JPfeffer

^^^ This!

Scion202

Converting Regular LED 7443 to CK type DIY#2

I bought this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2x-74...Q5fAccessories


Now these 2 diagrams have been floating aroung the internet and are provided by superbrightleds and they are both wrong:




In each picture, on each LED they messed up the Tail and Brake! Which in turn makes the diagram work for a wrong reason.......

In the socket below, the ground is Black/white, Green/white is brake and Green is Tail.




SOOO

If ground is on the top then brake is on left and tail on right, which the opposite in each of the diagrams.


To prove that the Regular LED wiring is wrong as well I used a 12V source and connected it to the Tail which produced moderate light and then took another 12V lead and connected it to the brake and it was glowing very bright!

First time I tried it(when I was following the diagram), it did not work, because the LED doesn't allow you to do it the other way around.
So the tail and the brake on the Regular LED were flipped as well. The brake was the one at the edge.


The best way to find Ground on the LED is to Check for Continuity between 2 leads until you find it.

So here is the corrected Diagram:




STEP1:

Bring the grounds on the same side, the side opposite from where the brake is:





Step2:

Cut the Tail light lead a little bit and solder an insulated wire to it. Solid 24 gauge wire works great. Then route it to the other side as far away from the brake as possible. Place some electrical tape over the soldering point:



So now it looks like :




Step 3. Make sure to find the ground on the socket and Plug in the bulB!

Notice that the ground side of the socket is different loking from the other one.



You may have to wiggle it a bit to get the wires to contact

YOU'RE DONE

JPfeffer

As always, thanks for the write up! Could I request a few pictures? Could we get daytime photos of your puddle lights and of your door panel bottle holder lights? I'd love to see how/where they're mounted and how they're sealed from moisture. Any chance we could get those?

Scion202

Yeah i've seen others ask me for the same pics I just keep running out of time cuz im working on other mods and in the process of moving into 2 different houses....

Here is a quick pick, I'll post explanations later

Scion202

$15 LED fogs



Spliced into parking lights





Parking&Fog LEDs






No lights/Parking and Fog LED lights/ Park&Fog&Headlights






What's nice about the fog leds is that they add corner light which is great during parkin/driving it gives almost 270 degree observing range.




This is what it looks like when locking and unlocking the car

errol

Wow thats badass! whered you get it

MightyP

iTrader: (1)

Nice work! Love the double stack fogs

jtk2

yea looks awesome!! and is it just me or does you passenger side corner light look bluer than your driver side?

KidJustin

i think we need a picture of ur car with ALL the LEDs on at one time

i'd imagine it's bright as f*ck and a helicopter could use it as a landing beacon

jtk2

i think hes seen that movie deck the halls. he wants his car to be seen from outer space!!! haha

dhj517

...someone told me you hate leds. just what i heard.

m0ej0e

I like the idea, I wanted some Fogs that would fill the whole area, not just a round light with a black backing. I like this better then the ones from dealer.

Scion202

lol same LEDs as I used in:

SunRoof
Speakers
Cup Holder
Trunk Additional Light
Puddle Lights


http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b...FLS.htm#photos

Scion202

I think i see it haha....oh angles.....




I was gonna put 4 strips but the the lowest and the upper most wedges are shorter than the middle 2

WellesleyScion

You mean you have a tire rotation and chassis lube on Wednesday??

Oil changes are at 10,000 miles on the tC2.

m0ej0e

My manual says 8,000KM for oil changes.

Scratch

iTrader: (3)

Scion202

when I bought the car I was told to come in at 5k miles

The same is said in the manual

The sticker on my window says come in at 5001 miles or July 30th

KidJustin

told to come in, in general? or specifically for oil change?

because they told me to come in every 5k miles also...but for services in general, not specifically for oil change

@ 5k service is top off fluids/tire rotation
@ 10k service is same thing + oil change

...here is the warranty/maintenance book from scion.com
http://www.scion.com/assets/pdf/tC_O...guide_2011.pdf

go to page 37
it tells you the service done @ 5K then right next to it for 10K
exactly the same for both, except 10K has "Replace engine oil and oil filter" while 5K does not

Scion202

I've never had a new car before.... I just refer to any kind of maintenance as an oil change