Which type of 3157 and 7443 LED bulbs sockets should you have?
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Which type of 3157 and 7443 LED bulbs sockets should you have?
Most vehicles will require a standard wired 3157 and 7443 led bulb connection. But if your vehicles which comes from North America or Japanese, the 3157 and 7443 bulb requires CK styles.
How to check whether if my vehicles need CK wire?
According to our experiences, most North America and Toyota vehicles are CK style. Also your factory bulb will tell you if it is a CK or standard, most CK bulbs will say SRCK on the bulb base.
Why there exists the standard 3157 and 7443 bulb and CK bulb?
A few vehicles manufacturers adopted CK wired socket of tiny minority of vehicles in certain years, ie, North America car and truck.
What’s the difference of the conventionally wired 3157 and 7443 and specially wired 3157 and 7443 CK bulbs?
Normally, the 3157 and 7443 has positive and negative contacts on either side of the bulb. As you can see in the image to the right, a standard wired socket will have two - ground electrodes positioned on either side of the wedge base.? If your socket is wired this way, use the standard wired 3157 and 7443 led bulbs.
There are some vehicles which are wired in a abnormal manner. These are wired in a "CK" manner. As you can see in the image to the right, the CK socket has the two - ground contacts side by side on the same side of the wedge base. If your socket is wired this way, you will need to use the exceptionally wired 3157 and 7443 CK bulbs.
The CN360 3157 and 7443 LED bulbs work with either standard wiring or CK wiring. Below is the list what 3157 and 7443 LED bulbs have CK styles.
2FT23-3157 CK style: https://bit.ly/2ERb6lE
3KG12-3157 CK style: https://bit.ly/2EYMzLv
4G21-3157 CK style: https://bit.ly/2ZocA0g
7KG26-CANBUS-3157 CK Style: https://bit.ly/2ZmY4G0
4U16-W/Y-3157 Switchback LEDs CK style: https://bit.ly/2PXglH6
4U28-W/Y-3157 Switchback LEDs CK style: https://bit.ly/2Ss0y4K