How to install LED kit in tail lights(finally got my project done)

[Leo2005]

Good that you solved the problem but as pescakl mentioned before I would never connect the resistor to a running light because it is getting hot. I saw vled sells metal surfaces for resistors. BTW it seems to be only you and pescakl experiencing this problem. I know for sure that EddNog didn't have this problem.

[Pescakl1]

I am just wondering, why are we experiencing problems but not leo?

Like I said, probably because of cheaply made LEDs bulbs and also maybe our electrical wirings in the car not that well grounded (maybe the car was made on a friday afternoon).

It is not a big deal as with regular bulbs, you cannot see it, but when you push it a little bit like using low current driven bulbs (LEDs), it shows.

[Traditore]

Hi,

You guys think I could use this for the turn signal lights?

http://cgi.ebay.ca/7443-LED-Sp...1318

It looks like something Leo considered using a while ago.

[Pescakl1]

The problem with the ebay listing is that you don't use the reflector of the housing (No LED at the back of the arms or on the body of the LEDs bulb).Therefore, you rely only on 18 LEDs lighting forward. As you can see on his own pics, that is not that much bright during daytime.

For turn signals, I would recommend this one instead: http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior....htmlSame price as yours listed, more LEDs, and more light output at the end.

Zengshengliu: look at the review of the LEDs bulb listed in my post, it explains more clearly maybe what happened with our lighting. Like I said, LEDs bulbs cheaply made without any controller in it.

[Traditore]

I kinda liked the design. It reminds me of something that was in the Delorean from Back to the Future...

The bulb you're recommending sure would be brighter, but I wonder what it would look like on my Rogue, especially at night, how those LEDs on the top would stand out. If anyone here installed them, could you post a pic?

[Leo2005]

On last page I putted a picture of these lights on one light. At home I have a pic of it at night. I will post it later on. They're bright at night but not that good in daytime. You should get v-led: http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior....html

[Traditore]

But I thought you said this particular V-LED was too big to fit in the turn signal...

[Leo2005]

If you look at the pic it is still can fit and it looks good. What's the big deal if one arm doesn't really fit well? It is still looks very good and bright.

[Traditore]

So they do fit? I was under the impression that you couldn't put the whole thing back together once the bulb was in.

[zengshengliu]

I got my 25 ohm load resistor installedit still get very hot after I turn the side marker on for like a minute so I have to mount it carefully

One weird thing I notice is thatwhen I put on only ONE load resistor on either the left or right side,the problem fixed(radio light did not dimmed)???but to be safe, I put both in(both left and right)

Also, here is some pictures for my led strip lights inside the carThey are 48" long, and it fit perfectly

More pictures of my car can be found here:zer...hread
Modified by zengshengliu at 7:32 PM 4/29/2009

[Traditore]

Leo2005, is that picture coming? (:

[Leo2005]

Sorry...I thought nobody's interested:

[Traditore]

I like those. What are they again? Where do they come from?

[clee666]

Hey Pescakl1, I am having the exact same problem as you does. Did you get the srck bulb for the break/combination light? because I think it is the problem. Do you have a solution yet?

I have the same problem as zengshengliu and Pescakl1.The radio is dimmed only when the headlights are OFF.I also have the special SRCK bulbs from V-LEDS.COM

[zengshengliu]

I have the same problem as zengshengliu and Pescakl1.The radio is dimmed only when the headlights are OFF.I also have the special SRCK bulbs from V-LEDS.COM

And when you step on the break right? If thats the case, I will suggest you to put a 25 ohm load resistor on the running lightREMEMBER, mount it somewhere on the metal, and don't use a double side tap

I am guessing that there is no flow control inside the led bulb, so when you step on the break, instead of all the electric goes from high + to ground -, part of it return from ground - to low +, and because the radio dimmer control is connect to the running light wire, and when it detected there is electric going in the running light wire, it dimmed the radio lightmy guess, might not be right

[Leo2005]

Just an update. Recently I ordered a new set of led bulbs for headlights from vleds.com : They do fit without problems but the issue I got is the same as some people on this forum with brake lights. When I connect the resistor to turn signal wire the bulb is blinking the right way but radio is blinking at the same time also if I turn the parking lights on it lights in yellow color not the white. If I connect second resistor to the parking wire then the bulb is not working at all. So it was enough to get a resistor on a parking wire only. I'll post some pics later.http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior....html

[zengshengliu]

I was using the led setup until I got some weird noiceI have the dual color for the front turn signals, leds for break lights and rear turn signal, load resistor on front and back turn signals and on rear break light(I wired it up with the running light and the radio light problem is gone)But the noice I am gettingit happen when I step on the break with the headlight offlike something hitting the front bumperAfter I let the dealer to check it, they say it is because of the after market lights that I put on causes the problem, and the noices were from the lamp adjuster(or something like that), so I take off all the led side markers and break lights and everything is fine.

