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pwssycamaro · 07-08-2020, 11:04 AM

I purchased these cool led tail lights for like $40 when I went to go buy a fender from some guy on facebook. 3 months later and my car says "check left rear turn signal lamp". From my knowledge, it means I have to replace the bulb, correct?

Dizzy82 · 07-08-2020, 08:36 PM

LEDs have a lower voltage draw than normal bulbs. Your car thinks they are burned out. You need resistors to prevent the false negative.

pwssycamaro · 07-08-2020, 08:42 PM

Ok, so where can I buy a resistor and what exactly am I looking for when I go there?
Sorry btw, I am pretty clueless when it comes to anything to do with electrical components

'10CamaroDude · 07-09-2020, 06:18 AM

If you don't care about the message, do not buy resisters. Walmart sells them though.
They wire in parallel. I don't care about the warning... The whole point for LEDs is
lower power consumption. When you add load resisters, you're bringing the amp load
back up to incandescent levels. If I ever have to use load resisters to get LEDs to
work, then I won't use LEDs. If you need to have the messages go away, then buy
them.

They wire in like another bulb would, so you connect one side to + and the other
side to -. They're not polarized, so that won't matter which way the resister
faces.

pwssycamaro · 07-09-2020, 12:40 PM

the whole left side is blinking rapidly. would I need to install resistors on both lights on the left therefore needing to install resistors on both tail lights on the right? also, is it vehicle specific?

chevy pilot · 07-10-2020, 12:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pwssycamaro

the whole left side is blinking rapidly.

There is resistor broken in the Spyder tail lights assembly

pwssycamaro · 07-10-2020, 12:43 PM

these are the connections to the fast blinking side (driver side). my questions are, is the outer or inner side the side where i add the resistor too? or both? also, which sets of cables do I add it too?

07-08-2020, 11:04 AM	#1
pwssycamaro Drives: Chevy Camaro Ls Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: Atlanta Posts: 22	Spyder Black LED Tail Lights bulb replacement I purchased these cool led tail lights for like $40 when I went to go buy a fender from some guy on facebook. 3 months later and my car says "check left rear turn signal lamp". From my knowledge, it means I have to replace the bulb, correct?

07-08-2020, 08:36 PM	#2
Dizzy82 Drives: 2011 1LT/RS A6 RJT SuperCharged Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: 87114 Posts: 3,501 View My Garage	LEDs have a lower voltage draw than normal bulbs. Your car thinks they are burned out. You need resistors to prevent the false negative. __________________ Power is worthless without control. *The 2nd* protects the 1st.** BMR sub frame brace, BMR tunnel brace, LSR sways, LSR CM ca & tl, Sphon ExD el, GM tower brace, Megan EZ Streets, Goodridge Stainless Steel Braided brake lines, PowerStop D/S rotors & pads, Doug Thorty Ceramic Shorties, Magnaflow x-pipe, MRT V2.0, KICKER PowerStage sub & amp, Infinity speakers & tweeters, Viteese Throttle Controller, Viteese Paddle Shifters, ACS T2 Splitter, ACS T2 Ports/Quad LED lights, VDI kit, Havoc diffuser, IPF ECU/TRANS tuned, IPF/KPE Supercharged. 364RWHP/297RWTQ

07-10-2020, 12:43 PM	#7
pwssycamaro Drives: Chevy Camaro Ls Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: Atlanta Posts: 22	these are the connections to the fast blinking side (driver side). my questions are, is the outer or inner side the side where i add the resistor too? or both? also, which sets of cables do I add it too? Attached Images

07-08-2020, 08:42 PM	#3
pwssycamaro Drives: Chevy Camaro Ls Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: Atlanta Posts: 22	Ok, so where can I buy a resistor and what exactly am I looking for when I go there? Sorry btw, I am pretty clueless when it comes to anything to do with electrical components

07-09-2020, 06:18 AM	#4
'10CamaroDude Account Suspended Drives: 2010 Camaro LS Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Pgh Posts: 738 View My Garage	If you don't care about the message, do not buy resisters. Walmart sells them though. They wire in parallel. I don't care about the warning... The whole point for LEDs is lower power consumption. When you add load resisters, you're bringing the amp load back up to incandescent levels. If I ever have to use load resisters to get LEDs to work, then I won't use LEDs. If you need to have the messages go away, then buy them. They wire in like another bulb would, so you connect one side to + and the other side to -. They're not polarized, so that won't matter which way the resister faces.

07-09-2020, 12:40 PM	#5
pwssycamaro Drives: Chevy Camaro Ls Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: Atlanta Posts: 22	the whole left side is blinking rapidly. would I need to install resistors on both lights on the left therefore needing to install resistors on both tail lights on the right? also, is it vehicle specific?