LED license plate light conversion
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As do I,sleek and pretty.well done
I would just be more along the lines of obscuring mine,not drawing attention to it
I would just be more along the lines of obscuring mine,not drawing attention to it
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The regular yellow licence plate light cheapens the rear look at night, IMO they dont belong in a 2010 + Porsche. They are an option today as part of the extensive lighting package.
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LED licence plate lights are the trend in most luxury cars, same as front LED strips or even LED headlights over regular HIDs.
The regular yellow licence plate light cheapens the rear look at night, IMO they dont belong in a 2010 + Porsche. They are an option today as part of the extensive lighting package.
The regular yellow licence plate light cheapens the rear look at night, IMO they dont belong in a 2010 + Porsche. They are an option today as part of the extensive lighting package.
Very good point,regular yellow lights do look cheap compared to LEDs
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No need to remove rear panel IMO - just remove existing lights by pressing the tab on housing, remove existing housing from wires (press tab on connection to seperate) and attach new led housing to the connection. I was able to fit all of the wires, connectors and transistor in the exisitng space without too much of an issue. Basically push the transistor to the top of the opening and push to the outside of space and then fit housing back in the original space. For me the left side was easy, the right side is a tighter fit (I believe as a result of the camera). I just did it again to our GTS we picked up in July.
One of the earlier posts warned me that the transistor could get hot and damage the paint as a result of how I fitted the leds but we had no problem on 12 V6 and no issues thus far on the GTS.
The process took about 15 minutes the first time and less than 10 this second time around.
I hope this helps.
One of the earlier posts warned me that the transistor could get hot and damage the paint as a result of how I fitted the leds but we had no problem on 12 V6 and no issues thus far on the GTS.
The process took about 15 minutes the first time and less than 10 this second time around.
I hope this helps.
Thanks for all the helpful posts.
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ondarza, thanks for the advice. Just an update, so I went ahead and ordered the LED lights from ECS Tuning and installed over the weekend. You weren't kidding about the right side being a tight fit. It literally took 10 minutes and every imaginable placement configuration to tuck the resistor and wire harness into the small space (I did not remove the panel). One thing I did not expect was the lights are quite bright..maybe too bright. I'm gonna leave it for now to see if it grows on me.
Thanks for all the helpful posts.
Thanks for all the helpful posts.
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really dumb ? but where in the hell do the resistor plug into? the led housing plugs directly into the oem plug but i have no idea where the resistor goes and no instructions with the kit. they have a link that states install info but all it is a website selling more stuff....
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Are you sure you ordered the right one? The harness should have two wires and two different plug ends. One small plug to the resistor and the other smaller plug end to the LED housing. The larger single plug on the other end of the two connects to the existing car's harness.