New arb bumper

nice! thats the bumper i wanna get but i have a body lift so idk if itll fit

 

FYI, THERE IS A PROBLEM.. as it turns out the 09 Tacomas have the daytime driving lights as the blinker.. and the Orange light in the ARB bumper is meant to ONLY be a blinker. not run all the time. So.. the problem I am experiencing is it is shutting down the Day Time Driving light circuit in about 10 minutes or so because it is getting too hot.

Called ARB, that orange light is a blinker only (wattage too high), and the clear one is meant to be a marker light that can run all the time. He gave said it would probably melt the plastic if it runs all the time, so he suggested I do something else. I am going to try replacing the bulb with a lower wattage bulb.. he said it was a Type 1156 bayonet... Ideas for replacement? Can I do anything brighter that won't melt the housing or draw too much power?

 

that makes sense. I never thought of the wattage difference, the DTRL on the 09's are much brighter then the DTRL mod on my 05, which are not switched/relayed.

Edit: just read the post again, why cant you tap into the lower wattage parking light.

 

How about doing a Google search for a LED automotive lamp replacement.
here is one outfit that sells them http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-...tion=DispPage&Page2Disp=/tail-brake-turn.html

They will be much cooler than an incandescent lamp.

 

I agree but question their operation with the blinkers.. will it throw off the blink in terms of faster/slower?

 

Sam,
Have you tried changing the blinker fluid?

 

Smart-ass... careful Jason.. I heard there was a flasher in Katy that resembled you..

I changed the 21w 1156 bulbs for a 5w bulb I had laying around in the tool box. Everything works fine, but it's not as bright.

 

What I do?

 

OTHER JASON, Jason.. I am lazy, and don't like typing m771401...

 

sweet

 

haha alright man, that works. Perfectly reasonable explanation

 

Love the Avatar! LOL

 

Hey man... I haven't flashed anyone.... at least lately...

 

Sam's just upset, thats all lol

 

hey buddy do you ever have any problem with the drive lights going off with the arb bumper?

 

Yes, the yellow marker lights in the bumper were drawing too much current. I ended up changing the bulbs to fix the problem.

 

so you fixed it by swapping bulbs? did you use LED's or?

 

I didn't care how bright they were, so I just changed the incandescent bulb to a lower wattage. Haven't had that problem since..

 

Gotcha

 

this is probably a retarded idea but i have an ARB bumper (the older model) that came on the truck when i bought it but how do yall think it would look without the bars on it..just the bumper