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Old 07-08-2006, 04:18 PM   #61 (permalink)
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i bought 3 red dome leds and they work great
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Old 07-13-2006, 01:05 AM   #62 (permalink)
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2 quest: festoon or varad? trunk bulb removal
2 questions:
1. Festoon 9 LEDs or the varad? Which is brighter?

2. I tried to pry off the cover for the trunk light. Didn't come out easily...how do you get to the trunk bulb?
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Old 07-15-2006, 12:42 AM   #63 (permalink)
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here's how my lights turned out. overall i'm impressed.. (sorry for the large image)
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I'd like to see how bright the tail lamps and rear turn signals are compared to stock.

Anyone have pics?
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Old 07-29-2006, 07:19 PM   #65 (permalink)
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I got 3 blues and I gotta say they look great. I have the front two facing upwards so it's not so bright but the center dome light facing downwards is great. When I go out at night and unlock my car I just love the way it illuminates the inside.
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Old 07-29-2006, 08:01 PM   #66 (permalink)
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Did they fix the problem of the lights coming loose and turning off?
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bump... Did they fix the problem of the lights coming loose and turning off?
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Old 08-01-2006, 09:02 PM   #69 (permalink)
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I didn't have that problem so I guess they must have.
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Old 08-28-2006, 11:36 PM   #70 (permalink)
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Factory 07 Cadillacs have these LEDs as well for their map lights. Cool as hell.
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Old 08-29-2006, 12:11 AM   #71 (permalink)
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bump... Did they fix the problem of the lights coming loose and turning off?
I had the same problem!!!! I bough 3 9-LED white bulbs and all 3 are intermittent!!! I email Superbright LEDs to get replacements but they want me to send back the bad bulbs! It's not worth my time and money to ship them back...

I don’t know what to do now....
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I had the same problem!!!! I bough 3 9-LED white bulbs and all 3 are intermittent!!! I email Superbright LEDs to get replacements but they want me to send back the bad bulbs! It's not worth my time and money to ship them back...

I don’t know what to do now....
+1 Same thing.

I got this bulb from the earlier photo



I have two permenantly burned-out bulbs and the one operational bulbs. (3 weeks.)

One the other hand, the rear licence mod was nice and still works after 3 weeks.
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"One the other hand, the rear licence mod was nice and still works after 3 weeks. "

Yup same thing with me my Licence plate led lights are working just fine, and look awesome. But the festoon bulbs are toast.
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I had the same problem!!!! I bough 3 9-LED white bulbs and all 3 are intermittent!!! I email Superbright LEDs to get replacements but they want me to send back the bad bulbs! It's not worth my time and money to ship them back...

I don’t know what to do now....
Take a small knife and pry off the loose side or both if they are both loose.

Take all the epoxy off the end and wrap the wire around a different part of the side, not in the slot.

The problem will be gone.
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Take a small knife and pry off the loose side or both if they are both loose.

Take all the epoxy off the end and wrap the wire around a different part of the side, not in the slot.

The problem will be gone.
fesersoft,

can you clarify? Wrap what wire? What side - the side of the contact on the LED or the side of the bracket that holds the bulb?

I have the same issue as crazyj so maybe this is a common issue.
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fesersoft,

can you clarify? Wrap what wire? What side - the side of the contact on the LED or the side of the bracket that holds the bulb?

I have the same issue as crazyj so maybe this is a common issue.
When you take the metal end off, you will see a tiny 22 gauge wire wrapped around from inside of the tube and it loops over the end and goes toward the middle.

You need to move it to a different location because it doesn't make a good enough contact in the groove.

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When you take the metal end off, you will see a tiny 22 gauge wire wrapped around from inside of the tube and it loops over the end and goes toward the middle.

You need to move it to a different location because it doesn't make a good enough contact in the groove.

Joe
Hell ya! That fixed it! Shoot I was trying to pry them apart at the center seam in the plastic body....
Should have thought outside the plastic box
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Hell ya! That fixed it! Shoot I was trying to pry them apart at the center seam in the plastic body....
Should have thought outside the plastic box
I'll give that a shot. Thanks Fesersoft!
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Old 08-31-2006, 11:08 AM   #79 (permalink)
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I gotta give that a try too. 2 of my red LED lights just went out.
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Old 09-07-2006, 11:26 AM   #80 (permalink)
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I posted the fix back on page six guys, jeesh, learn to read...
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