F1 Autohaüs LED Reverse/Rear Turn Signal/Side Marker/Interior **FULL REVIEW**‏

Former_Boosted_IS · 02-18-2010, 06:52 AM

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Question: How is the output of the LED reverse lights compared to OEM? Is it more visible?

They are intense, so it is hard to answer that. I think they are much more noticeable.

Euro_E93 · 02-18-2010, 08:07 PM

How did you remove the reverse bulb?? I tried pulling it & twisting it but it wouldn't come off. Please help............

Poderes1 · 02-19-2010, 11:46 AM

Are these available at F1 Autohaus?? They are not listed as products. When will they be available??

Mike@F1 Autohaüs · 02-19-2010, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Poderes1

Are these available at F1 Autohaus?? They are not listed as products. When will they be available??

Not all items are listed on the site. Contact me directly via PM or e-mail if you have any Qs

chrisE92 · 02-19-2010, 07:44 PM

very comprehensive review. I will probably look into the LED sidemarkers and reverse lights now.

as for the pictures, it's hard capturing the true color of the interior LED kit, so for those wondering, it's a pure white color in person.

ace8652 · 02-20-2010, 09:52 AM

Do the side markers blink in synchronized with the rear and front turn signals when on?

Mike@F1 Autohaüs · 02-20-2010, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ace8652

Do the side markers blink in synchronized with the rear and front turn signals when on?

They do

Former_Boosted_IS · 02-23-2010, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by ace8652

Do the side markers blink in synchronized with the rear and front turn signals when on?

Yes they are perfectly in sync from what I can tell.

zamba0321 · 02-23-2010, 12:19 PM

It's weird that the rear turn signal LED's still throw an error code on each start-up even when using load resistors. I wonder if it's better to wire a lower wattage regular bulb in parallel with the LED ones and in stead of the load resistors. Will give that a shot this weekend perhaps ...

Former_Boosted_IS · 02-24-2010, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by zamba0321

It's weird that the rear turn signal LED's still throw an error code on each start-up even when using load resistors. I wonder if it's better to wire a lower wattage regular bulb in parallel with the LED ones and in stead of the load resistors. Will give that a shot this weekend perhaps ...

I thought of doing the same thing. Here is my opinion, the ground for the rear turn signal is a shared ground and I wonder if this could cause the load resistor to still give a startup error.

zamba0321 · 02-24-2010, 12:11 PM

I'll have to check what load resistor values I used (got them from jlevi) , perhaps they were the wrong ones.
Seems stock 1156 bulb is 26 WATTS, which means roughly 2 AMPS at 12V, so resistance used should be 6 OHMs.

I saw some 6 OHM 50 WATT load resistors here
http://www.ledtronics.com/products/P...x?WP=C362K1170

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Originally Posted by Former_Boosted_IS

I thought of doing the same thing. Here is my opinion, the ground for the rear turn signal is a shared ground and I wonder if this could cause the load resistor to still give a startup error.

Former_Boosted_IS · 02-25-2010, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by zamba0321

I'll have to check what load resistor values I used (got them from jlevi) , perhaps they were the wrong ones.
Seems stock 1156 bulb is 26 WATTS, which means roughly 2 AMPS at 12V, so resistance used should be 6 OHMs.

I saw some 6 OHM 50 WATT load resistors here
http://www.ledtronics.com/products/P...x?WP=C362K1170

What do you think about the shared ground?

Synergy 69 · 02-25-2010, 10:34 AM

dude, I sent you a PM. please answer! =)

Former_Boosted_IS · 02-25-2010, 10:39 AM

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dude, I sent you a PM. please answer! =)

Me?

zamba0321 · 02-25-2010, 12:14 PM

I don't see an issue with shared ground.. on a car the whole chassis is ground and electronics tap into it left and right. Though I don't know the whole mechanism how the 'check lights' is done, it is indeed peculiar, it must measure the current to each bulb otherwise we could 'fake' there being a bulb much easier ...

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What do you think about the shared ground?

bimmer02 · 02-25-2010, 04:29 PM

nice write up!!!

Former_Boosted_IS · 02-26-2010, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by bimmer02

nice write up!!!

bimmer02, thanks!

kenneymac · 02-26-2010, 03:57 PM

are the reverse lights brighter than the stock bulbs? I can't see jack with the stock bulbs.

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