LED TS indicators keep burning out?

[AALynch]

Hey guys,

I've got some ~3/16" LEDs in my dash for turn signals/CEL/high beam/e brake and the turn signal indicators have each burned out twice in 500 miles of driving. I got them for like $1 a piece or something off a website, and last time wired in resistors inline to dim them down a bit and hopefully save them....to no avail. They weren't blinding me in the dark, but both still burned out.

I think they might be cheap LEDs, so I think I'm going to order the painless indicator LEDs but don't know if there's anything else I can look into. I saw no-load relays for turn signals but don't know if they're necessary - seems its for LED lights, not indicators...I've got stock tail lights, stock relays, and wired the LEDs directly where the OEM indicators were. All of the LEDs are wired together to a single ground.

Thanks for any insight, guys! I'm already getting tired of pulling the dash, I hope I never have to do it again!