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Offline MongyUk

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help needed...rear brake light flickering when lights are on.
« on: November 23, 2008, 01:34:38 am »
Hi all,

hope you can help.

I have recently fitted new led side lights to the headlights, these obviously didnt work so i fitted some reccomended resistors to them.

since then they have worked perfectly and I no-longer have a warning light on the dash. However i now constantly (when the headlights are switched on) have the rear top break light flickering. When it flickers it is olnly dim....but it looks weird.
I wish to keep the led side lights as i have hids and normal side lights look stupid with them.

Any ideas?
« Last Edit: November 23, 2008, 07:28:38 am by 182_blue »

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Re: help needed...rear brake light flickering when lights are on.
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2008, 09:10:07 pm »
I think you may get a better audience for this if you post it in the Mk5 General Area.
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Re: help needed...rear brake light flickering when lights are on.
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2008, 09:13:33 pm »
^^^ Very good idea Bacillus  :happy2:

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Re: help needed...rear brake light flickering when lights are on.
« Reply #3 on: November 24, 2008, 04:55:45 pm »
What ohm resisitor did you get? 10k ohm will provide roughly 25 amps which is what you'll need

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Re: help needed...rear brake light flickering when lights are on.
« Reply #4 on: November 26, 2008, 11:24:39 pm »
These are the ones I have got at the moment.

http://www.autobulbsdirect.co.uk/search.php?mode=search&page=1

Someone else muct have bought some resistors or they can have led side lights? Any recomendations for new resistors?

Cheers  :drinking: