In this DIY I will show you how to convert your current corner bulbs to LED's
I am not responsible for anything that happens to you or your car. Do this at your own risk.
Sure you can go out to autozone and buy corner bulbs for like 3 bucks each, but this is more fun!
You need-
-A Phillips screwdriver
-4 of the color LED of you choice.
(White/ Amber is legal. Any other color and you may get harassed by the 5-0. Esp blue or red. If you have clear corners w/o a reflector, you need to make the furthest bulb out Amber to be legal. But if you don't care, do whatever you want.)
-4 Resistors, Ill explain later.
(1/2 watt 470 ohm for the LEDs I have.) Find yours here
-Soldering tools if you want.
Lets get started.
Remove these screws from both lights and pull towards the front of the car. It will be hard the first time.
Unplug the bulbs and take them out by twisting them and pulling out.
Yes, I did paint my bulbs blue... It looked pretty good...
OK quick lesson, LED stands for Light Emitting Diode. As a Diode, Current only flows one way. The anode must be on the positive side, and the cathode must be on the negative side. Lucky you, i've done all the problem solving here.
You need the resistor because the led is not made to handle the 12 volts your car supplies. LED's typically handle 1.8 to 3.8 volts depending on the color ect. The resistor "resists" the 12 volts and puts it in a suitable range for your LED
The "cup" side of the LED is your Negative leg. The positive leg is also generally longer.
Here you will see that the top of the bulb bases is the positive, and the bottom is negative.
To start off you need to take a pencil or something round, and bend one end of the resistor about 1/3rd of the way up the wire around it.
Now remember the + side of the base I showed you? Carefully jamb the bent end of the resistor into the space between the bulb clips and wall.
you can bend the resistor into the the space between the clips like this
Should look like this.
Great! now do the same to the - (negative) side of the LED.
I am not responsible for anything that happens to you or your car. Do this at your own risk.
Sure you can go out to autozone and buy corner bulbs for like 3 bucks each, but this is more fun!
You need-
-A Phillips screwdriver
-4 of the color LED of you choice.
(White/ Amber is legal. Any other color and you may get harassed by the 5-0. Esp blue or red. If you have clear corners w/o a reflector, you need to make the furthest bulb out Amber to be legal. But if you don't care, do whatever you want.)
-4 Resistors, Ill explain later.
(1/2 watt 470 ohm for the LEDs I have.) Find yours here
-Soldering tools if you want.
Lets get started.
Remove these screws from both lights and pull towards the front of the car. It will be hard the first time.
Unplug the bulbs and take them out by twisting them and pulling out.
Yes, I did paint my bulbs blue... It looked pretty good...
OK quick lesson, LED stands for Light Emitting Diode. As a Diode, Current only flows one way. The anode must be on the positive side, and the cathode must be on the negative side. Lucky you, i've done all the problem solving here.
You need the resistor because the led is not made to handle the 12 volts your car supplies. LED's typically handle 1.8 to 3.8 volts depending on the color ect. The resistor "resists" the 12 volts and puts it in a suitable range for your LED
The "cup" side of the LED is your Negative leg. The positive leg is also generally longer.
Here you will see that the top of the bulb bases is the positive, and the bottom is negative.
To start off you need to take a pencil or something round, and bend one end of the resistor about 1/3rd of the way up the wire around it.
Now remember the + side of the base I showed you? Carefully jamb the bent end of the resistor into the space between the bulb clips and wall.
you can bend the resistor into the the space between the clips like this
Should look like this.
Great! now do the same to the - (negative) side of the LED.
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