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Old 04-14-2008, 08:42 PM   #1 (permalink)
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leds in front signals.

Hey guys, i got some led bulbs for my signals. Each bulb has around 21 leds in it, they are 1156. I put two in the back and they work fine but ofcourse it gives the error. But in the front they dont go on, i dont know why? Does anyone know why? The weird thing is that the back ones work but the front ones dont, what could it be? Any help is appreciated. thanks
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Old 04-14-2008, 08:52 PM   #2 (permalink)
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yo same situation with me man...ive ordered 3 diff types online and none have worked up front...i dont know why...i jus gave up for a bit and left clear bulbs up there....right now i dont even have turn signals in the new projectors cuz i refuse to have the orange bulbs there lol....anyone have success with some front white LED turn signals that they could link us to...?
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Old 04-14-2008, 10:27 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Just paint the orange bulbs with some chrome or silver high temp engine paint. Thats what they do to the ones that are for sale in the chain stores. I don't know why your front leds don't work. Zeek if you want the chrome bulbs they sell them in National wholesale liquidators for 5 bucks a set.
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Old 04-14-2008, 11:17 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Hey guys, i got some led bulbs for my signals. Each bulb has around 21 leds in it, they are 1156. I put two in the back and they work fine but ofcourse it gives the error. But in the front they dont go on, i dont know why? Does anyone know why? The weird thing is that the back ones work but the front ones dont, what could it be? Any help is appreciated. thanks

Have the same situation in the W140 also. I've been trying to track down some info for quite some time!
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Old 04-15-2008, 12:44 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Its because of the resistance and how they are wired up, put 1 led in one side and 1 bulb in the other and turn the e-flasher on, see if that works, if it dose then you need to buy a led load equilizer
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Its because of the resistance and how they are wired up, put 1 led in one side and 1 bulb in the other and turn the e-flasher on, see if that works, if it dose then you need to buy a led load equilizer
hey man, I did put one led bulb on one side and one regular on the other side then turned hazards on, and led didnt go on just he regular bulb went on. Then tried both regular then ofcourse worked then tried both LEDs then both didnt work. I'm thinking resistors?
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this may sound silly, get some wire attach it to the led bulb, put the bulb in and attach the wires to the ballast, it should work, piggy back the bulb with the led if you will, see if that works, then its deff resistor
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Old 04-15-2008, 08:49 PM   #8 (permalink)
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im going to try that and will let you guys know. thank you very much guys.
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