Miguel5671
Registered User
im not sure if i am supposed to post this here or not but i will do so i guess it can be moved later if anyone cares to do it
this is how it kinda looks working
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6NzcY6iR1w
some people asked me for a how to so here it is hope it helps somehow
LED Repair
Tools: ( ill post pics of everything i used)
1)some speaker wire to give more lenght to the
connections
anything i say smaller than 18 gauge (pic #1)
2)an electrical tester < i believe that is what its
called or a multimeter (pic #2)
3)your choice of LED strips
i used 2 pairs of Alpena 5053 (pic #4 and pic #16)
$30each pair i already had all these
and another set of alpena that has the option to be
used as signal,hazard, stop pretty much all the
functions
had 5 different cables to wire up $40 (Pic #3)
unlike the 5053s that were simple 2 wire ( ground
and 12v)
i was literally dumb not to search on ebay first
because i found a bulk 20ft LED sorta deal for $10
bucks theres plenty you can search up although i am
unsure of how well those LEDs from ebay light up
4)pliers and wire cutters/wire strippers or a knife
you can use connectors / heat shrink tubing or
electrical tape just depends how neat you want your
wireing to be (pics #5-7)
5)i used Black ducktape and silver/aluminum duck
tape to seal them (Pic #8)
i used a piece of the shiny silvery one on the
middle of the black to be the reflecting seal on the
gaps from the grinder (pic #9-10)
you can also use plastic to kind of weld it back
together with plastic i went the easy way and just
used black duck tape on the back worked fine and you
cant see it anyways
6) OPTIONAL
double sided tape
^ only if you have old strips like me
new ones usually have the 3m tape already on them
7) a grinder to cut the back side open (pic #11)
8) a drill and 3/8" bit size its up to you thats
what i had on the drill at the time , to tap a small
hole to get the wires out didnt get a pic of this
one
9)some glasses or googles to protect your eyes while
your cutting open the back of the tail lights
10) ratch and 10mm socket (pic #12)
11)holding pliers ? pic 15 just because i was lazy
to hold the strips myself while they got glued right
this is probably needless
12) variety of connectors
Pic (# 29 ) i remembered this after wards sorry
this is how it kinda looks working
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6NzcY6iR1w
some people asked me for a how to so here it is hope it helps somehow
LED Repair
Tools: ( ill post pics of everything i used)
1)some speaker wire to give more lenght to the
connections
anything i say smaller than 18 gauge (pic #1)
2)an electrical tester < i believe that is what its
called or a multimeter (pic #2)
3)your choice of LED strips
i used 2 pairs of Alpena 5053 (pic #4 and pic #16)
$30each pair i already had all these
and another set of alpena that has the option to be
used as signal,hazard, stop pretty much all the
functions
had 5 different cables to wire up $40 (Pic #3)
unlike the 5053s that were simple 2 wire ( ground
and 12v)
i was literally dumb not to search on ebay first
because i found a bulk 20ft LED sorta deal for $10
bucks theres plenty you can search up although i am
unsure of how well those LEDs from ebay light up
4)pliers and wire cutters/wire strippers or a knife
you can use connectors / heat shrink tubing or
electrical tape just depends how neat you want your
wireing to be (pics #5-7)
5)i used Black ducktape and silver/aluminum duck
tape to seal them (Pic #8)
i used a piece of the shiny silvery one on the
middle of the black to be the reflecting seal on the
gaps from the grinder (pic #9-10)
you can also use plastic to kind of weld it back
together with plastic i went the easy way and just
used black duck tape on the back worked fine and you
cant see it anyways
6) OPTIONAL
double sided tape
^ only if you have old strips like me
new ones usually have the 3m tape already on them
7) a grinder to cut the back side open (pic #11)
8) a drill and 3/8" bit size its up to you thats
what i had on the drill at the time , to tap a small
hole to get the wires out didnt get a pic of this
one
9)some glasses or googles to protect your eyes while
your cutting open the back of the tail lights
10) ratch and 10mm socket (pic #12)
11)holding pliers ? pic 15 just because i was lazy
to hold the strips myself while they got glued right
this is probably needless
12) variety of connectors
Pic (# 29 ) i remembered this after wards sorry
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