My right indicator comes on when i turn my headlights on!

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Oct 18, 2019 | 04:19 AM
  #1  
Hey guys, i recently just put these spec d headlights on my g35:
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/312172665607?ul_noapp=true,

everything was fine untill yesterday:

i recently purchased these lights and everything was going great. Untill yesterday where i left to go for a drive and my father noticed that my right indicator was constantly on, while my left white LED was normal. If i have the lights off, the indicators work fine, however if my headlights are on, my right indicator will remain as the 'sequential effect' and my right indicator flashes really fast on the dash (if selected right). I changed the two front bottom indicators incase they were old and fried but its still doing the same thing and im not sure what to do, i would love some help and advice as my car is undrivable at all at night, i have attched a video also of my problem:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/zmbjvzcwm5...%20pm.mov?dl=0
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Oct 18, 2019 | 05:51 AM
  #2  
^^
Does everything work normal when you put the original bulbs back in?

How does the resistance and current draw compare to the original bulbs?
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Oct 18, 2019 | 02:16 PM
  #3  
It's called "hyperflashing" you need a resistor kit for the turn signal lamps. A lot of them nowadays will come with the resistor built into them.

Basically the car watches the resistance of the circuit to determine if the OEM light ever burns out and if it DOES detect low resistance then it hyperflashes the relay so you know something is wrong. LED's have a difference resistance than the OEM lamps so the car thinks something is wrong. However I don't know if that's the reason why the rear lamps aren't flashing, I would plug the OEM turn signal back in and see if it "fixes" the rear, if so then the led turn signal resistor will fix the problem.

I'm not normally a fan of aftermarket headlights, especially on the G, but I actually really like the look of those ones.
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Oct 18, 2019 | 08:28 PM
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Quote: It's called "hyperflashing" you need a resistor kit for the turn signal lamps. A lot of them nowadays will come with the resistor built into them.

Basically the car watches the resistance of the circuit to determine if the OEM light ever burns out and if it DOES detect low resistance then it hyperflashes the relay so you know something is wrong. LED's have a difference resistance than the OEM lamps so the car thinks something is wrong. However I don't know if that's the reason why the rear lamps aren't flashing, I would plug the OEM turn signal back in and see if it "fixes" the rear, if so then the led turn signal resistor will fix the problem.

I'm not normally a fan of aftermarket headlights, especially on the G, but I actually really like the look of those ones.
hey man, thanks for your reply.

me and dad put the original light back in the right hand side (driver side) (and transferred the internal parts of the light into the oem) and everything seemed to return to normal, we did break the 2 xenon headlight bulbs in the process which is no going to be fun, so judging what you're saying, if we install the aftermarket ones back in, they should fix themselves? thanks

EDIT: After re-connecting the aftermarket headlight i am getting the same error, so i transferred the left hand front light to the right side, to see if i get the same problem and i do not, the light appears to be working in normal order. if i transfer the right one to the left one, i am getting the same error, indicator on when headlights are on, and back indicator on without flashing. Sounds like a faulty light to you guys?
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