brighter your headlights will be using relays
so I figure why not give it a try. To say the lest I was
surprised it made that much difference. I wish I had some before and after pictures of this
modification.
The white Matrix X-102 LED tail lights glow like
something from the old Twilight Zone television show, but in
color.
The factory bimetallic flasher will not heat up
when using LED lights and the turn signal will not
flash. I used a Tridon ep37 electronic Flasher to
replace the factory flasher. Be sure to connect the hot
led to the + or you will short out the electronics.
I used Loctite on the mounting screw holding the flasher
because of the flashers weight pulling the screw loose .
A very respectable source on a forum I visit says that a 18 wheeler
flasher have a motor that operates the switch points and doesn't care how much current there
is. ( Thanks Jim.) This could be a cheaper route
when replacing the flasher. Because of the location and
head ache to replace the flasher I elected not to go
with the cheap $5 part at the discount chain.
At this time I'm still using 1157 bulbs in front.
When I tried to use red color Painless Wiring LED's in
the back and white Matrix up front all kinds of problems
surfaced. The turn indicator in the instrument cluster
would not work, both front parking lights would flash at
the same time and the rear would not flash. When
swapping the front to 1157's nothing happen up front but
the rear was acting fine. Nothing happen if I had the
parking lights turned on. (The front parking light on the Falcon
don't stay on when the headlight are turned on like some
car.)
After some web research I read that different lamp
manufacturer is not compatible with another
manufactures. It seems Painless Wiring lights will freak
out and do strange things when mixing different type or
other brand LED lamps. The Matrix X-series lamps don’t
care if you’re using 1157’s up front. The Painless
Wiring LED's are brighter than the Matrix because all
the diodes are facing the same direction plus the diodes
are not bunched close together like the Matrix LED's.
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Matrix X-102 LED |

Factory Bimetallic Flasher |

Tridon ep37 Electronic Flasher |

Tail Light |

Turn Signal Light |

Tail Lights with Brake Lights |

Tail Light from 20 Feet Back |

Same pic but no
camera flash |

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