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Old 12-12-2011, 11:43 AM
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Not really. They didn't photograph well during the day 'cuz the LEDs weren't bright enough, and with only the LEDs on at night the scattering of light from them didn't lend well to pictures.
 
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Old 12-12-2011, 12:40 PM
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oh well then... well regardless these are gonna be better than my stock lights so i guess ill just stick with them whenever they come in lol
 
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Old 12-16-2011, 04:18 AM
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ok so now they came in... aaand... the LED dont turn on.. it came with the round 5 pin connector which is what i have and i plugged it in... on audizine they say its supposed to replace the fogs but even when i turn the fogs on it doesnt turn on... and the blinker connector is only a 2 slot connection where as the factory is the 3 slot... does anyone know of a legit diy to get this working?? wtf
 
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Old 12-16-2011, 10:15 AM
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Ah yes, that was the fun part. I had to custom-wire my turn signals, and in the process I wired the LEDs to the corner markers instead of as fog lights.
 
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Old 12-16-2011, 10:55 AM
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care to explain HOW u did that??
 
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Old 12-16-2011, 11:39 AM
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Figured out which wire served which function on the turn signals (one is for the turn signal, one is for the corner marker, and one is ground). Spliced into those wires with new wires (I used 14ga. wire) and put connectors on those. Then I found which wire powered up the LEDs, cut the end of it from the round connector, and put a matching connector on there to mate it to one of the new connectors. Your new turn signal bulb will require a ground wire and a power wire, so the other 2 new wires with connectors on them will be wired to the turn signal.
 
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Old 12-16-2011, 02:52 PM
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ok i did soemthing similar... i ended up taking some 12ga wire and grabbed some female and male butt connectors and connected the 2 new connectors (ground and blinker) into the original connection which left me with one extra slot... so i then spliced into the hot wire of the LED and ran it into the 3rd slot in the original connector which ran the park lights... i only did it on the passenger side, and the wires bridged to the other lights automatically, after about 5 seconds of running them in park mode (only led on) the lil mini 5a fuse blew... surprise surprise... so i just replaced it with a 15a mini fuse and its held up fine...

thanks again for helping
 
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Old 12-20-2011, 11:16 AM
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I just wired a switch to mine Phil, works fine.
 
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Old 12-20-2011, 11:17 AM
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BTW, for anyone wondering, it took a lot of research, but these or the tail lights he is running in the video, I purchased them two months ago and they look freaking fantastic. If you upgrade your 3rd break light and the license plate to white LED's it really updates the rear of the vehicle at night and makes it look like a much newer vehicle. Day time, heh very bright, but the full updated effect isn't as powerful in my mind.

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They are completely different and FULL LED compared to many of the shitty knock off on ebay.
 
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