Technostalgia tail lights hyperflashing

[AKA-22]

yeah these lights are Junk dont buy these!!!!

[bumblebeecamaro]

Originally Posted by AKA-22

yeah these lights are Junk dont buy these!!!!

I wouldn't exactly call them junk. I will say they aren't for the type of car owner like myself that likes to install an aftermarket part and not have to worry or mess with the part for a very long time. As many people have already posted, it's only a matter of time before the majority of the owners of these lights begin to have issues. If not, then those few select owners should consider themselves very, very lucky.

I had mine only two weeks before I began to have a problem. Thankfully it happened on one of the inner lights which is pretty easy to remove. Otherwise the outer lights are a PITA to remove due to one of the nuts on the studs being pretty hard to get to. Luckily for me, my fix was pretty easy. I fixed the issue then I sold the lights.

[AKA-22]

Originally Posted by bumblebeecamaro

I wouldn't exactly call them junk. I will say they aren't for the type of car owner like myself that likes to install an aftermarket part and not have to worry or mess with the part for a very long time. As many people have already posted, it's only a matter of time before the majority of the owners of these lights begin to have issues. If not, then those few select owners should consider themselves very, very lucky.

I had mine only two weeks before I began to have a problem. Thankfully it happened on one of the inner lights which is pretty easy to remove. Otherwise the outer lights are a PITA to remove due to one of the nuts on the studs being pretty hard to get to. Luckily for me, my fix was pretty easy. I fixed the issue then I sold the lights.

trust me these lights are junk for a 400 dollar price tag! i have had water issue resistor issues and had to send them back to todd twice for repair.... there is no defense for these lights they are not well made and have all kinds of issues !!!!

[AKA-22]

the 6701 have water issues 6702 have electrical problems..im going to install my OEM back in this summer....i have had these lights less than 2 years...the latest problem i have is with my bright lights are on ....i was driving at night my wife was behind me in her car she called me and said one of my tail lights where not on all the way,,turns out that when i flipped my brights on and off it freaked out my 400 dollar lights .....when i got home the lights where normal again ,,what a joke!!!!!!!!

[Camaro Dude]

Originally Posted by bumblebeecamaro

That's what I'm saying. I don't need to start any forum polls to figure out how much of a "let down" these lights can and could very well be a "let down". ...

What I find funny is, what you wrote reminded me of the awe and horror my friends showed, when they heard I bought my first American car, particularly a GM. They tried to convince me, what a "let down" these cars can be, and the stats over the last 2 decades speak for themselves .

Or I can be brave, and as I figured it, after bankruptcy, logic may very well dictate anything post bankruptcy, may mean the possibility of a solid product.

My point is, that yes these lights had serious teething problems at first. I myself waited and bought from the latest batch. As with GM, I'm hoping that perhaps I'll be one of the "luckier" ones, and timed it right .

[bumblebeecamaro]

Originally Posted by AKA-22

the 6701 have water issues 6702 have electrical problems..im going to install my OEM back in this summer....i have had these lights less than 2 years...the latest problem i have is with my bright lights are on ....i was driving at night my wife was behind me in her car she called me and said one of my tail lights where not on all the way,,turns out that when i flipped my brights on and off it freaked out my 400 dollar lights .....when i got home the lights where normal again ,,what a joke!!!!!!!!

jeez..... Thankfully I didn't have those issues. I would've ripped them out the next day.

[camguynj]

Originally Posted by Caddyroger

I wired one to each turn signal lead and the other end to ground.

When you say "wired one to each turn signal lead" does that mean you spliced into the pigtail wire behind the connector?

[MR.Sarge]

UPDATE:

Ok so before I committed to buying the resistors, I decided to do a little elimination of what could be the issue, I hate spending money and later finding out I wasted my $$ and it wasn't the solution, I'm sure lots of others on here are like that too. But turns out it is the resistor, but I will get to how I got to that conclusion so everyone is aware if they weren't already. (If everyone was aware, I must be a dumba**)

Basically I tried to swap the 2 resistors in the bank connected to both LED light housings to the other and tried signalling to see if it stayed on the same light housing or moved to the other, which I expected, to see which resistor was bad. It still did the same thing on the inner light and confused me at first making me think it must be the light itself that got messed up.

So I tried the right side, which works flawlessly by the way, because I am a very persistent person (good/bad thing? ... who knows ). I took off the resistor from the inner light housing on the good side to see if the same problem occurred and it did, flashed 3 times perfecting and then hyperflash. I reversed it around removing the outer light housing resistor and connected the inner again and signaled and the same thing happened, flashed normal first 3 times then hyperflashed in the inner light. Which proved to me that the resistor was definitely busted and that the lights must be acting as a Master/Slave to each other. Also proved to me that it doesn't mean the resistor connected to that specific light is the bad one, or that there was a problem with the specific light housing/micro. I proved to myself that it really was a bad resistor and learned that these light are definitely acting as a master/slave (inner light being the master to hyperflash if a resistor is bad/blown, and outer being the slave not giving a sh*t about a resistor value at all constantly flashing at the normal rate).

And just to be EXTRA certain, I removed both resistors from the good side, and it indeed did the same thing, flashed perfectly 3 times then go berserk on the inner light only like the left side.

So, it really is just a resistor problem, and I need to buy resistors. Just thought I would share with others in case the issue arises for someone else and they go as crazy as I did about the damn light going whack all of a sudden and resistors measuring fine and thinking the light is busted. Turns out lights act as a master/slave to each other.

[camguynj]

Thanks for being persistant and posting what you did, very helpful. Are you able to get the resistors from Cool-LEDs ?

[MR.Sarge]

Originally Posted by camguynj

Thanks for being persistant and posting what you did, very helpful. Are you able to get the resistors from Cool-LEDs ?

Yeah Todd offered to ship them to be in the bank mounted to the plate for $16, not sure if that includes shipping or not, I have to ask. But I didn't buy them just yet, I can get them cheaper online loose (~$5/pair on eBay or $8/pair from vleds, which is probably more reputable and guaranteed) and then I can just mount them on the existing plate with the screws just a matter of the connectors. Would need to cut it off, and then connect it to the new resistors and heatshrink it together to avoid any water touching the wire. I'm thinking I rather just have it come complete from Todd and not have to cut wires and heatshrink them together, would look neater if Todd sent me replacements all ready to go.

[camguynj]

Originally Posted by MR.Sarge

Yeah Todd offered to ship them to be in the bank mounted to the plate for $16, not sure if that includes shipping or not, I have to ask. But I didn't buy them just yet, I can get them cheaper online loose (~$5/pair on eBay or $8/pair from vleds, which is probably more reputable and guaranteed) and then I can just mount them on the existing plate with the screws just a matter of the connectors. Would need to cut it off, and then connect it to the new resistors and heatshrink it together to avoid any water touching the wire. I'm thinking I rather just have it come complete from Todd and not have to cut wires and heatshrink them together, would look neater if Todd sent me replacements all ready to go.

Glad Todd offered to sell them separatly. I would go with them, not worth the hassle of fitting them & what not for so small a $ difference. Good luck! Keep us updated once you get them installed.

[AKA-22]

Originally Posted by bumblebeecamaro

jeez..... Thankfully I didn't have those issues. I would've ripped them out the next day.

you will....

[bumblebeecamaro]

Originally Posted by AKA-22

you will....

I already took the lights out and sold them.

[Camaro Dude]

Luv my Technostalgia tail lamps! They get the most attention and compliments on Sledge.





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MR.Sarge thank you for the info that you brought to the table!

Thanks to you, there might be closure in this debacle after all.