I had mine went out before.. the small 4 led wedge bulb... so it's pretty common I think.

 

You need a 6 ohm resistor for one bulb in the circuit - one resistor per side. If you replace both bulbs the 3 ohm resistor is used.

The six ohm resistor will draw 2 watts, the rear light bulb will draw 5 or 6 and the LED bulb in front will draw about 1 watt for a total of 8-9 watts and the sensors are happy.

The 3 ohm resistor will draw 4 watts, and the two LED bulbs will draw 2 watts for a total of 6 watts and the sensors are happy.

 

I installed the reverse 15 led bulbs, and they're maybe half as bright as the stock incandescent bulbs.

They look like dim hyper-white bulbs. O well.

 

Oh and I must say that superbrightleds.com gave me great service. I had a problem with my order and they fixed it right away.

 

can you tell me what size and what you exactly ordered for everything except the plate light and kinda tell me how you did it

 

There is exact numbers/quantity/location list in early pages.
Do your homework.

 

whats the website with all the bulb sizes

 

read through all the post.
you will find all the sizes and the website.

 

What are the led sizes of the top strip that lights up when you brake? [top of hatch] I want to change all my break lights to leds because I love the look.

 

You'll love this then... because that strip is leds

 

I don't know if those are replacable. It would be highly illegal to change those to a different color.....

 

I think the LEDs on the parking and reverse lights are fantastic. Might have to order some..

~Josh

 

Oh, really? It leds from the factory?

boma: I don't want to change them to a different color, I just like the instant on and off of leds.

 

all this talk of the brake lights not being bright enough,

has anyone tried using white LEDs in the brake light? They would definitely be brighter (white light is visually brighter than red), and the red lense will make them appear red on the outside anyway

im going to order white leds, and see how they go

 

Let us know how they go. I didn't since the site recommends red LEDs for brake lights. Maybe the colour might be off since white leds sometimes seem blueish.

And yes Roger V, the third brake light strip is LEDs... clear that light up red.

 

i have the same thing but mine arent as bright??????????????

 

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Does anyone know if the 30 LED clusters would fit? Also, would i need these load resistors as well?

 

Hey everyone, I'm still pretty new to the forum but I had an LED question. I read at one point that someone had a parking light LED melt since it's in the headlight housing but haven't come across any other problems. Has anyone else with parking light LEDs experienced any sort of problem like that? Thanks in advance.

 

I make my own LED automotive bulbs. For the parking lights, it will only melt when there's a bad short with the circuit inside the plastic wedge. The cheapo bulbs tend to "fall apart" easily so bits of solder or wire might get caught between the + and - terminals and cause a melt down inside.