Peter P Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Hi Guys and Girls, I recently fitted my secondhand LED/carbon rear lights. I didn't get a chance to drive the car until this morning, when I noticed the indicator on the dash is flashing quickly, and the noise is faster than it was before with the normal facelifts?! Is this normal when you run LED lights instead of normal bulbs?? I checked all round and they work fine, albeit faster than the normal blink if you know what I mean! In the past, this is what happened when one of the lights wasn't working properly, but doesn't seem to be the case on this occasion?! Any help from people would be greatly appreciated. Cheers. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbryant_knight Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 You need a kind of resistor pack to stop this from happening mate. Can't remember the exact name but I'm sure someone will pop up soon with an answer. Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra joe Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 Same happens to mine, got mine from blue angel, heckler is fixing mine for a small fee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter P Posted May 30, 2012 Author Share Posted May 30, 2012 Same happens to mine, got mine from blue angel, heckler is fixing mine for a small fee Thanks for this Guess I'll be asking Heckler to sort mine out as well at some point then! Might get the ring on my drivers side cluster changed into a second brake light while I'm at it! Lol. Will PM Heckler at some point soon. Thanks again. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted May 30, 2012 Share Posted May 30, 2012 I'd like to try my hand at some LED lights They do look rather tasty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest suprageek Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Hi Guys and Girls, I recently fitted my secondhand LED/carbon rear lights. I didn't get a chance to drive the car until this morning, when I noticed the indicator on the dash is flashing quickly, and the noise is faster than it was before with the normal facelifts?! Is this normal when you run LED lights instead of normal bulbs?? I checked all round and they work fine, albeit faster than the normal blink if you know what I mean! In the past, this is what happened when one of the lights wasn't working properly, but doesn't seem to be the case on this occasion?! Any help from people would be greatly appreciated. Cheers. Pete Buy 2 load resistors off eBay they come with scotchlok connectors all u do is connect them to the indicator wire on each side, problem solved, there about a fiver for 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jellybean Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Just replace the Relay in the Drivers foot well; the accelerator side http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Fix-LED-Flasher-Unit-3-Pin-Relay-LED-Bulbs-Indicators-/130605750709?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item1e68b599b5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter P Posted June 26, 2012 Author Share Posted June 26, 2012 Just replace the Relay in the Drivers foot well; the accelerator side http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Fix-LED-Flasher-Unit-3-Pin-Relay-LED-Bulbs-Indicators-/130605750709?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item1e68b599b5 Thanks. Presumably this won't solve the dash warning light issue though? The description on that relay thread advises you need resistors to solve that issue. Will sort something out. Cheers guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jellybean Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 dash warning light issue wont be anything to do with your LED lights You can either Add in additional resistors to the light loom (unnecessary) Or you can replace the Flasher replay in the dirvers footwell (higher resistance) takes 2 mins versus soldering in Resistors I have the LED's in my car, I never got any dash warning lights Maybe see what engine code the car is throwing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter P Posted June 26, 2012 Author Share Posted June 26, 2012 No worries. It's only lighting up when I put my lights on? Think it's a bulb out warning light?? Maybe the signal is too weak on the lights as well as the indicators?? Will try looking again when I get a moment. Cheers again for the advice guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heckler Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 No worries. It's only lighting up when I put my lights on? Think it's a bulb out warning light?? Maybe the signal is too weak on the lights as well as the indicators?? Will try looking again when I get a moment. Cheers again for the advice guys. LED rear lights have almost no load in comparison to stock lights, so the bulb failure ECU see's it as a bulb failure. you can either put some load resistors in parallel with brake lights, or just remove the bulb failure ECU, or the bulb. That what I did. For the fast indicators - you'll need a 50w, 10 Ohm resistor - and put it in parallel with the indicator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Massey Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Heckler, how much will it cost to fix this issue and do the fog light conversion to a set? I have the same issues as the Op Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter P Posted June 26, 2012 Author Share Posted June 26, 2012 LED rear lights have almost no load in comparison to stock lights, so the bulb failure ECU see's it as a bulb failure. you can either put some load resistors in parallel with brake lights, or just remove the bulb failure ECU, or the bulb. That what I did. For the fast indicators - you'll need a 50w, 10 Ohm resistor - and put it in parallel with the indicator. Cheers for the help mate Only trouble is all the load resistors I've looked at on eBay are 6 Ohm? Lots are 50w, but none are 50w and 10 Ohm. Does it have to be 10 Ohm?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sideexitsupra Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Mr P. Obviously you have been watching too much Rainbow! http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=120916245201&index=1&nav=SEARCH&nid=21075424085 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heckler Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Heckler, how much will it cost to fix this issue and do the fog light conversion to a set? I have the same issues as the Op PM inbound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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