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Lawson Cox · 10-29-2021, 04:02 PM

I have decided to just stick with incandescent bulbs for brake lights. WAY TOO MUCH HASSLE.

I ordered what I thought was the correct bulbs, but they were double contact.

I then ordered the single contact bulb, which is what I need for my 35. Single contact bulbs arrived but didn't work. I ordered replacements, and they didn't work either. 4 bulbs in a row couldn't be bad, or could they?

I called Steiner and the tech guy said to run another ground to the socket on the single contact bulbs with alligator clips, that the double contact was providing the ground. I did that at several locations. No help.

For what it's worth, the double contact bulbs DO WORK. Other single contact bulbs, both LED and incandescent, work fine so it ain't the ground to the socket.

SUGGESTIONS? I'm about to lose my religion.

10-29-2021, 04:02 PM	#1
Lawson Cox Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Above the gnat line in Georgia Posts: 7,119	LED brake lights update I have decided to just stick with incandescent bulbs for brake lights. WAY TOO MUCH HASSLE. I ordered what I thought was the correct bulbs, but they were double contact. I then ordered the single contact bulb, which is what I need for my 35. Single contact bulbs arrived but didn't work. I ordered replacements, and they didn't work either. 4 bulbs in a row couldn't be bad, or could they? I called Steiner and the tech guy said to run another ground to the socket on the single contact bulbs with alligator clips, that the double contact was providing the ground. I did that at several locations. No help. For what it's worth, the double contact bulbs DO WORK. Other single contact bulbs, both LED and incandescent, work fine so it ain't the ground to the socket. SUGGESTIONS? I'm about to lose my religion. __________________ Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer to the end, the faster it goes. It is better to be seen, than viewed. "We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm".