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Puddle light help. One side brighter!!

Old 03-21-14, 08:53 PM
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Default Puddle light help. One side brighter!!

So my passenger puddle light is brighter than my driver side. I switch bulb and still the same. Is there a fuse or short or something in the car. Don't know what to do. Help please!!
Old 03-23-14, 03:46 PM
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What are the puddle lights even for? It only lights up when you walk next to your car, am I right?
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Originally Posted by iLub3GS
What are the puddle lights even for? It only lights up when you walk next to your car, am I right?
not sure if serious?
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Originally Posted by iLub3GS
What are the puddle lights even for? It only lights up when you walk next to your car, am I right?
Yes and also it lights up when you unlock the car from the key fob. I installed some vled 5k lights and one side is a lot brighter.
Old 03-23-14, 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by iLub3GS
What are the puddle lights even for? It only lights up when you walk next to your car, am I right?
Yuhp!

Originally Posted by 07LXgs350
not sure if serious?
Why shouldn't he be? There's tons of references for puddle lights, I thought OP meant the lights that are underneath the door where half is white half is red. Then there's also people who install puddle lights underneath their side skirts

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Yes and also it lights up when you unlock the car from the key fob. I installed some vled 5k lights and one side is a lot brighter.
One side might be malfunctioned. Might want to email VLEDs for a return of the broken bulb. Fuses don't make lights go dimmer, it's a constant voltage. Did the less brighter bulb follow when you swapped it?

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I swapped bulbs 3 time and still the same.
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Originally Posted by 07LXgs350
not sure if serious?
Super serious!
Old 03-24-14, 08:47 AM
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They aren't for anything, they are pretty much practically useless... they are just cool. I suppose you could say they are supposed to illuminate puddles so you can avoid stepping in them but that is so far fetched. They might light up the ground slightly if you were parked in the middle of an abandoned mine at midnight.
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