Member Since: 05 Oct 2009
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 295
Help photo's need advice on fitting D4 rear LED lights
About to embark on fitting my new D4 rear lights.
Was wondering if people could post pics of their installs so i can see how they fitted their resistors and
wiring etc. I have a pic to identify the wires to bridge with resistor, but just wanted some help to see how best to site the resistors as i understand they get very hot !!
Also, what do people do with the spare wires bulb holders left from the old D3 light fitments from the body side, when the D3 lights are removed?
I'll get you a photo or two Andy
You shouldn't have any any spare wires, the body side connector will unplug from the D3 lamps and plug straight into the D4 onesThe End
I drilled a small hole and fixed the resistors to the body with some black tac and a screw, if I did it again I'd probably just use some heavy duty velcro.
They do get hot (too hot to hold after a while) but the only time they're likely to get really hot from extended use is if you're parked up with your hazzards onThe End
27th Jan 2010 4:33 pm
Kidz
Member Since: 05 Oct 2009
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 295
Thanks for that Slimmer.
Have fitted the lights tonight and will do the resistor a little later.
Looking at the scratches on the clear lenses, they are not too bad. Note to self, these lenses mark very
easily.
Member Since: 20 Oct 2009
Location: Germany
Posts: 55
Different approach for fitting resistor: magnets
I have chosen a different approach than Slimer (thanks again for sending the lights to Germany):
I didn't feel like drilling a hole into the metal and therefore decided to use magnets. I have bought four small magnets that are inlayed into small metal discs with a pre-drilled hole. They sell them on various magnet webshop. They are about € 1,00 each. I have then fitted these magnets to the resistor with screws.
The magnet approach enables me to choose various locations. Since they seem to get warm/hot during operation I wanted to make sure that they are in contact with metal for cooling and away from any plastic parts that might melt.
Enjoy the pictures
P.S. the resistor they sent me had two wires, so it can be used on motorcycles with 10W lights -> you can use one resistor for front and rear indicators in these cases
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7th Mar 2010 5:33 pm
sirdeck
Member Since: 20 Oct 2009
Location: Germany
Posts: 55
Resistors work like a charm and just saw last night that the D4 lights provided by Slimer are actually NAS spec, so they have side marker lights. Sweet!
9th Mar 2010 5:15 pm
EThere
Member Since: 16 Feb 2010
Location: Miami, FL
Posts: 7
I'm looking into buying the LED lights for my LR3. I was wondering. Do you need the resistors for them to work properly?
10th Mar 2010 11:27 pm
Alan G
Member Since: 15 Oct 2008
Location: Lanarkshire
Posts: 1372
You do not need the resistors for the lamps to work, they will plug and play.............but.
The two dash board indicator lamps will flash very quickly, as though a normal bulb had blown and it is quite annoying too, but that is your choice. For the sake of $15 or so, better to fit them and everything then works and looks as normal.ATB
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