Dull brake light at one side

Pradaman · Post by **Pradaman** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 3:09 pm

As per title my passenger side brake light is dull tried a new bulb but still the same any suggestions???

Pewters · Post by **Pewters** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 4:05 pm

Did you check to see if the contacts had any sign of corrosion ?

AW8 · Post by **AW8** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:58 pm

Sounds daft but maybe trial swap the good one to dull side..........that way you know it's something other than bad bulb &/or bad replacement.

Pewters · Post by **Pewters** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 7:07 pm

[quote=""AW8""]Sounds daft but maybe trial swap the good one to dull side..........that way you know it's something other than bad bulb &/or bad replacement.[/quote]

Good thinking .....not just a pretty face are you matey lol

AW8 · Post by **AW8** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 7:22 pm

Mensa material me & a pretty face ...... NOT

AW8 · Post by **AW8** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 7:23 pm

Just to add unless yours different to mine....... you can swap out the holders too.

strummer · Post by **strummer** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 9:48 am

likely to be water ingress into bulb holder

Pewters · Post by **Pewters** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:19 am

The contacts do burn away on the holder .....that's what caused mine

mizen296 · Post by **mizen296** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 12:02 pm

I had same problem with mine kept in blowing lamps so I bought after Market led Ones much better look

AW8 · Post by **AW8** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 5:25 pm

Not wishing to go off topic but offering word's of caution re aftermarket l.e.d. / led tail/stop lights.......some arent bright enough & might event result in a rear end moment if braking hard on a sunny day.

Pradaman · Post by **Pradaman** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 5:29 pm

Light unit had a bit of black where the contacts of the bulb holder sits cleaned it up
And managed to get the bulb holder to sit where it's getting a contact. Going to get the sparky at work to run a bit of solder on to it so it makes a good contact on a bigger area. Thanks for all the suggestions.

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:12 pm

Does your car live outside by the way?

Pewters · Post by **Pewters** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:15 pm

[quote=""pvr""]Does your car live outside by the way?[/quote]

You make it sound like a dog LOL

Sanj · Post by **Sanj** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 7:57 pm

[quote=""AW8""]Not wishing to go off topic but offering word's of caution re aftermarket l.e.d. / led tail/stop lights.......some arent bright enough & might event result in a rear end moment if braking hard on a sunny day.[/quote]

Alright, alright! I got the message - I sorted them!

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:27 pm

[quote=""Sanj""]

Alright, alright! I got the message - I sorted them!

[/quote]

Is that 'sorted' painted led's or 'sorted' cleaned the led's off again?

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