LED Tail lights
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Yup, but they were on quite a good sale! I think they supposedly retailed for 400 something?
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I grabbed these when they were $229. Arrived in perfect condition and with a lot of packing material in the box. Took about 10 mins a side to install. Love the look. (these are the smoked with the LEDs on)
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It used to be on Amazon but now they are ~$300. I suspect the 229 might've been a pricing error on someone's part since I've never seen ANY vendors sell it for this low. $229 is probably cost for them.
These threads are so confusing to a new reader! First off we need to understand 1999-2001 has different responce to the LED tail lights then the 2002-2004...So from what i have gathered my 2002 will work fine AS LONG as i get the RESISTORS! i hope this is all that needs to be done!
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i think it really boils down to potentially needing two things. You MAY need resistors for the brake lights and you MAY need a new LED flasher for the turn signals. In my case i needed both.
i also had a bunch of problems with the lights themselves - but that had nothing to do with the car piece. they were manufacture defects.
i also had a bunch of problems with the lights themselves - but that had nothing to do with the car piece. they were manufacture defects.
i think it really boils down to potentially needing two things. You MAY need resistors for the brake lights and you MAY need a new LED flasher for the turn signals. In my case i needed both.
i also had a bunch of problems with the lights themselves - but that had nothing to do with the car piece. they were manufacture defects.
i also had a bunch of problems with the lights themselves - but that had nothing to do with the car piece. they were manufacture defects.
I should have mine within a couple of days, once i get everything figured out God willing i'm gonna make a new Thread thats simple with instructions for those with the 2002-2004 MKII
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one thing to be careful with is when you try to insert/remove the bulb -- the porsche connector is very fragile. I ended up breaking off the little metal connectors that are supposed to make contact with the bulb. From the dealer its a 180 part... so i just cut the wires and soldered them directly to the new light.
the parts i ordered from spectrumled where
Flasher
Item # CF13GL-02
and
Load Equalizer
Item # 6 ohm
the parts i ordered from spectrumled where
Flasher
Item # CF13GL-02
and
Load Equalizer
Item # 6 ohm
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Note the negative responses from 2 Amazon.com customers for the LED talilight quality, or lack of, on the inexpensive taillights. Buyer beware when the price gets too far below the competition.....($297 item listed 11/21/10)