LED conversion write up
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LED conversion write up
Havent seen one that showed enough pics for me, so I decided to take a few pics for myself and hopefully some people will benefit from these.
first put your lights in the oven using cardboard as a platform. Leave them in there for about 10-15 min @ 250 degrees , then take them out and the lens should come off pretty easy, if you are having issues, put them back in for a bit. After you remove the lens, this should be what you have.
Next remove those reflectors
Notice I cut notches in the rear of the housing, as to accommodate for the new lights wiring harness. I used these lights, bought from a truck shop. Your cuts may differ if different lights are used to accommodate what ever harness you may have.
once the cutts are made, the lights are placed in and screwed in from the back.
once done you should have something like this
Now just put the lens back on, without the clear pieces and stick those lights back in the oven this take for maybe 5 min or so, remove and press the lens into the position they should be in. The wires are easy to hook up, grounds to grounds, and play with the rest until they do what they are suppose to. Throw those bad boys back on your ride and your done.
first put your lights in the oven using cardboard as a platform. Leave them in there for about 10-15 min @ 250 degrees , then take them out and the lens should come off pretty easy, if you are having issues, put them back in for a bit. After you remove the lens, this should be what you have.
Next remove those reflectors
Notice I cut notches in the rear of the housing, as to accommodate for the new lights wiring harness. I used these lights, bought from a truck shop. Your cuts may differ if different lights are used to accommodate what ever harness you may have.
once the cutts are made, the lights are placed in and screwed in from the back.
once done you should have something like this
Now just put the lens back on, without the clear pieces and stick those lights back in the oven this take for maybe 5 min or so, remove and press the lens into the position they should be in. The wires are easy to hook up, grounds to grounds, and play with the rest until they do what they are suppose to. Throw those bad boys back on your ride and your done.
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No they shouldn't require a resistor. The plug is pretty standard for trailer lights, LED and incandescent. They are made to be a drop in swap for the older incandescent fixtures. Now if I could just find the oval ones for my S4 tails!
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Not yet, did the conversion while the car was in the paint shop, just got it out this morning, so tonight I will.
yep i thought so,
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i do, but my truck light wires might be different colors than a set you might get, so that part may differ, i dont wanna say one way, and while it works for me you have a orange wire that i dont have.... feel me, thats why i said to connect the ground to ground, my ground wire from the lights was white....not a normal ground wire for me.
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one question for you guys that did this already, what about if you have to remove the light housing lets say to paint the car, do you have to cut the wires or did you mod a connector in there to make it removable?
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I dont ever plan on switching my lights back, but i still wanted a removable harness. I just used the stock harness and cut the lights off. Yeah i know, night shots, sry, been lazy, I will take them tonight, i put a post it on my forhead, and post tomorrow.
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ok so i get home to take some pics and my camera doesn't work, changed the batteries and everything, so i gotta get a new one. So i used my phone to take the pics, so the image isnt as clear as it could be. but since i said i would get them to you , here they are
lights on
brakes on
i'll put better shots up later when i take some.
lights on
brakes on
i'll put better shots up later when i take some.
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i said i took them with my phone, as my camera wont turn on....dont know why, so i gotta get a new camera or borrow my sisters, either way its gonna take a few days as i dont live near my sister and i dont plan on going out to get a camera asap just to take this picture. sorry. but hey i said i would get you pics, lol
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You got to pay attention to the led design pattern of hte lights you get, you dont want a hexagon . Look for one that is perfectly round and has alot of LEDs at least.
cut them out of the lense they come in.. glue the board in.
You can get fancy by painting the inner leds to block light = makes halos
8 ohm resistor wired in to stop hyper turn signals. In a aluminum sheet holder *they get hot so i found this as a good way to mount them .
Over 3 years strong.
My corners are a different lights because i had ordered those 2 first and didnt think about the pattern.
cut them out of the lense they come in.. glue the board in.
You can get fancy by painting the inner leds to block light = makes halos
8 ohm resistor wired in to stop hyper turn signals. In a aluminum sheet holder *they get hot so i found this as a good way to mount them .
Over 3 years strong.
My corners are a different lights because i had ordered those 2 first and didnt think about the pattern.