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Old Nov 21, 2010 | 10:01 PM
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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)
I ordered from that seller and they were here in 2 days PACKAGED IN AN EXCELLENT manner! i'm still waiting for a relay i ordered from another site to get here before i try installing them!
 
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how'd they turn out?
 
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how'd they turn out?
Man i still haven't got them on, they are sitting here along with the relay and black rear exhaust tips..i'm waiting for vivid racing to get time to install them, as i'm scared to do it myself, i already have the Relay and the lights...but want to get it done professionally running out of patience here!!!

I read something about a rubber goment ect that needs to be installed for the LEds tos fit right..so i dont wanna mess with all that
 
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i didn't have any grommet issues.

it is just one bolt that holds them on - and they slide right out.... really easy to do!

come on give it a shot!
 
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I tried..lol, i removed the rear tail light, and then i didn't know what to do, i didn't understand what i connect from the LED lights themselves to the Wiring coming out of the car.. i thought i would just simply replace one tail light with the other, when you take off the OEM light ITS EMPTY but the LED light has wires coming out of it..hmmm...oh well!

am i supposed to remove the bulbs connected to the wires coming out of the car and then plug the end thing of the wire coming out of the led lights where the bulb would go?
 

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Originally Posted by Tarek307
I tried..lol, i removed the rear tail light, and then i didn't know what to do, i didn't understand what i connect from the LED lights themselves to the Wiring coming out of the car.. i thought i would just simply replace one tail light with the other, when you take off the OEM light ITS EMPTY but the LED light has wires coming out of it..hmmm...oh well!

the LED lights should have come with "bulb sockets" hooked up to the wires. You plug these bulb sockets into the stock wiring harness where you have the stock bulbs already. The reverse one does not get replaced -- you simply plug it in and twist it -- into the taillight housing. The yellow (turn signal) bulb gets removed then you plug in the socket with just two wires on it. the other is the break and running light bulb/socket.
 
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Originally Posted by Panteralkn
the LED lights should have come with "bulb sockets" hooked up to the wires. You plug these bulb sockets into the stock wiring harness where you have the stock bulbs already. The reverse one does not get replaced -- you simply plug it in and twist it -- into the taillight housing. The yellow (turn signal) bulb gets removed then you plug in the socket with just two wires on it. the other is the break and running light bulb/socket.
So i remove teh bulbs from the wiring harness and plug those ends of the leds where the bulbs go? i didn't knwo you can put something where the bulb goes except another bulb
 
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So i remove teh bulbs from the wiring harness and plug those ends of the leds where the bulbs go? i didn't knwo you can put something where the bulb goes except another bulb

well assuming you got the same that I did - the wires are connected to something that is essentially a light bulb - so yep - that is what you do.
 
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well assuming you got the same that I did - the wires are connected to something that is essentially a light bulb - so yep - that is what you do.
but that doesn't look like a bulb at all- its a flat golden looking piece, ok so i remove the ENTIRE bulb socket from the HARNESS or do i just TWIST OUT THE BULB and this golden thing coming out of the LED fits in there?
 
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Originally Posted by Tarek307
but that doesn't look like a bulb at all- its a flat golden looking piece, ok so i remove the ENTIRE bulb socket from the HARNESS or do i just TWIST OUT THE BULB and this golden thing coming out of the LED fits in there?
should just twist out the bulb - then twist in the socket from the LED - yours sounds different.

can you upload a pic?
 
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Originally Posted by Panteralkn
should just twist out the bulb - then twist in the socket from the LED - yours sounds different.

can you upload a pic?
here is the bak of my LED light
 
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here is what mine looked like (keep in mind i ended up cutting and soldering mine because i broke the factory socket)(so you are just seeing the two ends not the whole assemblies)

but the factory socket is on the left - and what was on the LED tailight is on the right - it should just plug in and twist - just like a bulb.

if you don't have this - then i'm not sure what you need to do.
 
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Originally Posted by Tarek307
here is the bak of my LED light
exactly -- you see the ends of the wires are put into connectors that look just like light bulbs (without the bulb part). You just plug it in and twist.
 
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here is the bak of my LED light
as you can see the one with two wires is the turn signal -- the other is the brake/running light
 
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Originally Posted by Panteralkn
here is what mine looked like (keep in mind i ended up cutting and soldering mine because i broke the factory socket)(so you are just seeing the two ends not the whole assemblies)

but the factory socket is on the left - and what was on the LED tailight is on the right - it should just plug in and twist - just like a bulb.

if you don't have this - then i'm not sure what you need to do.

that looks like mine- ok so i'll go try that, lol- i didn't know that thing twisted in instead of the bulb- Now what about the end little lights, some people said you dont use these? i didn't get it ....or don't plug them in?

ok so from what i understand i will UNTWIST THE BULB (JUST THE BULB NOT THE THING THE BULB GOES INTO) then SHOVE that GOLD END THING COMING OUT OF THE LED INTO WHERE THE BLUB WENT
 


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