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Re: LED rear lights - Dectane urban style
« Reply #15 on: May 01, 2016, 10:10:45 pm »
I'll get some in the morning @r5gtt. The wiring is easy but feeding the wires through took time


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Re: LED rear lights - Dectane urban style
« Reply #16 on: May 01, 2016, 10:15:46 pm »
Quote from: axsweb on May 01, 2016, 10:10:45 pm
I'll get some in the morning @r5gtt. The wiring is easy but feeding the wires through took time


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Cheers @axsweb. yes that's the difficult part feeding the wires through the grommet.
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Re: LED rear lights - Dectane urban style
« Reply #17 on: May 06, 2016, 02:53:01 pm »

The wires are fed through the original cover can do it but takes time. The three colour wires are so the lights inside the tail gate light up. The reverse wire i had to make another connection from the left so it could reach to the right side. You have to make extra two wires.


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Re: LED rear lights - Dectane urban style
« Reply #18 on: May 06, 2016, 03:07:26 pm »
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO  :doh: :doh:

Why did you cut through the rubber grommet  :slap: You could have fed the wires through it with a coat hanger or similar as this looks awful @axsweb
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Re: LED rear lights - Dectane urban style
« Reply #19 on: May 06, 2016, 04:10:15 pm »
You can't swap around the reverse and the fog cables as it's illegal to have a Fog light on the opposite side. The only way to get around this is to either swap the lens covers OR buy a red bulb to replace, but that means the reverse light will be red also.

Not a simple solution either way
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Re: LED rear lights - Dectane urban style
« Reply #20 on: May 06, 2016, 05:17:33 pm »
Quote from: r5gtt on May 06, 2016, 03:07:26 pm
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO  :doh: :doh:

Why did you cut through the rubber grommet  :slap: You could have fed the wires through it with a coat hanger or similar as this looks awful @axsweb
Oops.... Oh well I'll live with it now.
I didn't know it was illegal.
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Re: LED rear lights - Dectane urban style
« Reply #21 on: May 06, 2016, 06:01:39 pm »
Quote from: axsweb on May 06, 2016, 05:17:33 pm
Quote from: r5gtt on May 06, 2016, 03:07:26 pm
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO  :doh: :doh:

Why did you cut through the rubber grommet  :slap: You could have fed the wires through it with a coat hanger or similar as this looks awful @axsweb
Oops.... Oh well I'll live with it now.
I didn't know it was illegal.
You could get life  :signLOL:
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Re: LED rear lights - Dectane urban style
« Reply #22 on: June 28, 2016, 01:18:32 am »


Managed to swap the lens cover over by heating the lights from the edges and opening them up. The white lens and red lens clip out and easy to swap over. Then re seal the lights with see through seal and kept them together using masking tape for few hours and there fine now. No water leaks inside.


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Re: LED rear lights - Dectane urban style
« Reply #23 on: June 28, 2016, 07:35:52 am »
Quote from: axsweb on June 28, 2016, 01:18:32 am


Managed to swap the lens cover over by heating the lights from the edges and opening them up. The white lens and red lens clip out and easy to swap over. Then re seal the lights with see through seal and kept them together using masking tape for few hours and there fine now. No water leaks inside.


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looking good  :happy2:
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Re: LED rear lights - Dectane urban style
« Reply #24 on: June 28, 2016, 07:20:58 pm »
Quote from: r5gtt on June 28, 2016, 07:35:52 am
Quote from: axsweb on June 28, 2016, 01:18:32 am


Managed to swap the lens cover over by heating the lights from the edges and opening them up. The white lens and red lens clip out and easy to swap over. Then re seal the lights with see through seal and kept them together using masking tape for few hours and there fine now. No water leaks inside.


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looking good  :happy2:
These looks really cool, any pictures with the lights on / in the dark ?!
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Re: LED rear lights - Dectane urban style
« Reply #25 on: July 05, 2016, 12:58:27 am »
Quote from: gunnellgti on June 28, 2016, 07:20:58 pm
Quote from: r5gtt on June 28, 2016, 07:35:52 am
Quote from: axsweb on June 28, 2016, 01:18:32 am


Managed to swap the lens cover over by heating the lights from the edges and opening them up. The white lens and red lens clip out and easy to swap over. Then re seal the lights with see through seal and kept them together using masking tape for few hours and there fine now. No water leaks inside.


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looking good  :happy2:
These looks really cool, any pictures with the lights on / in the dark ?!
Yeah



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Re: LED rear lights - Dectane urban style
« Reply #26 on: July 07, 2016, 02:12:46 pm »
Looked at these many times, glad to see that its possible to switch the lights around! They look great  :happy2:
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Re: LED rear lights - Dectane urban style
« Reply #27 on: July 08, 2016, 11:34:19 am »
@axsweb Wow they look awsome!
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Re: LED rear lights - Dectane urban style
« Reply #28 on: July 08, 2016, 01:24:51 pm »
Still prefer the skyline mod in my signiture  :rolleye:
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Re: LED rear lights - Dectane urban style
« Reply #29 on: July 08, 2016, 04:52:18 pm »
Those look great in red!!

I'd only seen the heavily smoked versions before (which aren't really for me) but those look rather good :happy2:

Where did you get them from @axsweb ? These: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/360763016539 ?
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