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[quote="Y13HYA"]
you will be fine. Bought many of those before. (for different cars)
Just ensure the black connections are nice and tight on those. You'll know once you see the connectors. Sometimes they can be a little loose. Apart from that all good.
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How is the best way to make the connectors tight......I see what you mean....they are very loose.
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They are pretty tight when you put them together.

My 3w ones were a tight fit.....but the new 10w one I've just fitted are very loose.

[quote="Y13HYA"]

PM me a photo of the ones you need. I might have some spare you can have FOC.
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That would be fantastic.  I shall try and sort a picture out later. 

[quote="MSPORTBMW"]
My 3w ones were a tight fit.....but the new 10w one I've just fitted are very loose.
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probably haven't positioned correctly. it should be the same as 3w.

No the led's are fitted right......I mean the black connector.

Mine were very loose too.  I ended up pinching them with pliers but they still weren't that secure plus the plastic sockets weren't a proper match.  I had to carefully tape them up to secure them.

These are mine without the resistors.

Hi dan....those are very similar to mine but where yours are a gold colour...mine are silver. Was it the black connectors on the resistors that were very loose?  When I first plugged mine in and trying to make the connectors fit better, my indicator lit up and stayed on.....I thought I'd messed up somewhere......but after a bit of plugging and unplugging, I managed to make the indicator go off....I don't know why that happened.

Yes but in my case the original ones were white and one of the replacements was black but the other end of that one doesn't fit the LED wires.  I don't mind re-wiring them though if I get good resistors.  The components in the replacement circuit looked beefier.

[quote="MSPORTBMW"]
Hi dan....those are very similar to mine but where yours are a gold colour...mine are silver. Was it the black connectors on the resistors that were very loose?  When I first plugged mine in and trying to make the connectors fit better, my indicator lit up and stayed on.....I thought I'd messed up somewhere......but after a bit of plugging and unplugging, I managed to make the indicator go off....I don't know why that happened.
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The indicator comes on at first until the resistors get to work and 'fool' the car into thinking the LEd's are drawing the correct voltage (when in fact they draw less)

I just used to either chop the connector off and wire directly. Or use a very small screwdriver to make the female pins on the black connector 'tighter'. that way when you push both together they fit snug.

[quote="Y13HYA"]
[quote="MSPORTBMW"]
Hi dan....those are very similar to mine but where yours are a gold colour...mine are silver. Was it the black connectors on the resistors that were very loose?  When I first plugged mine in and trying to make the connectors fit better, my indicator lit up and stayed on.....I thought I'd messed up somewhere......but after a bit of plugging and unplugging, I managed to make the indicator go off....I don't know why that happened.
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The indicator comes on at first until the resistors get to work and 'fool' the car into thinking the LEd's are drawing the correct voltage (when in fact they draw less)





I just used to either chop the connector off and wire directly. Or use a very small screwdriver to make the female pins on the black connector 'tighter'. that way when you push both together they fit snug.
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Thats great......i will give that a go.  Thanks