Spyder LED Tail Light Issues

**BrendanMurphy** · 03-20-2012

My luck I bought a set off a local for 140$ he had them on his car for 2 days and he blew the motor. I went to install them today and i put them on and turned on the full lighting of the car to test them. Only 1 lit up and the other didn't so i said w.e I had to go to school i would mess with it when i get home. I'm messing around with them thinking its a bad ground and low and behold it starts flickering and goes out. Now both don't light up. I step on the brake pedal and the LED's work so the leds aren't dead. I know to run a lower voltage you need a resistor of some sort for the running lights but im not sure where to get these or if this is the problem and because i bought them off some guy spyder won't even help me.

Someone please help before i shove these up the guys *** who i bought them off

**The Guz** · 03-21-2012

Are the connections aligned properly. The only thing in the instructions that come with the lights is to be sure the black wire on the light plug goes to the black wire on the car plug. These have a box where the resistor I believe is located. You may want to look at it if yuo can get into it.

**BrendanMurphy** · 03-22-2012

Trust me i wish it was that simple. I tried swapping it around but it didn't matter.

**mikeygan17** · 03-23-2012

the Spyder LEDs have a box with a built in resistor, are the plugs plugged in the correct direction? and i dont think it would be ground as you are getting power, if you had a bad ground, it wouldn't come on at all (parking lights nor brake lights) i would just try to turn the plug back around and see what you get, if you have parking lights not working on the front, then there is a completely different problem

**copgtp** · 03-23-2012

What did you "touch" that would make them flicker and go out. Sounds like either your wiring is bad, or its a good old installer error.

**BrendanMurphy** · 03-23-2012

Originally Posted by copgtp

What did you "touch" that would make them flicker and go out. Sounds like either your wiring is bad, or its a good old installer error.

Wasn't even touching the one that was working. It just started to flicker and died. I love how everyone is quick to point fingers at user error. Only a retard wouldn't be able to plug in a connector....

I need to know if its the resistors causing it. I haven't seen anyone else with these issues so i thought i would ask. Next time i will think twice about posting.....

**Odi** · 03-24-2012

^^ ignore cop, he just showed you that great GlubGP attitude.

id double check for bad grounds. and check the wires. i had a similair issue with my 3rd brake light led bulbs: they would flicker and not work. it ended up being a bad wire connection to the socket.

**copgtp** · 03-24-2012

Originally Posted by Odi

^^ ignore cop, he just showed you that great GlubGP attitude.

id double check for bad grounds. and check the wires. i had a similair issue with my 3rd brake light led bulbs: they would flicker and not work. it ended up being a bad wire connection to the socket.

Oh I'm sorry i tried to help the guy out. He obviously touched something that replicated some sort of short. So if he knows what wire he touched, he might find the problem......

Odi said the same exact thing I did.......so I suppose his reply is better than mine.....idiot.

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**Odi** · 03-25-2012

he called me an idiot. not to mention all the bs he was saying before he deleted his account for a week. but okay.

**The Guz** · 03-26-2012

Does a factory bulb work when connected? That would rule out the car wiring.

**PurpleGuy** · 03-26-2012

I'll add to Guz and say Try hookin up the stock assemblies and see what they do.

**BrendanMurphy** · 03-28-2012

Stock assemblies work fine, so it's the led resistor that must be blown.

**SeanGTP** · 03-31-2012

Stock assemblies work fine? Or DID work fine? Have you plugged them in now after being on here, or are you going based off before you got the LEDs?

If the resistor is blown, the previous owner may have had an electrical issue that caused that, or YOU may have an electrical issue that caused that, particularly if one WAS working and THEN died. Two resistors simply just do not stop working like that.

**BrendanMurphy** · 04-03-2012

I tested them they are fine. The guy I bought them from had them on his car 2 days and then blew the motor, idk if this might have damaged them.

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