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05-31-2007, 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted by marineutter' post='430282' date='May 31 2007, 06:14 PM
Nick; Yes the outer ones of course...:>
Since you have a error message in your onboard computer an yways, what happends if you take out that 'inner' bulb as well?
Have you tried?
Or perhaps the 'leds' will burn up since the resistant cannot cope with the extra power...?
Since you have a error message in your onboard computer an yways, what happends if you take out that 'inner' bulb as well?
Have you tried?
Or perhaps the 'leds' will burn up since the resistant cannot cope with the extra power...?
Tried, you will have no braking lights, you will get 4 error messages (instead of 2) and the rods are functioning as normal taillights with no 2Xbrightness when braking.
No problem with the extra power, they are already on 12V line on my car (along with the brake bulbs).
05-31-2007, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by nicke60gre' post='430295' date='May 31 2007, 12:41 PM
Tried, you will have no braking lights, you will get 4 error messages (instead of 2) and the rods are functioning as normal taillights with no 2Xbrightness when braking.
No problem with the extra power, they are already on 12V line on my car (along with the brake bulbs).
No problem with the extra power, they are already on 12V line on my car (along with the brake bulbs).
What about if we cut the taillight circuit line that power the bulbs for tail lights and place an resistor there? You could keep the bulbs for brake light and get the full LCI look.
05-31-2007, 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Alex.br' post='430332' date='May 31 2007, 08:41 PM
HI Nick,
What about if we cut the taillight circuit line that power the bulbs for tail lights and place an resistor there? You could keep the bulbs for brake light and get the full LCI look.
What about if we cut the taillight circuit line that power the bulbs for tail lights and place an resistor there? You could keep the bulbs for brake light and get the full LCI look.
Good point, I've been thinking of it, needs a little research, maybe we will lose the brake force display function, but I think it will then shift to the fogs.
05-31-2007, 09:26 PM
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Just got my Plugs from Bruce today and it works great with no error messages 
It does look great on the car, but just wish someone will figure how to get the LCI look with just the rods lite up not with the dim brake lights in the background. I recommand anyone that dont want to hassel with the wiring and just want to plug and play ask bruce. The plugs got to me quicker then expected in the US, it took 7days since the day i sent him the payment highly recommanded 
It does look great on the car, but just wish someone will figure how to get the LCI look with just the rods lite up not with the dim brake lights in the background. I recommand anyone that dont want to hassel with the wiring and just want to plug and play ask bruce. The plugs got to me quicker then expected in the US, it took 7days since the day i sent him the payment highly recommanded
06-01-2007, 01:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Cwest' post='430581' date='Jun 1 2007, 01:26 PM
Just got my Plugs from Bruce today and it works great with no error messages It does look great on the car, but just wish someone will figure how to get the LCI look with just the rods lite up not with the dim brake lights in the background. I recommand anyone that dont want to hassel with the wiring and just want to plug and play ask bruce. The plugs got to me quicker then expected in the US, it took 7days since the day i sent him the payment highly recommanded
It does look great on the car, but just wish someone will figure how to get the LCI look with just the rods lite up not with the dim brake lights in the background. I recommand anyone that dont want to hassel with the wiring and just want to plug and play ask bruce. The plugs got to me quicker then expected in the US, it took 7days since the day i sent him the payment highly recommanded It's awesome!Can you upload the pictures with brake and fog?Perhaps to use dimmer resistance can make it perfect!
06-01-2007, 04:39 AM
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Originally Posted by andy.yip' post='430634' date='Jun 1 2007, 10:39 AM
It's awesome!Can you upload the pictures with brake and fog?Perhaps to use dimmer resistance can make it perfect!
06-02-2007, 02:27 PM
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All thought its not true LCI look, it is 110% better than the old style tail lights. Very nice! I am now very tempted to purchase.
06-02-2007, 02:57 PM
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My first working prototype of the Plug and Play LCI cables. It works very but has a few draw backs.
1. It takes too long to put one together, even at minimum wage it'll cost too much!
2. It used relays instead of my preferred solid state solution that is still work in progress.
3. I think the relays will break down as is because they are buzzing with the AC component in the signal.
4. Uses 3 resistors which get very hot.
However it is plug and play, no modifications to any of the original cabling and no errors on the computer.
See the results below.
Normal taillight or DRL setting
With brake lights
With brake and a low exposure to show that I've switched the Brake to the middle like in the LCI models. The outer light is now the BFD light.
The cable that I used. The US version will be slightly less complex because of the lack of the fog light and the BFD being in place of the fog light.
There is still a lot of work to be done before a version that I can resell is released. But atleast I've proved that its possible to do it without recoding the car and without changing any of the wiring on the car or modifying any parts.
What I did notice while clicking the photos is that the LED rods are actually strobing but extremely fast so the human eye can't see this but because of the sync between the camera and the light I saw this. Also the turn lights are strobing once about 4-5 mins again its hard to catch it but its there. Need to think about how I'll get rid of those issues.
1. It takes too long to put one together, even at minimum wage it'll cost too much!
2. It used relays instead of my preferred solid state solution that is still work in progress.
3. I think the relays will break down as is because they are buzzing with the AC component in the signal.
4. Uses 3 resistors which get very hot.
However it is plug and play, no modifications to any of the original cabling and no errors on the computer.
See the results below.
Normal taillight or DRL setting
With brake lights
With brake and a low exposure to show that I've switched the Brake to the middle like in the LCI models. The outer light is now the BFD light.
The cable that I used. The US version will be slightly less complex because of the lack of the fog light and the BFD being in place of the fog light.
There is still a lot of work to be done before a version that I can resell is released. But atleast I've proved that its possible to do it without recoding the car and without changing any of the wiring on the car or modifying any parts.
What I did notice while clicking the photos is that the LED rods are actually strobing but extremely fast so the human eye can't see this but because of the sync between the camera and the light I saw this. Also the turn lights are strobing once about 4-5 mins again its hard to catch it but its there. Need to think about how I'll get rid of those issues.
06-02-2007, 05:22 PM
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Model Year: 2006
Anyone who bought the aftermarket LED taillights that were available a few months ago. Need to know if the resistors are a single unit or multiple resistors in one big heatsink. I remember someone mentioning that it was a much bigger heatsink (see picture)
My design needs 3 resistors and I can't avoid that. Just wondering if there was a neater part available where all 3 resistors are connected to a single heatsink. The resistor will get very hot and that is normal because they are behaving like bulbs. Any ideas?
Also is there any strobing of the turn light?