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Old Oct 27, 2011 | 06:43 PM
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DRL ISSUE please help

ok.. so i purchased a set of white led lights from super bright leds and i installed them as is, plug and play .. now the issue they dont work when together i notice they work in series where if one bulb is blown they both dont work i tested this by pulling one led out and replacing it with a reg drl boom they both turn on i put both oem drls in boom they work. i put both leds in and ... nothing so i tested both leds individual and noticed that the driver side drl led works fine when tested with a stock drl on passenger side . now the other led bulb on the passenger side and stock drl bulb on driver side and nothing so i assumed it was the led bulb was defective and asked for replacement. I received replacement and installed and now same damn issue.. Is there something i am doing wrong. please help as this seemingly simple task is starting to piss me off.. TIA Matt
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Old Oct 27, 2011 | 07:06 PM
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Dunno if I am of any help .. but I do know if one goes out they both quit and you get the indicator on the dash ..


Put the stock ones back in and if they both work then its the LED.
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Old Oct 27, 2011 | 07:25 PM
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thats the thing

i did that even ordered replacements. and that doesnt work either im gonna try in the morning maybe im over looking something..
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Old Oct 30, 2011 | 05:07 PM
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Ok the LEDs work fine both are operational but not when together .. Wtf do I need resistors for the drl socket .. Please help..
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Old Nov 1, 2011 | 08:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Born2befdny
Ok the LEDs work fine both are operational but not when together .. Wtf do I need resistors for the drl socket .. Please help..
what year TL do you have? I installed a DRL LED kit from JLC Lighting and I noticed that the TL DRL system is very picky...if you dont' have the right resistance or the right ground for the LEDs then they either won't work, work very "dim", the DRL warning light is on, or a combo of them. My kit has resistors in it and it's very specific on which side the power must come from to power both LEDs (the power for mine comes from the passenger side and a wire goes from passenger to driver side for the LED socket). When I tried to power from the driver side to the passenger side, it didn't work well.

Sounds like you need a resistor in there or have to ground the LEDs...I am pretty sure it's not a problem with your LEDs but rather with your setup.
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Old Nov 3, 2011 | 07:21 PM
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I got the same problem with set from VLEDS.... It's just the LEDs that suppose to be Plug and Play no KIT . I contacted VLEDS and they said that I DON'T need resistors then send me second set that does exactly the same thing
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Old Feb 2, 2014 | 08:42 AM
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So does anyone have the receipt for the proper power management?
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