Flickering aftermarket LED brake lights with error on dash

[Sanj]

Use my guide.  )

I'm good at soldering.

[Dimsum]

Sanj , I bow down to your soldering prowess.. 

I reckon I could manage this if I had a picture of what needed to be done..... Anyone hapoen to have one?

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[Raj]

[quote="Dimsum"]
Thanks Raj

I have not soldered anything since school! Should be interesting.... I don't suppose you have a link to a guide?

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Soldering is straight forward but otherwise just use scotch locks but make sure you reveal bare wire for the scotch lock to grip onto.



You can see the green (positive) and 2 black wires (negatives so doesn't matter which you tap into).






MAKE SURE YOU GET THE RIGHT CONNECTION OFF THE CAPACITOR (as in positive side and negative) otherwise it will get hot and go pop.



Oh and I'm a lot better at soldering than Sanj... )

[X5Sport]

[quote="Raj"]
Oh and I'm a lot better at soldering than Sanj... )
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Really?  What gave you that idea?  Oh I know, the fact your springs don't settle when all that metal Sanj adds gets put back in the car..... >:D

R

[Sanj]

That's just rude....

Ban em!!!  >:(

[X5Sport]

:xmaskiss:

[Dimsum]

Thanks for the pics Raj

I reckon I can manage that!



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[Colin]

I went to Maplins yesterday to get the two capacitors  but they only had one , no luck , ended up buying a PTZ camera and a 1 TB recorder , you know fools and there money are easy parted .. thats what other half says , ah well ..

[Raj]

[quote="COLIN"]
I went to Maplins yesterday to get the two capacitors  but they only had one , no luck , ended up buying a PTZ camera and a 1 TB recorder , you know fools and there money are easy parted .. thats what other half says , ah well ..
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Lol. At least you bought something.

[Dimsum]

I need to pick up a soldering iron.

Maplins boggo soldering kit for £25 looks ok to me unless anyone else hasanother recomendation?

[X5Sport]

As long as it can heat the wires it'll be fine.  If you're talking about their 40W kit that should do the job.  The smaller ones struggle to get everything hot enough.  And a bit of heat shrink sleeping to make a neater and damp proof job too.....

[Dimsum]

Lovely, thank you..

I will get pictures up of my efforts when done.  :-[

[Raj]

[quote="Dimsum"]
I need to pick up a soldering iron.

Maplins boggo soldering kit for £25 looks ok to me unless anyone else hasanother recomendation?
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THIS is the one I have and it is superb. Best soldering iron I have owned personally.

[Colin]

Hi Raj , time flys  but i only got round to fitting those capacitors on monday , great job , no flicker now , thanks  , Colin ..

[Dimsum]

I know this is a very old topic now but I’m finally getting round to sorting out the flicker on my rear lights due to the aftermarket rear clusters I fitted an age ago.

I can’t see the pics on this thread any more. Does any one have them and/or a guide for this I could use?