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** JP Style Tails, does the bulb out light bother you?? **

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Old 04-03-06, 01:14 PM
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Well, seems like a slight glitch with the JP Style LED tail lights. When installed you will have a bulb out light on your dash.
Old 04-03-06, 01:52 PM
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if the price is right, it wont bother me
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Originally Posted by garbage85
if the price is right, it wont bother me
GB posted HERE
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Its not like I won't buy the lights, but I think ill be annoyed, espically from passengers who will keep asking what that light is. The lights look too good to not buy it just b/c of that.
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Thats interesting, theres always a catch with some aftermarket stuff, But some guys have CEL lights with the LSD's so I guess most could live with I think, just put blk tape on the dash. Wait what if a real bulb burns out?
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it's definitely annoying, and i would find ways (beside a black tape) to fix the problem. that's why we all buy the new ecu for our sc430 right, steve?

i talked to rmmgs4 yesterday and he said you can just pull the dash and take out that bulb. i think that would be an easy method (not like sc430, all leds)

steve, are you having something else in your mind?
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Some of the SC guys including myself have had that light on since we upgraded to the later versions of the tail light. I kinda like that little yellow car on the dash now
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Why not measure the resistance on the stock assembly, then measure the resistance on the aftermarkey assembly and install the appropriate inline resisters to keep the computer happy? This is what I did to eliminate the 3rd brake light on my car.


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Originally Posted by beaterKU
Why not measure the resistance on the stock assembly, then measure the resistance on the aftermarkey assembly and install the appropriate inline resisters to keep the computer happy? This is what I did to eliminate the 3rd brake light on my car.


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as stated in the other thread, heat becomes an issue. the load resistor can get pretty hot, you don't wanna burn anything
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Originally Posted by beaterKU
Why not measure the resistance on the stock assembly, then measure the resistance on the aftermarkey assembly and install the appropriate inline resisters to keep the computer happy? This is what I did to eliminate the 3rd brake light on my car.


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Or you can just take out the warning bulb out of the dash.

Using the resistors not only tricks the indicator from turning on, if your bulbs really do go out , the warning still won't flash.

What's the use, just take out the bulb and be done with it.
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Originally Posted by dino
Its not like I won't buy the lights, but I think ill be annoyed, espically from passengers who will keep asking what that light is. The lights look too good to not buy it just b/c of that.

I guess Steve should have made this clear at the start of this new post. I spent over an hour on the other thread covering all these questions and answering them. This new thread makes me feel like we're starting all over again with the questions.

There is a fix for this.

Not your fault, but please refer to the other thread and my write up.
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I took off my center taillight bulbs and painted them black, so my light out light is on anyways... who cares,,,
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Please read my review. I spent over an hour writing it up.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...4&page=5&pp=15

Please spend a few minutes to skim through it.

Problems solved .

The answers are there. .
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I have my center brake light bulbs out because I have a LED wing, so my dash bulb is out....
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BALLER'S time to buy


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