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Hello All, Just picked up a 2011 C2S Cab in manual. Love this car! The car is totally stock however I want to personalize it a little and buy clear side markers. Multiple locations and types to buy, I request recommendations from you all about where you bought yours and the quality of the part.
Amazon, ebay, rennline, suncoast, ECS tuning, etc.
Ideally, I would like a clear side marker with Amber/orange LED lights that are bright.
I've been eyeing the LED sidemarker replacements from FVD - they have two versions: clear, smoke. Seems like pretty good build quality but again no direct experience with these. Just haven't been able to justify the purchase yet - if anything I'd like to replace the front bumper blinkers with LED as well, but haven't come across bulb-only replacements, another option seems to be replacing the housing itself with third-party ones.
They also have the dynamic variants: clear - dynamic, smoke - dynamic, but the site has them labeled "NOT FOR US". According to the page: "This will not work on US models as US models only have side markers so the lights will be permanently on (will not blink dynamically)."
If you have durametric, you can set the sidemarker to blink (as a blinker) or just act as sidemarker (lights up permanently). It cannot be set for both features active at the same time.
I've been eyeing the LED sidemarker replacements from FVD - they have two versions: clear, smoke. Seems like pretty good build quality but again no direct experience with these. Just haven't been able to justify the purchase yet - if anything I'd like to replace the front bumper blinkers with LED as well, but haven't come across bulb-only replacements, another option seems to be replacing the housing itself with third-party ones.
They also have the dynamic variants: clear - dynamic, smoke - dynamic, but the site has them labeled "NOT FOR US". According to the page: "This will not work on US models as US models only have side markers so the lights will be permanently on (will not blink dynamically)."
Identical products for way less are all on fleabay and are all from China. Not recommended as the little dongles/resistors get extremely hot. Better to wait for an integrated solution.
Hello All, Just picked up a 2011 C2S Cab in manual. Love this car! The car is totally stock however I want to personalize it a little and buy clear side markers. Multiple locations and types to buy, I request recommendations from you all about where you bought yours and the quality of the part.
Amazon, ebay, rennline, suncoast, ECS tuning, etc.
Ideally, I would like a clear side marker with Amber/orange LED lights that are bright.
Links to products appreciated, Thanks!
@gjenk has the FVD side markers on and they look great IMO. I found some LED bulbs that work with the OEM housing and cause no hyper flashing or error. I would go FVD LEDs. But for my car with the fender extenders they don't line up.
I've been eyeing the LED sidemarker replacements from FVD - they have two versions: clear, smoke. Seems like pretty good build quality but again no direct experience with these. Just haven't been able to justify the purchase yet - if anything I'd like to replace the front bumper blinkers with LED as well, but haven't come across bulb-only replacements, another option seems to be replacing the housing itself with third-party ones.
They also have the dynamic variants: clear - dynamic, smoke - dynamic, but the site has them labeled "NOT FOR US". According to the page: "This will not work on US models as US models only have side markers so the lights will be permanently on (will not blink dynamically)."
I just put these on this last year. They look really good and give the car a much updated and newer look.
I have the same ones as Durling and they work great and look great. I recoded my car so they actually function as side turn signals rather than marker lights (much safer on multi-lane interstates). Also have the turbo style front LEDs with the parking light ring hooked up as a DRL via a current-sensing DRL controller going through an SPDT relay.
If you have durametric, you can set the sidemarker to blink (as a blinker) or just act as sidemarker (lights up permanently). It cannot be set for both features active at the same time.
11-30-2022, 12:31 PM
side markers - recommendations
