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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 09:36 PM
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The04coupe: listen man, you need to chill out a little. First off, I said don't steal my work as in don't take my pictures and wording and rewrite it as your own. I posted a DIY so others can do it themselves, I'm trying to share the information I learned.

I also let others know that I'm not a professional, I learned all I know from reading about LEDs and if I had something incorrect to let me know and I'll fix it. I said I'd leave my last three LEDs at the 100ohm level because I wanted them brighter. I've had this setup for over a year now and nothing has blown. I've had this checked out by a professional and he said everything was good to go.

If you want to troll, please do it somewhere else. I'm just trying to share information.
not tryin to be mean at all . iv been doing this stuff for 8 years so i was correcting the things wrong with your diy . i said it was a nice diy and you said you would fix any problems ..you also left out that all Leds are different and most decent leds run higher than 3v which would change the whole circuit and resistors . The chance of everyone getting the same leds with same bin numbers is slim .All of the white leds i use run in 3.4-4fv typ. which means you wont be able to run 4 in series . You also didnt write what current your running the leds at which plays a major role in using the right resistors .
 
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Old Oct 13, 2010 | 01:04 AM
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Originally Posted by bmpnride
Nice write up... Some may want to use the pre-wired LEDs if they dont have any experience with soldering as they have the resistors attached and wrapped up on the back...
where could you get some pre wired LED's like the ones shown??
 
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Old Oct 13, 2010 | 01:20 AM
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prewired and resistored leds arent gonna work out well as they usually are the cheapest quality leds on the planet and restored for 12v while a automotive system is 14.5v .They will be overpowered , go into thermal runaway and die . It doesnt take much to make your own . Buy some quality leds and heat shrink and wires and solder up 3 inseries then add your own resistor calculated for 14.5v.
 
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Old Feb 12, 2011 | 07:25 PM
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nice diy
 
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Old Jun 27, 2011 | 12:25 PM
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Looks great tweger! Nice DIY. I'm gonna try on my 08 sedan
 
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Old Dec 13, 2011 | 11:32 AM
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the04coupe pm sent... if you can help enlighten me with your knowledge...
 
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Old Jan 10, 2012 | 02:01 AM
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good knowledge in this guy. how are the celis rods coming along the04coupe?
 
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