Today I replaced rear turn signal bulbs to LED bulbs. I bought 3W amber LED 1156 bulbs from eBay and planned to put 8 ohm 50w load resistor to make them as 21w - oem bulb is 21w. Unfortunately, it has been very hard to find and buy 8 ohm 50w power resistor. I just got bulbs today and tried without load resistor.
IT'S WORKING FINE WITHOUT LOAD RESISTOR!!!!
I think the bulb is 3w and 3w is enough to avoid bulb faliure warning!
It's almost direct replacement. Only two modifications I did to fit the bulbs:
1. grinding off one of the pin on the bulb because it's 1156 not 1156A, so pin position is different.
2. grinding off four tabs inside bulb holder because LED bulb shape. (see 3rd photo)
I'm really happy because I don't need to tab wires to put load resistor!
It's very clean installation. I decided to replace front turn signal bulds and rear backup light bulbs with 3w LED.
They are really as bright as oem bulbs and blinking action looks very cool!!!
