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Old Apr 3, 2010 | 12:03 AM
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Loose parking light sockets

i was swapping my parking lights to leds, but they flicker. i know its not the leds themselves because i tried them at another location [trunk] and they work fine. but when i wiggle the connector the light comes back on. how exactly do i fix this?
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Old Apr 4, 2010 | 01:56 AM
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Which LEDs are you using? I would guess that a good connection is not being made for some reason.
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Old Apr 4, 2010 | 08:11 AM
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It will depend on how the LEDs look at the ends. If little copper wires are exposed on the very ends, sometimes you can very carefully bend them out just a pinch so that they seat in the sockets a little tighter. You could also very, very carefully bend the contacts inside the socket inward just a little bit to make better contact when the LED is installed. Sometimes the little copper wires on the LEDs moved to the sides a little bit and aren't exactly straight......look at that as well.
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