Gauge LED install - left turn signal and high beam indicator problem
01-22-2013, 03:06 PM
#1
Gauge LED install - left turn signal and high beam indicator problem I completed a couple of appearance projects on the SS - I did the DRL/autolight mod where I soldered between the A&B pins on the C2 connector of the module (behind the radio in the dash).
I also upgraded the gauge cluster bulbs with LED's as my stock bulbs were dim and some burnt out. I used the superbrightled WLED-xHP6 bulbs for the high beam indicator and backlighting and used the WLED-xHP5 for the turn signals.
There are two issues now, and I am not sure if I buggered something up in the !DRL project.
1) The highbeam indicator doesn't seem to work. The actual highbeams do work, and I checked the bulb and it works (put it in one of the backlighting sockets). I also checked polarity. I will be checking to make sure the bulb holder is sitting/fitting snugly against the circuit board.
2) My right turn signal works (seems to flash really slowly, but the Camaro signals were always "slow") - the left one, though, stays on solid. Do I need an electronic flasher? I have incandescent bulbs on the exterior. When I parked the car in November the left turn signal was working perfectly. The only change on that circuit is the addition of the green LED's in the cluster.
Any ideas?
I also upgraded the gauge cluster bulbs with LED's as my stock bulbs were dim and some burnt out. I used the superbrightled WLED-xHP6 bulbs for the high beam indicator and backlighting and used the WLED-xHP5 for the turn signals.
There are two issues now, and I am not sure if I buggered something up in the !DRL project.
1) The highbeam indicator doesn't seem to work. The actual highbeams do work, and I checked the bulb and it works (put it in one of the backlighting sockets). I also checked polarity. I will be checking to make sure the bulb holder is sitting/fitting snugly against the circuit board.
2) My right turn signal works (seems to flash really slowly, but the Camaro signals were always "slow") - the left one, though, stays on solid. Do I need an electronic flasher? I have incandescent bulbs on the exterior. When I parked the car in November the left turn signal was working perfectly. The only change on that circuit is the addition of the green LED's in the cluster.
Any ideas?
01-22-2013, 03:24 PM
#2
TECH Apprentice
if the turn signal doesn't blink it means either your front or back signal light bulb isn't.
with the cluster leds i've faced an issue with Leds that have 2 pins only won't work but the ones that had 4 only worked.. i was going for full red cluster but i ended up with high beam indicator and turn signals as blue .. like it very much makes me feel im in a cop car lol.
with the cluster leds i've faced an issue with Leds that have 2 pins only won't work but the ones that had 4 only worked.. i was going for full red cluster but i ended up with high beam indicator and turn signals as blue .. like it very much makes me feel im in a cop car lol.
01-23-2013, 07:16 AM
#5
Yup - I verified that the blue high beam indicator bulb worked. It just doesn't seem to work in the right location. I guess I'll have to bust out the multimeter to see if the PC board is providing power, and if so, if the bulb holder has power.
