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Most of you probably know about this, but I've said I'll write up a quick guide for those who don't!
There are LED lights available with in-built resistors, but they are way overpriced. This is the way I do it, and It's extremely cheap. If you put LEDs in your number plate lights you will get an error message, and the lights will turn off after a few secs. You don't need to buy the overpriced bulbs with inbuilt resistors!!
What you need:
2x 39mm LED lights from Autobarn (example), any colour, fluoro green, white, whatever suits your fancy. ~8$ each.
2x 270ohm 1 watt resistors. (These are available from Jaycar for 49c each)
Soldering Iron + Wire
Optional: Shrink plastic stuff that you cut to shape of your resistor, and use heat (hairdryer) to fit. I did this just incase to protect the resistor from the LEDs heat.
I wrapped it around like so:
Yes my soldering sucks, but It still works
This is what the 8$ ones from Autobarn look like (blue):
Apologies for terrible pic quality!
If your bulbs are going out, double check your soldering. Get it as stable as possible. Also, you can solder the resistors onto the frames themselves, so you can swap the bulbs easy. I will be doing this next time.
---------- Post added at 01:10 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:07 AM ----------
ps - The 2 pics above have the bulbs in the correct orientation. Judge by the writing on the bulb casing, that is the correct placement.
If your LEDs don't work, just rotate and try again!
There are LED lights available with in-built resistors, but they are way overpriced. This is the way I do it, and It's extremely cheap. If you put LEDs in your number plate lights you will get an error message, and the lights will turn off after a few secs. You don't need to buy the overpriced bulbs with inbuilt resistors!!
What you need:
2x 39mm LED lights from Autobarn (example), any colour, fluoro green, white, whatever suits your fancy. ~8$ each.
2x 270ohm 1 watt resistors. (These are available from Jaycar for 49c each)
Soldering Iron + Wire
Optional: Shrink plastic stuff that you cut to shape of your resistor, and use heat (hairdryer) to fit. I did this just incase to protect the resistor from the LEDs heat.
I wrapped it around like so:
Yes my soldering sucks, but It still works
This is what the 8$ ones from Autobarn look like (blue):
Apologies for terrible pic quality!
If your bulbs are going out, double check your soldering. Get it as stable as possible. Also, you can solder the resistors onto the frames themselves, so you can swap the bulbs easy. I will be doing this next time.
---------- Post added at 01:10 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:07 AM ----------
ps - The 2 pics above have the bulbs in the correct orientation. Judge by the writing on the bulb casing, that is the correct placement.
If your LEDs don't work, just rotate and try again!
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