11-13-2003, 05:56 PM
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Acura RSX
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Light Problems
For some reason my right rear LED isnt very bright. The other LED is much stronger. Anyone have an idea why this is?
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11-13-2003, 06:19 PM
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Maybe one of the wires has come loose either at the board or at the LED itself?
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11-13-2003, 09:43 PM
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Hmmm...I checked everything else. No loose wires or anything. Do you have any other ideas what may be going wrong?
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11-13-2003, 11:33 PM
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TinyRC Pro
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RETURN THEM!!! haha thats our solution to every thing. radioshack must hate us. lol
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11-14-2003, 12:36 AM
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my first set of LEDS i bought flickered off and on and there was nothing lose so like yours so my guess is that the baord might be messed up like mine was, i took it back with no problem.
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11-14-2003, 04:04 PM
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Yea I guess you are right. I'm tired of trying to see what is wrong with the lights. Now off to RS!
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11-14-2003, 09:58 PM
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got boost?
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so did you get an new lights?
does it work now
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12-26-2003, 03:39 PM
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Ive not had any problems with my light kit, aside from it using battery power. I think it was my fave upgrade to the car - the lights just look plain amazing on the car.
Why doesnt one of you tech/circuit savvy folks make a kit instead. I bet you could do it for a similar price and avoid problems with the RS ones.
How hard could it be?
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12-28-2003, 01:23 AM
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Well, you've got the cost of the high-intensity LEDs, which isn't bad in bulk if you buy them somewhere online.
Then you need some sort of electronic switching mechanism (at least a couple of transistors) to switch between bright and not-so bright modes for each bank (front / back).
I imagine of the 4 pins, there's power, ground, brake signal, and go signal (for the headlights).
Gotta be some resistors in there so the LEDs don't fry, and another set for bright vs not-so-bright mode.
Thing is, when you get all that stuff together, you might be able to do it cheaper, but what about shipping? You'd have to ship in a padded envelope at least, which costs more than your standard rates (figure at least a dollar).
So in the end, it's a lot of effort for something just barely cheaper than the $6 that radio shack charges (by far the best commercial xmod mod for the money I think).
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12-29-2003, 10:57 AM
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I'd say if you bulk ordered the parts, you could keep the cost down. Just do a "group buy" with friends so you have others pitching in on the cost.
For me it would be a voyage of discovery since I know little/nothing aboot capacitor/resistor etc stuff.
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