I see now' thanks
the LED looks good BTW

 

Most cars will flash at a faster rate when one bulb is out because the load seen by the flasher unit (BCM in our case) is 1/2 what it was. This will also trigger a light telling you one of your bulbs is out.

Load resistors are used to make the BCM think there is a normal bulb there. This will slow down the flash rate to stock-like and keep any warning lights away.

They just connect between the two wires for the light, a very easy install. You can also purchase them from the same place.

http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b...e/commerce.cgi

 

ahhh nice .. i think il be doing it as well ..

thnx again for your help .. ttrank ..

 

How did you access the rear turn signal bulbs? How much of the trunk did you have to disassemble?

 

I had to pull my speaker boxes since they are on each side. But other than that just the panels that come right off. You can get to the bulbs and wire without removing the tails.

 

sweet

been wanting to do this

 

The bulbs you used appear to have a single 3W LED whose pattern is mostly axial (top fire). At least in my 2004 sedan, the bulb is mounted vertically, so you would think a side-fire lamp would give the most light output to the car's rear. It's hard to judge brightness from the videos, since videos really don't have enough luminance dynamic range. I assume your eye (which does have dynamic range) tells you the brightness is fine?

 

Wonder how these would look in there.

http://www.spiderlite.com/gallery.html

 

Yes mine mount upward too.

The bulbs I have are 130 degree angle and very bright. They are as bright or brighter than the oem bulbs. None of the other ones I tried with side-fire or anything were as bright.

 

I tried something with a bunch of surface mount LED's in all directions like that before and they were not as bright. These 3W single bulb ones seem to be the best thing on the market right now.

 

What is the load on the resistor? I have the right LEDs, but I never installed them because I never got around to getting resistors. I radio shack has a ton - not sure which ones I need to get.

Any help would be appreciated!

Thx - grant

 

Great idea Tim. It's nice to have someone around that will do all the research for the rest of us. I'm in too, if you can let us know the value of the resistor required...

 

great job Timmah! Another wonderful contribution and a freakin mod I have to do now. Thanks alot! So how does this all run anyhow?

 

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not to thread jack, but anyone interested in Tim's idea might also like to consider this:https://g35driver.com/forums/g35-sedan-v35-2003-06/203027-taillight-mod-works.html

Sorry Tim, I hope you don't mind me linking form here