LED Taillight help

[slowbird]

So I finally got in the special LED Bulbs that you need for the Brake Lights. i read the LED FAQ and I know WHERE they go...but I don't know which way they go...like "The side with the prong faces the driversside etc etc yadda."

These aren't Jamstraight or whatever brand LED's. They are from my brothers company
http://cdnautoworks.com/led/cawmainpg.htm

They are like Superbrightleds but these have internal resistors or something...i dunnoh.

Anyways....the original LED's that I tried popped the Fuse cause they weren't the GM ones. They had 4 pins on the connector side. The ones I got now have 2 pins on one side and 1 on the other. The supplier (not cdnautoworks) said something about, if it's not working to just fold the pins to the other side.

http://www.grandamgt.com/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=162499

...and looking at this Diagram, where must the Pins on the LED touch since the "unstock" ones only have 3 pins?

[GaSe05]

sounds like your having the same problem i am this is what helped me out the most Grand am gt (http://www.grandamgt.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15109) they show u even how to mod the bulbs so they would work..... dave

[slowbird]

Yea..I saw that.

I'm not using those types of Bulbs so I can't mod them.

[GaSe05]

what bulbs u using cus i got the jamstirgt none polerized ones from auto zone and be sides ther small ther working ok.

[slowbird]

http://cdnautoworks.com/led/prodpgs/img_lg/1157_20ltdc_3.jpg


They look like that one...but with the different connector of course.

I have them for my Signals and they look Fantastic! They are very bright.

[GaSe05]

yea thoes are the ones i have too i was going to try to mod themlike the ones i should u above cus i asked no one could tell me how to make them work ..............but when they work they work good ....led lights (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/New-3157-Red-18-LED-2-Bulbs-TurnSignal-BackUP-Tail_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33713QQihZ001QQite mZ110057946445QQtcZphoto)

[GaSe05]

sorry fixed

[slowbird]

Originally posted by GaSe05
sorry fixed

Yea...that's like mine....you midified these to work in the brakes?

[GaSe05]

not yet i havnt hade the time but i was thinking of trying to like the sun beem ones of the wires in the insiade needs to be cut and one needs to be moved over idk keep me posted if u got any idears

[slowbird]

I will...same to you.

[GaSe05]

thanks i took them bulbs and i put them in my lumina to see how they work and they work realy good . in that car ther is only one bulb on each side and its a gm go figur huh ill let u know if i think or see any thing.

[slowbird]

Okay...so I got the specific GM Taillight LED from cdnautoworks.

http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/9820/leds009smlcx6.th.jpg (http://img353.imageshack.us/my.php?image=leds009smlcx6.jpg)

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/4100/leds010smlyt5.th.jpg (http://img296.imageshack.us/my.php?image=leds010smlyt5.jpg)

It has one pin on one side and 2 on the other. The Single Pin goes on the side where the ground connections are, and the dual pins go on the side for the Brake lamps, and Parking Lamps.

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/2397/leds007smlrx6.th.jpg (http://img124.imageshack.us/my.php?image=leds007smlrx6.jpg)

So the red ones were the regular 4 pin LED's and the Black one was the Odd 3 pin LED's.

Thanks to cdnautoworks for supplying a LED that didn't need any modifications to work.
...and they are hella bright too :D

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/5083/leds002smlnv3.th.jpg (http://img292.imageshack.us/my.php?image=leds002smlnv3.jpg)

http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/1908/leds004smlpj3.th.jpg (http://img381.imageshack.us/my.php?image=leds004smlpj3.jpg)

[BledRedGaSe]

Please do a write up! Those are phatty.

[GaSe05]

hey u got aslink to that site

[Gagt518]

http://cdnautoworks.com/led/~frmproddet.htm

[slowbird]

There isn't much to "Write up"

Remove trunk Lining and Unscrew taillight retainers.

Seperate the Bulb housing from the Taillight Lens (real easy)

Remove old bulbs

Push in LED's

If they don't work remove them and turn the the other way

**If it's really needed I can try and do something up more professional.

[slowbird]

I'll get a better quality Video soon.

LED Crap Quality Vid (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhTGSMeJh-g)

[pyro]

write up!? LOL all it is is putting new bulbs in. theres a write up in your owners manual. looks good mang.

[Myk]

Glad they worked out Matt. Sometimes our supplier is a PITA, but when it comes to certain things like providing the right bulbs so you don't have to mod them, they come through.

Im assuming most of the people here are from the U S of A? If so, you can go straight to our supplier's site in the US.

http://autolumination.com/

[GaSe05]

i tryed like 3 other companys and they thought i was nuts when asking for bulbs for a gm...........

[slowbird]

Did you try autolumination?

[GaSe05]

hey what company did u get the kits to stop the hyper flashing cus i put ones in and they still do it so i am thinkink of just going to stipe the out sides of the wires and put them together that way....

[slowbird]

cdnautoworks got me the Load equalizers and the LED towers.

I assume they get them from Autolumination.

I then used the instructions from the LED threads on various boards to know which color wire to splice them into.

[GaSe05]

yea i did to but i use them blue things and i feel like thoes never work right i rathr just stip ythe out side jacket of and splice them together so i know ther hooked up but i have load equalizers but thanks so much i just orderd some bulbs cant wate i need to take pics of my tail lights now cus ther crazy bright......