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Old 04-25-2012, 05:40 PM
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Hey guys, bought a set of Black LED tails and i went in a problem

#1, they don't have LED resitors in them.. thankfully i have some from VLEDs.com

#2, they have 1 connector but we have 2 bulbs in stock tails


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any of you LED guru's or even soldering guru's have a idea to by-pass the second connector to read that i only have 1 bulb installed to put my load resitor on and make my led blink normal speed and not hyperspeed

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just upgrade to an led flasher relay

you can use both regular bulbs and leds like this


superbrightleds have them
some local auto parts sell them also
 
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so that will just cancel the 2nd not used connector ?
 
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yep just remove the bulb and put it where it originally sits
 
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do you have the correct part number... they have some but dunno which is and dont wanna buy the wrong one, alsoi plug the LED in 1 of the socket and leave the other one empty and this should make my led flash normally even with a empty socket ?
 
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with the led relay yes and no i dont have the proper part number

but if you pull the old one you should be able to match them up to get the one made for leds
 
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oh ok :P cool i'll seek them out them, where is the relay for the flashers ?

also i have no power going to my fuse for reverse light... any ideas ?
 
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The relay is behind the glove box. Squeeze the tabs that stop the box from falling out & it will dump all the contents on the floor lol.
No power to the fuse is odd, are you sure you're checking the right fuse?
 
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yeah book says veh b/u which is the back up light for truck and i get no power to it
 
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Looking at the tail lights you got, I am confused, I know the top section has LED's, does the middle section have nothing at all in it? It looks like it should have a bulb in there?

Wait, nevermind, thats the reverse light, isnt it? LMAO!
 


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