Door LED mod help??
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Pro
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Door LED mod help??
Well, last night I took out the window switch panels in my week old 99 FRC and put the LED's in them exactly like the article said and once I got done they worked but they were really dim. They were actually dimmer than the stock lights. What could i have done wrong? I used LED's from lsdiodes.com I bought 470ohm resistors and followed the directions to a T. Any help would be appreciated.
Melting Slicks
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The best thing is to test them with the switch outside of the door panel. Look at the back of the switch where the LEDs are. You can tell if the LED is lit. Mine are blue and very bright but I did have to flip several around before they all worked.
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Well, I double checked and they were in the correct way. The light is just super dim for some reason. I have turned them back to stock for now. I'm gonna get some extra parts and try again so that I have a modded set and a stock set. Thanks for the help though.
Drifting
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Originally Posted by kingrobby25
Well, I double checked and they were in the correct way. The light is just super dim for some reason. I have turned them back to stock for now. I'm gonna get some extra parts and try again so that I have a modded set and a stock set. Thanks for the help though.
Let us know what it was.
Regards,
John
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Burning Brakes
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as was said above, your LEDs might be a lower luminescence than others, to you need more current flowing through them. if that is the case, just use a smaller resistor. you just hook them up to a power supply (constant 12V - like from the battery) to play with resistor/LED combinations.
- john
- john
Drifting
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Originally Posted by freefall
as was said above, your LEDs might be a lower luminescence than others, to you need more current flowing through them. if that is the case, just use a smaller resistor. you just hook them up to a power supply (constant 12V - like from the battery) to play with resistor/LED combinations.
- john
- john
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Racer
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I got them from this site: http://www.spdkilz.com/techtipleddoor.html
The directions were great.
Steve
The directions were great.
Steve
Burning Brakes
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Originally Posted by Cscokd
Wait! Please be careful here. You can't just reduce the resistance until you get the brightness you want!