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Old Feb 22, 2005 | 09:28 PM
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Default LEDs for GS 01+ tails?

has any one tried using some LEDs for the GS 01+ taillights?
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Old Feb 22, 2005 | 10:12 PM
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Just try it...? If you dont like it..take them out.
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Old Feb 22, 2005 | 11:22 PM
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Your turn to be the guiney pig.
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Old Feb 24, 2005 | 05:22 PM
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only way to make LED bulbs work as stop lights/tail lights is to wire a resistor in parallel to them.

the LEDs don't send enough signal to the bulb sensor to tell it there is a bulb there, so you will trigger a bulb out light on your dash
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