LED Lighting (Exterior)

September 20/2019
Front Park
 194A / 2827 / T10
Front Signal
 1156A / 1156NA
Rear Park
 STOCK W/ LED
Rear Side Marker
 194 / 2825 / T10 / W5W
Rear Signal
 3156A / 7440A / T20
Reverse
 3156 / 7440 / T7





Phase 1 of the LED conversion.



    
Front park light and front turn signal.



         
Front signal; 1156 XP80 amber.



         
Front park light. 194 HP5 amber.
The old 194's were both burnt out when I got the car, so I put in some old cheap LED's I had laying around.



    
Front park light and front turn signal done.



         
Rear turn signal.



         
Rear side marker.



         
Reverse lights.



        
Rear park lights; stock LED.



         
Rear turn signals; LED on left, stock bulb on the right. Had hyperflash. Fail!



         
Reverse light; LED on left, stock bulb on the right.



    
Front park lights.               /               Front turn signals



    
Rear park lights.               /               Rear turn signals.



    
Reverse lights.




Back-up camera view.




September 29/2019


Hyperflash due to the LED's.




Picked up some decoders off e-Bay to get rid of the hyperflash.



         
3156 decoder for the front signals. Tested and work.



    
Left side                     /                     Right side.



         
3156 decoder for the rear signals.
These didn't get rid of the hyperflash. After checking with the supplier, turns out that they don't work on the CX-9.



October 12/2019




This is the solution, but I don't want to hack the wiring.


October 14/2019


Changed the license plate lights to LED.....






              














         




March 3/2020



         
JDM LED's with "anti-hyperflash".



March 20/2020



    








Test run on drivers side; the sun was very bright but you can see a noticeable difference with the LED bulb.



I installed the passenger side LED bulb, and upon testing, it worked fine, but quickly started hyperflashing. This took me back to the drivers side where I find it hyperflashing.
Turns out that when cold, they work fine, but after a few seconds of use (and build up of heat), they stat hyperflashing. Fail #2!



March 21/2020



    
Back to the Diode Dynamics LED's and will wire in load resistors for the rear circuit.




Tail lights removed.




How to connect the load resistors.



    
Left side; test run.




Left side; soldered, liquid taped and electrical taped.




Right side; soldered, liquid taped and electrical taped.



    
Left side done.



    
Right side done.




Done!



RE-CAP OF CONVERTING TO LED TURN SIGNALS
September 20/2020 install DD front and rear LED's. Had hyperflash. FAIL!
September 29/2019 install plug-n-play decoders. The front decoders got rid of the hyperflash in the front circuit, but the
rear decoders did not get rid of the hyperflash in the rear circuit. FAIL #2!
March 20/2020 installed JDM "no hyperflash" bulbs. When cold, I had no hyperflash, but as soon as they built up any
heat, they would start hyperflashing. FAIL #3!
March 21/2020 installed Diode Dynamics load resistors and LED bulbs. WORKING FINE!



March 22/2020


Fog light time.....


    
  Morimito 2Stroke bulbs from TheRetrofitSource.

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Last updated on March 22/2020

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