Rear LED Tail Lights

[Hagar66]

yep easy to fit and bought mine from maplins, buy the capacitors and scotch clip them to the loom

[dark_stranger]

[quote="Hagar66"]
yep easy to fit and bought mine from maplins, buy the capacitors and scotch clip them to the loom
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What year is your car? Did the wiring connect without any problems as read one thread and the guy had to swap a couple of the pins around.

[Hagar66]

Mines  2006 and didnt have to swap anything around, just scotch clip the capacitors to the wiring loom on the lights plug them in and that's it

[dark_stranger]

[quote="Hagar66"]
Mines  2006 and didnt have to swap anything around, just scotch clip the capacitors to the wiring loom on the lights plug them in and that's it
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Ta, will get ordered.  sorry to harp on about the capacitor, but not electronically minded.  Will this work...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ELECTROLYTIC- ... 7uXopii_dg

The 35w 4700uf option?

[Hagar66]

I used these ones from marlins .....4700uF 16v capacitor so I guess they will but not 100% sure hopefully someone else can confirm

[Colin]

The 35w 4700uf option?  thats the one 

[dark_stranger]

Lights, Capacitors and clips purchased.  Should be here mid next week. 

[Hagar66]

Dont forget to put pics up of them on your car please 

[henrym3]

Got my LED rears and headlights with LED indicators from FK Automotive in Germany. Literally plug and play, no blinking/flashing.

[Dimsum]

My rear LED lights were from America. Had them a few years now and still haven't got round to sorting the flickering out. I and NOT electrically minded so would be very interested n seeing some pics and/or a detailed how to guide on this as it's really starting to bug me!

[dark_stranger]

[quote="Dimsum"]
My rear LED lights were from America. Had them a few years now and still haven't got round to sorting the flickering out. I and NOT electrically minded so would be very interested n seeing some pics and/or a detailed how to guide on this as it's really starting to bug me!
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I will write something up once done.

[dark_stranger]

Here are a few pics to wet your appetite, but will start my own thread at some point as haven't fitted the capacitors yet and getting "check taillight" dash message and lights to flicker.  Not bad, but I know they do it and very bad if you view via a phone screen (refresh rate).








Lights on

[X5Sport]

Nice   

Hard to tell from the images.  Do they contain sections that reflect red light if you shine a torch on them?  If not you may get an MOT fail for a Section 1.5 breach - not having two rear, red reflectors that only reflect 'Red' colour.

You could always stick two reflectors on somewhere on the rear as they just have to be there and in the same place on either side.

[dark_stranger]

[quote="X5Sport"]
Nice   

Hard to tell from the images.  Do they contain sections that reflect red light if you shine a torch on them?  If not you may get an MOT fail for a Section 1.5 breach - not having two rear, red reflectors that only reflect 'Red' colour.

You could always stick two reflectors on somewhere on the rear as they just have to be there and in the same place on either side.
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They are sold as road legal "E"/Kite marks, etc. So would hope so, but will check (at some point).

[dark_stranger]

Guys, can you post pics of how you have your resistors/capacitors fitted?  want to fit on the car side of the loom/wires and not touch the tail lights.  What wire do I need to add the resistor/capacitor to?