hey rocky, glad to hear you got your side markers working again. that is a cheaper way to do it, same principle. funny how everyone was racking their brain over this trying to make different LEDS work and not burn out. i said "screw it change out the whole circuit board" got any pics rocky?

$25 for the ones i used is more $$ but these things are sweet nice and bright

here's the link for what i did https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=176820

 

Lol, lets just say I'm not the most handy person in the world, esp when it comes to cars. Fortunately, Jptl04, you were right. I actually fixed this myself b4 I read this post, but it was the fuse, so now all the lights are back on.

JPtl04, I accidentally clipped off the (+) and (-) connectors on the actual board of the side-marker. Do you know where I can find wire that will transmit the correct amount of voltage to the car's connector without frying my fuse again? I tried home depot, but the wire I got was too thick to fit into the socket of the connector, and it didn't seem to transmit the the power between the unit and the new leds.

 

any solid 22 gauge wire would work. radio shack should have it. i know what you did. you made contact with both + and - thats why it blew the fuse.

 

Most likely, but also the wire I was using (which I wasn't aware of) was 300watts, so I def. need to get some new wire. Thanks jp

 

this is a great mod!

 

argh... my white led's just blew out on me =(
well I am pissed bc its the second one that burnt out.

I had an extra board and removed the resistor and measured it at 380ohms. The total resistance measured was 130 ohms.
3 resistors wired in parallel gives total of 130ohms if you calculate it.

The black thing is a diode I believe its a 1N46 according to the markings ( yellow and blue). The marking on the back says D3. The LED's have D1 and D2 marking and are wired in series. So the schematic looks something like this:

ground -- diode (1N46) ---130ohm (3x380ohm in parallel)---LED1 --- LED2 ---- +

According to this led calculator (http://led.linear1.org/led.wiz)
13.5 source voltage
3.2 forward voltage
20 mA forward current
2 LED in series

gives 380ohm which is a lot more than 130ohm! No wonder these things are burning out!
I'm not a ee or anything, i just know some bits and things about electronics... but I'm so pissed. I think i'll just buy some strips of LEDs and call it a day. I hope this info helps someone.

 

dude check this out https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-2004-2008-93/new-way-modify-your-side-markers-636010/

 

I saw that post. I decided its not worth trying to "fix" the oem circuit anymore. Too much of a hassle to solder and desolder.
I looked around oznium site and i've ordered these:
http://www.oznium.com/led-flex-strips

From my measurements the 2.4inch with 6 led's should be a very close fit and at a much cheaper price than the other 6 led module which needs a dremel!
I'll be upgrading my parking lights, trunk, license plate lights also.
Damm I hate this site =p bad for my wallet.

But I'll keep you guys updated

 

let us know if those fit!

 

UPDATE:

The flexible 6 LED 2.4in from oznium (http://www.oznium.com/led-flex-strips) fit PERFECTLY inside the casing.
Removed the old board/ led's and just glued some cardboard on the side to make it little thicker. Solder the wires to the pin and it's ready to go. I also have the side markers blinking and it works great.

These LED's are bright and super cheap.
Now I won't have to worry about soldering LED's or worrying they gonna burn out on me!

 

there is a better way to remove solder. go to radio shack and buy a solder sucker. it only costs about 10 bucks.

 

I wish these pics where working... I'd love to do this soon!!!

 

awesone discription i wish everone did this

 

i DONT GET IT~! howcome we cant just put in some correct value resistors with some superflux white LEDs? superflux leds are perfectly fine able to run off the battery's 14v. I have 50 superflux white leds in my dome lights that have worked never a issue for a long time now. For 1 LED, it'd be about 560 ohms and for 2 in a series, it'd about 320 ohms if i remember correctly....so why do people's leds keep burning out? I have quite a few superflux leds in my garage but all these horror stories are making me confused!

 

So FYI, I must have had the luck of the Irish because my LEDs held up for about 4 years after doing this mod. But like others on here, they eventually burned out.

I came back to this thread and saw the mention of JPTL04's method and decided to give that a shot.

It was a bit of a PITA to get the wires lined up right and soldered on with no PCB in there anymore, but I pretty much followed his instructions with some minor changes and it worked great.

Head over here to see the new method:
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=636010

If I could edit the first post still, I would stick a short disclaimer at the top redirecting people to his.

 

Sorry to bring back the old thread but does anyone here still have the photos of the circuit board ( unmodified ) of the side markers ?

 

here you go. this is my spare where I burnt out the pins. I heated the pins too hot and it came undone from the plastic. these may be modified still as I got them clear.

 

Thank you sir . I tried to zoom in to see the resistor colors coding but I couldn't see it . Is that ok if you can read for me ?

 

i'll try when i get home.