Putco 247443R-360 Red 7443 Plasma LED Bulb

I replaced my stock 7443 front turn signal light bulbs in my 2014 Honda Civic EX Coupe with these. These are just as bright (if not brighter) as my stock bulbs, but have the instant on/off effect that matches the other rear LEDs. They look great and instantly achieve full brightness as soon as I hit the turn signal. The 2014 Honda Civic EX Coupe does not use a relay to control the turn signal flash speed. Unfortunately, I had to use 4Pcs Aaron 50W 6ohm Load Resistors to stop the hyper flashing after installing these. This cancels out any energy savings. After replacing every stock bulb with LEDs (except the headlights), I found that the turn signals were the only lights that required load resistors. I used Arctic Alumina Thermal Adhesive to bond them to my car's metal body for heat dissipation instead of using screws. Tip: My front turn signals are placed such that attaching load resistors to the wiring is not feasible. The workaround is to attach the load resistors to the rear turn signal wiring. This means that, after replacing my front and rear turn signal lights with LEDs, I have two 50W 6 ohm resistors attached [in parallel] to both rear turn signal wires. In retrospect, I would have just attached one 100W 3 ohm resistor to each of the rear turn signal wires to draw the current necessary to avoid hyper flashing.

I've been into LEDs since they first came out in the early 2000's. I knew it was just a matter of time before every car was using them. However, back in 2006 the LEDs for my brakelights just didn't give off the lumens to beat the standard bulb.. And I didn't want to risk getting rear ended!! I spent a lot of money on those bulbs too, so I've been hesitant to try again.. Until now! These LEDs give my Supra the instant brakelight response as newer high end cars AND are brighter than the standard bulb. It gives the taillights a deeper yet brighter red! I'm very satisfied.. This is something I've been wanting to do for years. I was debating on aftermarket taillights that would've cost $600, but no more! Great product! So great I ordered a pair for my truck too!

Big fan of these LED units. Granted the are not DOT approved for use, they do work much better than many other brands. I am very satisfied with these over the course of time I have had them installed. Heat is not an issue as of yet, and the light output is much cleaner than the stock incandescent lamp. Four stars based not on performance but on cost. Also, wish they could be DOT approved, but not a factor I really am concerned about. Installed for longer than a month, very pleased. Attached photos show the Putco LED on the left, and stock incandescent on the right. One picture is running light, other is caught with emergency flashers. Putco LED out performs the stock incandescent during direct daylight situations. I have tried many other LED options and the Putco wins hands down! Installed in 2000 Nissan Pathfinder.

Nowhere near as bright as the OEM bulbs they were to replace. Put one on a 2018 Forester and compared -- worked great and fit well but way less light output than incandescent OEM bulbs

DO NOT BUY!!! I'm pretty upset that I purchased a pair of premium priced bulbs with second hand quality. I have only had these bulds for a little over a month and one has already gone out! It's more than a little frustrating when these bulbs are among the most expensive on Amazon I was expecting a minimum of a couple years out of them at this price. I'm even more upset because I purchased a second set for my turn signal right before my brake light went out! I will be returning this second set I don't want the headache! BTW the bulbs in the picture look NOTHING like the bulbs I received!

Finally a led that fills the housing without a "hot spot". Very good quality, excellent output night and day. One tip...some cars use sockets refereed room as "ck" sockets. It basically means that the grounds are on the same side of the socket. It you put this in and it doesn't work first try turning it 180 degrees. If it still doesn't work and you start blowing fuses you have a ck type socket. You will have to bend the pins on the bulb to a different configuration. Using a test light or multi meter will help as well as putting a 9 volt battery to the bulb to see what is ground and positive low and positive high. Just be slow when bending the pins on the bulb so the stress doesn't break them. After that it works perfect. I ended up using putco all around for my 2014 subaru impreza sport wagon. Which does use the ck socket I figured out after about 10 fuses.

I ordered the Amber 7443 bulbs for my Honda ST1300 motorcycle's front turn signals. The stock bulbs only were providing 100 lux-ambiance when the signal was on (HIGH), and 60 lux-ambiance without the signal (LOW). I plugged these LEDs in and was blown away by 550 lux-ambiance (HIGH) and 120 lux-ambiance (LOW). The amber color is rich and really makes the signals look great. Even before I installed them the quality of these lights was apparent in the crafting of the housing. The tip is projector-styled so it helps defuse the light across a wider path, and the columns have four lights inside them as well (on each side). Whether they're on or off; Hands-down these are the best looking LEDs I have ever installed in a vehicle!

These did not work in my 2005 Subaru. Continued to blow out fuses no matter the orientation (tried as a pair and one at a time - probably went through 10 fuses). The product also noticeably rattled. I do however have the comparable amber for turn signals and white for reverse. No problems there. I would try these again in a different vehicle.

Very bright and easy to install