changed indiator lens to clear and put in LED amber lights 3w 35spot leds.

now of course got a fast flicker as not enough impedence for the flicker unit.

So need to a add resistance to the circuits.

anybody done this and got any suggestions what to use?

i added motorbike indicators behind the front grill as well and that sorted mine out

 

regards,

alex

My mr2 did this, make sure the bulb is the right way in the bulb holder, if its the wrong way it does not work right.

Bulbs work fine, just need to know best way of adding resistance to the circuit to up the imoedence to equiv of a 21w bulb.

Update on my fast indicators, found out that you can buy ballasts for this very problem.

so if any body is thinking of changing to LED indicator bulbs you need these:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LOAD-RESISTOR-4-LED-indicator-stop-tail-light-bulbs_W0QQitemZ140153359184QQihZ004QQcategoryZ72233QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem

Maplin electronics sell a similar unit i think there about £2 ish each.

I tried Maplin first, they didnt know what I was talking about?!!

Update on my fast indicators, found out that you can buy ballasts for this very problem.

so if any body is thinking of changing to LED indicator bulbs you need these:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LOAD-RESISTOR-4-LED-indicator-stop-tail-light-bulbs_W0QQitemZ140153359184QQihZ004QQcategoryZ72233QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem

 

I have this same problem, and have just ordered a pair of these.

 

Any chance you could give us a quick rundown of how you installed it, as the instructions on the auction are not exactly clear, and i don't want to *****x anything up.

Thanks.

Dave-O

 

I have not got mine yet, but should be easy enough though.

 

As it says you have a splice connector which you splice on to the main wire and just run the other wire to earth somewere. you can locate the unit with double sided tape so it does not flop about or use screw hole.

 

Should be easier than the HID converstion ive just done.

Dave-O

 

I have not got mine yet, but should be easy enough though.

 

As it says you have a splice connector which you splice on to the main wire and just run the other wire to earth somewere. you can locate the unit with double sided tape so it does not flop about or use screw hole.

 

Should be easier than the HID converstion ive just done.

 

Well the main thing i'm concerned about is this:

 

"connect one wire to ground and the other wire to the turn/brake wire"

 

Both of the wires going to the indicator are the same colour, and it looks like both the wires on the resistor are the same colour. I just hope i get them the right way round.

Well the main thing i'm concerned about is this:

 

"connect one wire to ground and the other wire to the turn/brake wire"

 

Both of the wires going to the indicator are the same colour, and it looks like both the wires on the resistor are the same colour. I just hope i get them the right way round.

 

It's just a resistor pack, so makes no difference which way round you put it...

What he said.

got mine now so going to fit tonite.

Take a couple of pictures after will you, ray?

 

It may seem simple, but everything i try to do to this car opens up another problem or makes something worse!

 

Cheers.

Sorry Dave all done and back together working AOK normal flash time.

 

Easier than I thought, just splice one end to one bulb wire and splice the other on to the other, so the unit bridges between the feed wires to the bulb.

 

Only thing to wathch is to make sure the splice clamp thing actually cuts the plastic covering to the wire, had use big pliers to split the covering to make contact but easy enough.

 

Hope this helps, you cant short anything out, just like adding another bulb! :cool:

OK but this is only going on to one of the wires, right?

Does it matter which one?

Bridge between BOTH wires. Sound like its supplied with "Scotch-locks" :hurl: Horrible things....

No! you have two wires going to the bulb, the unit is connected between them: i.e. one end of unit to one wire and the other end on the second wire, so you are connecting the bulb wires together via the unit.

 

trust thats clearer.

when you use the clamps you may have to be persistant in clamping them together to pierce the sleeving.

OK this is driving me mad.

 

I've attached one of them. Works fine!

But the other side is still flashing like a pervert on speed.

The splice is definitely contacting all 4 wires, so assumed it must be a faulty resistor.

After waiting a couple of weeks for a new one, it is exactly the same.

What the hell can be going on? Any suggestions on how to track down the problem? I can probably borrow a multimeter if neccesary.

First check that other bulbs on the circuit are working!

Next, each splice only connects 2 wires at a time not 4 or do you mean 4 in total.

Have you defo connected the earth to feed?

the zed wire sleeves are very thick and the splice clamps do not cut through them very well, I had to take splice apart and cut sleeve to expose wire then reconnected using splice. Bit of a pain but that works.

>or do you mean 4 in total.

 

I mean 4 in total!

 

>Have you defo connected the earth to feed?

 

Sorry, no idea what you mean. It's connected the same way as the other indicator which now works fine. I've tried the resistor both ways round, although i was under the impression that this wouldn't make any difference.

 

>I had to take splice apart and cut sleeve to expose wire then reconnected using splice. Bit of a pain but that works.

 

I will try this.

 

Thanks

......or buy an electronic flasher unit.