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LED 3157 Doesn't Fit - Help!
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LED 3157 Doesn't Fit - Help! I just got my LEDs in that I was intending to use for my Daytime Running Lights on a 1998 Formula. I had ordered some a few weeks ago thinking that the Fog Lights and DRLs were the same. My fogs were good and wanted to change the crappy yellow DRL to HID, but I ordered the wrong bulb and just ended up using them for my Fogs. Anyway, I found out I needed the 3157 bulb for my DRLs and ordered them off ebay. Came in today, and they dont fit! It seems like the "male" part of the bulb that is supposed to "pop" into the "female" part of the housing is too fat to fit. HELPPPP!!!!!
Here are the bulbs: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWNX:IT
Here are the bulbs: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWNX:IT
Crap! I hope mine fit. I ordered similar LED bulbs for my DRL's as well
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWNX%3AIT
I hope they fit. If not thats $10 down the drain
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWNX%3AIT
I hope they fit. If not thats $10 down the drain
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Look closely at the bulbs. On the left and right side of the base there are little nubs. Sand the little nubs off using a file, or as I like to do in Autozone parking lots, concrete sidewalks. The sockets are designed for 3157A bulbs (amber) which do not have the little nubs, whereas the normal 3157 bulbs do. That's all you have to do. I do it all the time (because I change them all the time 
).
P.S. I found this thread quite humorous.
).P.S. I found this thread quite humorous.
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Look closely at the bulbs. On the left and right side of the base there are little nubs. Sand the little nubs off using a file, or as I like to do in Autozone parking lots, concrete sidewalks. The sockets are designed for 3157A bulbs (amber) which do not have the little nubs, whereas the normal 3157 bulbs do. That's all you have to do. I do it all the time (because I change them all the time ).
P.S. I found this thread quite humorous.
).P.S. I found this thread quite humorous.
P.S. Why is this such a "hilarious" thread?
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Anyway, thanks for the tip. I think i'll go ahead and give it a try.
If you don't want to sand them down you can always try to file down the inside of the socket. I haven't tried that as it's a little tough to access, but it may be worth a shot.
Now I need HID fogs/headlights to match. Thread Starter
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Thanks for the heads-up! Did you get that flasher thing everyone has been talking about? If not, are the blinkers going faster now or staying the same? If not mistaken, I think if you dont use the flasher the LED DRLs will eventually stop working for whatever reason...burnt out, overload, etc? Please correct me if I'm wrong!
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Did you have to sand the "nubs" off or did they pop right in how they came? Got any pics so I can see if all this hassle is even worth the end result? Thanks
Thanks for the heads-up! Did you get that flasher thing everyone has been talking about? If not, are the blinkers going faster now or staying the same? If not mistaken, I think if you dont use the flasher the LED DRLs will eventually stop working for whatever reason...burnt out, overload, etc? Please correct me if I'm wrong!