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Raid LED taillights
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the glowing problem obviously isnt a safety issue (as its E marked)... like i said before, it doesn't glow much (you can only just notice at night) but when u use the brake peddle the 3rd brake light in the spoiler still lights up VERY bright!
£5 IF that!
Well i guess that depends on where you get them..
I found a site that sells them all wired up, just need to crimp the wires on...
and the resistor is in ceramics so remains cool, even after 30mins on the brake pedal... i tried it...and it was cool as when i first put it in...
to be honest i knew what to do all along cos i read the threads when you were doing it but i just cant be asked.
plus ive sold the car now (just waiting its return from the garage) so if the new owner wants to he can
plus ive sold the car now (just waiting its return from the garage) so if the new owner wants to he can
As you wish...
Resistor for Raid lights
As i said, its about £10 all in, its USA based, but with the dollar to the pound conversion being to high you get it pretty cheap, takes about a week to arrive but they are ceramic incased so no real heat gets to the heat sink covers! Arrives with the scotch locks too pre coated with a die-electric grease in the slots!
I got two as been suggested, and all was fine, no light, no fault code and perfect operating lights!!
no idea if it has a ceramic insert?!
but it has a heat-sink as you can see! 
as for the wire, i found some spare wire from an old Hella fog light wiring kit, so used that... as you can see from the pic its thicker than the OE/raid wires!
Hey, just about to apply the resistor to my raid rear lights.
Quick question, how did you figure out the resistance of the resistor needed ?
have seen some resistor kits on an auction site but they all seem to be 6ohm not 12.
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just a thought about the resistor - what's it like spec wise for heat ?
have known ceramic ones in past get real hot and see thats got an ali housing - just wondered igf you'd had em more than finger warm in a minute ?
have known ceramic ones in past get real hot and see thats got an ali housing - just wondered igf you'd had em more than finger warm in a minute ?
someone on here worked it out with his friend who was a sparky from memory and I think he suggested using two resistors for safety... ie. only one is needed as i checked when i fitted the first one but decided to put the second one in as suggested for precaution!
no sure but at the time i did touch them and they got warm, BUT only when you hold your foot on the brake peddle for a while! so its not an issue really... I simply use my hand brake more at traffic lights now just incase!
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