[Leo2005]

Sorry to hear that you experienced that many problems but I was thinking that something goes wrong in your mod as soon as you started to say about issue in a brake/tail lights. What bulbs did you use for the brake lights because I used "spyder" lights from vleds.com and had no problems?

[zengshengliu]

This is the bulb I used:http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior....htmlit is the SRCK one, so I don't need to do any modification to itbut then this causes the radio light problem when stepping on the breakso I add the load resistor to the running light wire and everything wents finebut then after about a month, it starts making the noice near the top of front wheels(both left and right, some "clicking" noice, when step on the break with the headlight off)Dealer said its the after market HID kits that I put on causes the problem, and they can't do anything to it cause all the wires had been change(I was like wtf???? Its all plug and play kits, and NO wires is cut or modify). Because the last thing I did is the side markers/turn signal and the break lights, so I decided to take it off and see if there is any problem, and you know what, the noice is gone, so to dealer -> STFU (sorry for the language)

[Pescakl1]

This is the bulb I used:http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior....html

From what I remember, and I don't know why, this particular LEDs bulb don't like to be in the parking/brake housing of the Rogue.

I have the 48 LEDs and the 27 LEDs models and I had to put the 27 LEDs on the parking/brake housing and the 48 for the turn signal to avoid having the feedback problem.

Try this if you can but I think it is design problem in this particular bulb that prevent us to use it for parking/brake light.

[Leo2005]

I was guessing that this is a bulb problem because a lot of people didn't have any problems with brake lights but I wasn't sure 100%. now I'm sure that u should get a better set of bulbs if u still interested. Pescakl1 got a good point.

[zengshengliu]

ok I will try swapping the two set of bulbs and see if it is helpbecause I really like the look of the led bulbs

[Pescakl1]

Just to be sure I expressed myself correctly: I think it is not a set of bulbs problem but a type of bulbs problem.This 48 LEDs bulb type of bulb is not well designed enough for the Rogue which seems to show some sensitivity on the electrical side.

If you are two sets of these bulbs (4 bulbs), swapping them should not change anything. You need another type of bulb to use for the parking/brake housing. Me, I use the 27 LEDs bulbs but you could probably now find better ones (it has been about one year now, and everything change fast in this field).

[zengshengliu]

I have the 27 led one for break/side marker before, and SRCK 48 led for turn signal, I swapped them, but still won't work.The radio light still dimmed when step on break.I think its not the bulb problem but the problem with the bulbs from V-LEDS.Seens like everyone who having the problem with the radio light bought their led lights from V-LEDS.

So what I did, I keep the turn signal with the SRCK 48 led bulbs, and use the original bulb for the break/signal marker, and the problem is gone.So I believe there is a definitely problems with the lights from V-LEDS. Maybe a flow control(avoid reverse current) is needed in the bulb, like the one you did for your cargo light.

[Leo2005]

This is the ones that I'm using right now from v-leds and don't have a problem. Put your lights on ebay for sale as working lights and buy this set: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...orted Also the ones that used first time I can not find them anymore because they were working fine.

[zengshengliu]

This is the ones that I'm using right now from v-leds and don't have a problem. Put your lights on ebay for sale as working lights and buy this set: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...orted Also the ones that used first time I can not find them anymore because they were working fine.

I will definitely going to buy it and give it a trybut I still need to modify it to get it to work right?just to let you know, if you are buying lights from V-LEDS, buy it from their websitethen when you checkout, enter the coupon code "NICOCLUB" and you will get a discount

[Leo2005]

I bought them off the vleds.com but didn't know about discount. I'm going to order soon the backup license plate that we talked earlier with elton. Thanks for letting me know.

[Leo2005]

Anybody's interested in my old led lights? I don't need them anymore. Give me an offer on ebay if anybody wants it: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...%3AIT

[rjchoops]

This is the ones that I'm using right now from v-leds and don't have a problem. Put your lights on ebay for sale as working lights and buy this set: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...orted Also the ones that used first time I can not find them anymore because they were working fine.

So Leo, are you using the same spyder LEDs for the rear turn signal and run/brake and do you need to modify anything or add resistors? Randy

[Leo2005]

I'm not using these spyder leds anymore. I bought same type of lights from v-leds because they're a lot brighter. But you have to add load equalizer/resistor for turn signal no matter what type of leds you using. Now for the brake lights (like a few other owners on this forum) I didn't have any problems with the lights that I'm selling right now nor spyder lights from v-leds. So if you using cheap made led lights on tail/brake you may have to add a resistor to it.