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Old Jan 9, 2010 | 03:13 PM
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I've tried to switch my brake/turn and reverse lights on my Ex to LED bulbs. They don't work at all no matter what I do. I also put them in the third brake light and those work fine. Anybody know how to fix this?
 
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Old Jan 9, 2010 | 05:15 PM
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Are they lighting at all?
If not try to switch the position of the bulbs. The contacts might not be in the right spot to make a connection.
 
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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 06:42 AM
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Above is correct. Flip them around and retry. I have LED's in the brake and reverse sections. I got it right the first try for driver side and had to rotate it for the passenger side.
 
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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 01:20 PM
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Above is correct. Flip them around and retry. I have LED's in the brake and reverse sections. I got it right the first try for driver side and had to rotate it for the passenger side.
My guess is that it's because of the nature of the diode. Diodes are polarity dependent. They only flow in one direction. Sort of like an electrical check valve.
 
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Old Jan 14, 2010 | 02:45 PM
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You ever get them working?
 
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Old Jan 15, 2010 | 12:45 PM
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I tried LED lights in my tailights. They'd light but weren't at the proper focal location in the lens to be really visible and I didn't feel that they were safe and went back to the original incandescent bulbs.
 
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