|DIY| EK9 taillights for $$10

sorry for thread revival peeps... just need a little help... LoL

I did these lights.. tested it before i soldered.. everything went fine.. after i soldered the wires, the brake lights don't turn on unless the brakes are applied.. and that's what headlights on too.. i tried red-red, green-green and red-green.. what am i doing wrong?..

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Originally Posted by zco

haha i meant.. when you have parkers on.. they both light up. when you break, the top bit goes BRIGHTER. and hte bottom bit stays the same.

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there prolly is a way to do this if you're savvy with electrical, I just cbf working it out:p

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Originally Posted by DvSnGuYeN

sorry for thread revival peeps... just need a little help... LoL

I did these lights.. tested it before i soldered.. everything went fine.. after i soldered the wires, the brake lights don't turn on unless the brakes are applied.. and that's what headlights on too.. i tried red-red, green-green and red-green.. what am i doing wrong?..

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if everything went fine b4 you soldiered it, you must have soldiered it wrong, cos nothing will change between testing and soldiering. unless you changed something.

I mean, common, pretty hard to **** up 3 wires.

you must be an ABV

FOB viets are resourceful and won't be asking the sort of questions that you just asked

lol:p

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Originally Posted by Bludger

there prolly is a way to do this if you're savvy with electrical, I just cbf working it out:p

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well i'm sure thats why there's three wires for the plug

ground
parker
brake

why can't you just hook up the ground and parker, leave the brake? that way it'll come on only when you have the parkers on and do nothing with the brakes applied(same sorta concept as the hb4 bulbs isn't it?)

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Originally Posted by vinnY

well i'm sure thats why there's three wires for the plug

ground
parker
brake

why can't you just hook up the ground and parker, leave the brake? that way it'll come on only when you have the parkers on and do nothing with the brakes applied(same sorta concept as the hb4 bulbs isn't it?)

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duh

I knew that.....:0

nice.......ive tried this today it works fine..............looks much better, when i have a dark tailight.......

did mine today, looks great

good to hear boys!

now buy some of my leds to even better look at night lol

Just did this mod on my spare time, great guide.

Btw the wire orientation (red/green) doesnt matter. Its actually the bulbs orientation that matters. The bulb has negative and positive pins/ends, so you just need to rotate it. I realized this when i was switching and testing bulbs.

This is why people on this guide are getting different connections (red/green, green/green)

Hahaha I planned to do this on my car, but it turns out it's already been done :p It doesn't look like it lights up as much as yours does EK4R. Mines a bit dimmer, but idm I still like it haha

hehe nice man! sick mod for any EK :)

Just did mine this morning, the left light already had a hole waiting for a globe........ wtf??
My car was fully stock when i bought it lol...... Not complaining because it saved me time but just found it weird.............

Right one had a circle waiting for a globe but no hole lol

After all, it looks awesome and lights up just as bright as the top with lights.... brakes... whatever lol