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in your opinion, how do they really look compared to the oem? does it look like a noticeably cheaper knock-off? really hesitant to buy a set, but I like the look.
I decided to pull the trigger anyways, installed them the other week and think they look great, no regrets. Can't report back about any leaks yet as my car is waiting for her new engine and I haven't driven her.
I purchased the Spyder Led Tailights for my 05 rx8 and the connectors for the lights did not match the oem connecters. I have looked everywhere for a kit but cant find one help please!
I purchased the Spyder Led Tailights for my 05 rx8 and the connectors for the lights did not match the oem connecters. I have looked everywhere for a kit but cant find one help please!
I just got these tail lights. Couple of things to note.
1. These lights will fit rx8 without any mods (at least on my 2004).
2. The flat connectors you see fits into tail light socket for stoplight instead of a bulb.
3. Turn signal bulb goes in the middle hole.
4. Two small two pin connectors on the taillight assembly connect to each other (male to female) and not to connector on car.
5. If you remove the gasket (carefully), you can see what socket goes with what connectors.
I bought the Xtune tail lights; but the instructions were omitted, so I had to figure it out. It also looks like a resistor might have been omitted; because as soon as I took my foot off the brake after starting the engine after completing the installation, the ABS and traction control lights went on and stayed on. I didn't go anywhere near any of the calipers or ABS sensor wiring. Is it plausible that this could be due to an omitted resistor? If so, how can I best calculate the value of the needed resistor to address the issue?
Yes, a resistor should help with this. It certainly helped me when I installed all LED bulbs years ago, and had the same problem.
I used some wirewound resistor from Radio Shack, but don't remember exactly the size or wattage, and I'm not near my car so I could check... but Radio Shack is not around anyway
Hopefully someone else will chime in with the proper resistor data.
That VLEDS resistor is nice and one should be enough to avoid the problem.
Thanks to both of you. I like that the VLR-6 has more surface area. I’ll be going with these. I have written to VLEDS to confirm my supposition that I will need two VLR-6’s per brake light to emulate the two filaments in the OEM bulb, and will go with their recommendation.
I said one should be enough because I remember that when I had the same issue, just putting back the one filament bulb into the center brake light fixed the problem (for me). Then I added a single resistor behind the trunk lid liner before swapping to the LED bulb, and all is well.
Of course having two should not hurt... and they will certainly recommend getting not one but two
To solve this, I installed one set of TUINCYN 2pcs 50W 8 ohm 7443... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071JNHMP3?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf
I bought two sets; but found the resistance too high, causing the brake lights to not engage at all. I recommend getting a generic heat sink, crazy glueing the resistors to the heat sink, and bolting the heat sink in the void cavity on the inside of the rear quarter panel.
Not sure if any one would still see this but I was going to get LED brake lights and just wanted to know how many resistors to get and if I only need them for the blinkers or tail lights as well?
Not sure if any one would still see this but I was going to get LED brake lights and just wanted to know how many resistors to get and if I only need them for the blinkers or tail lights as well?
If you have an LED 3rd brake light as I do, and get a 50 Ohm resistor, as I did, you will need one resistor. Two will be excessive and prevent the brake lights from working at all, assuming your car responds like my ‘04. I was surprised that I couldn’t use both (the resistor I bought cake as part of of a pair), so I had to change plans and kept the second one as a spare. Because of the heat it generates, I have it cyanoacrylate glued to a metal part of the trunk, facing away from plastic and carpeting. Because it was a chilly day when I did the installation, I used the heat of the resistor to help the cyanoacrylate glue bond (I had to rig something to hold the brake pedal down while I held the resistor in place with a shop rag to avoid burning my fingers).
The resistor I use is solely for the operation of the brake lights. I have conventional blinkers at this point.
Last edited by longpath; Jun 29, 2019 at 04:29 AM.
Reason: Forgot to clarify that this is just about brake lights
