Front LED Turn Indicators w/Resistor (56K warning)
So the LED drama continues. Last week I changed out my rear turn indicators in this thread: https://my350z.com/forum/exterior-and-interior/126426-how-to-change-out-rear-turn-indictor-lights.html so this week I continued on with the front ones.
I'm using 15 LED wedge bulbs that have most of thier LEDs faced forward and a few off to the sides. Those sideways LED's light up the sides of the reflectors adding a bit more angle to the viewing. http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y21...dicators03.jpg See last week's high-beam thread here: https://my350z.com/forum/exterior-and-interior/125887-how-to-exchange-hi-beam-lamps.html for the rather simple instructions on how to remove the front wheel well splash guards to get to the light assembly. While I was "in there" I also swapped out the amber corner reflector's for some clear/white ones. The passenger side is a b!tch as you have to remove a bunch of the 10mm screws attaching the bottom of the bumper cover in order to get to the reflector with a stubby screw driver from the bottom. http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y21.../Corners01.jpg And the normal results. http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y21...dicators02.jpg One issue faced with changing the turn signal bulbs for low wattage LED's is that there are sensors that check the current flow of the bulbs. If a bulb is blown the current flow will drop and the sensor will cause the blinker to blink really fast - about four to five times faster than normal. Some like this, others don't - I didn't so I bought a pair of 3 ohm 50 watt resistors - one on each side are needed. http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y21...dicators01.jpg I used the included 3M slices to put the resistor in parallel with the LED attaching first one lead: http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y21...dicators04.jpg And then the other: http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y21...dicators05.jpg Note that you're going to want to crimp these guys on as far away from the socket as possible to give you a bit more wire to work with when mounting these things. I popped my blinker on and it was once again at the normal steady rate. I left the blinker on for a couple of minutes and found that the resistor was quite hot - very uncomfortable to touch. Because of this I wanted to mount these things to a good solid piece of medal to act as a heat sink and to prevent them from bouncing around and hitting something I didn't want hot. The legs coming out of the resistor are quite strong so I used them as points to wrap the tie wraps around. http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y21...dicators06.jpg And finally a close up of the results. I'll suffer with the blue Xenon high beams as they're hidden under the projector lamps from most view points. http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y21...dicators07.jpg The poor car isn't road worthy at this point as I've got the bumper half off in order to install a steel billet grill tomorrow. :icon04: |
thanks for this thread! i need help with my regulator install too... i hate the fast blinking..
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Wow, quite a job. How much time did you have to put in?
Did you know it would be this big of a hassle when you first bought the LEDs or was it because of the fast blinking problem? |
Great post, thanks for the info, very useful.
I actually like the amber refelectors but my car is blue and the amber is a nice contrast to that color. |
if you install these in the rear, do you think they will work the same? because i know getting to the rear is much easier than the front....
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Originally Posted by itsjoshufocker
if you install these in the rear, do you think they will work the same? because i know getting to the rear is much easier than the front....
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Well thought out DIY write up. I lived with the hyper-flash for a while then had the resistors installed....but my LEDs flash amber....the LEDs in you pic flash white?
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I saw a picture of a Z that when the headlights came on the white reflector strip (as seen above) also comes on. Have you done this or have any idea how or where to get them?
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thanks for nice step by step guide.
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