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      10-05-2013, 11:31 AM   #1
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"Egg Yolk" delete confusion

I ordered and just installed the stealth bulbs from a reputable site but was under the impression that they should light up white when my lights are on, but blink orange when I turn. Now upon thinking about it a little more, it seems unrealistic to expect two distinct colors to come out of one bulb, but is there a way to achieve what is shown in the two pictures below? I don't want to sacrifice the orange blink when I'm turning because I think that would be too dangerous in an intersection, but if I could get rid of the 'always on' functionality when i'm not turning, how would that be achieved?

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I had my side markers coded off. They only turn on with blinkers.
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I ordered and just installed the stealth bulbs from a reputable site but was under the impression that they should light up white when my lights are on, but blink orange when I turn. Now upon thinking about it a little more, it seems unrealistic to expect two distinct colors to come out of one bulb, but is there a way to achieve what is shown in the two pictures below? I don't want to sacrifice the orange blink when I'm turning because I think that would be too dangerous in an intersection, but if I could get rid of the 'always on' functionality when i'm not turning, how would that be achieved?
What you're talking about are called switchback led's, and sadly there is no option out there like that for the F30. Swithbacks are double filament bulbs and would only work with on F30 only by modifying the housing and recoding the ECM.
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