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EBMCS03 · May 5th, 2004, 01:14 AM

Really?? wow... thought he wouldnt make a huge deal in returning stuff either... minus shipping of course. When did you order them? Did you already received them in the mail?

So what u going to do GJR? keep them or sell via e-bay as he said...? Its really not that much worse than Stock in daylight.

GJR · May 5th, 2004, 01:21 AM

I guess I'll keep them. The guy is really unbelievable in the way he treats customers, especially after I purchased four bulbs for almost $50 total (I ordered them 6 days ago and received them four days later). On his home page, he goes on and on about customer service, and then he stabs you in the back after you give him the money. Oh well, that's life...anyway, EBMCS03, thanks again for the help, and I enjoyed your gallery images too. I love the ones with the billboard in the background!

ecl3x · May 5th, 2004, 02:15 AM

thanks for all the posts. i guess i will stay with stocks since i don't drive at night much to appreciate the fast response of leds. if someone reared end me in the daytime with my stock bulbs, i still have some recourse with the manufacture. with leds, i am might be out of luck...

EBMCS03 · May 5th, 2004, 06:16 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by ecl3x

if someone reared end me in the daytime with my stock bulbs, i still have some recourse with the manufacture. with leds, i am might be out of luck...

oh no dont get me worrying again now... haha

stellardude · Jul 14th, 2004, 06:05 PM

I have begun to do a retrofit of LEDs on a spare set of tail lights that i have.
I cut out the mounting brackets for the lights stock tails, and cut the prepunched boards to size. I'm now just waiting for the LEDs to get here.

joeinitaly · Jul 15th, 2004, 06:54 AM

Frodo put blue LEDs in for his running lights in the front and one of them would not stop blinking. We called it his disco light. It burned out now, so he only has one blue light in the front.

Frodo · Jul 16th, 2004, 10:37 PM

Oh sure point out all my faults!

Stupid LED didn't fit right. I hope they fit in the new light with the Orciari kit.

*note to self, test Joe's run flats...*

joeinitaly · Jul 19th, 2004, 06:11 AM

*Note to Frodo - Your Centerlines are not runflats

*

>Esc< · Jul 19th, 2004, 04:07 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by stellardude

Just got in from fitting the LED tails...

I put the bulbs in, they worked great, instant on/off. The thing i noticed though after i shut the car off was kind of interesting though. The LED's were barely lit, but they were on still. The polarities are correct cause you can only put the bulb in one way.

No idea what is going on here. Does your car do that Atomic80?

Thanks for any info.

I got 2 red LED brake bulbs from www.myroadster.net, put them on, and saw the same problem. It works fine but when the engine is off or if the lights are off, I can still see a very dim light coming out from those LEDs. It will not go away. Tried both of them, got the same result. Not sure what to do with them, so I just put the regular bulbs back, did not want to drain the battery with the LEDs as I don't drive the car everyday

For those that have the LED but are not getting the same problem, where did you get them?

stellardude · Jul 20th, 2004, 03:47 AM

I tried the ones i got from www.stylinconcepts.com by Jamstrait, APC (ick) and www.superbrightleds.com. All of them did it. Hopefully the retrofit wont do that

leon1982 · Jul 21st, 2004, 11:03 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by stellardude

I tried the ones i got from www.stylinconcepts.com by Jamstrait, APC (ick) and www.superbrightleds.com. All of them did it. Hopefully the retrofit wont do that

I emailed Jerry Jones (from myroadster.net) about the wide angle LEDs and I did mention that someone from mini2.com purchased the LEDs from him. In the reply, he mentioned he received a complain from the buyer the LEDs stays on even when the engine is off. He suggested to buy the load equalizers together with the LEDs.

What I'd like to know is, is it difficult to install load equalizers? Do I need to cut cables?

>Esc< · Jul 21st, 2004, 01:00 PM

I tried putting the LED bulbs on again last night, and this time I put them on both sides instead of just 1 side....same results. From what stellardude said, it seems that the problem is not with the LED bulbs as he had tried different ones from a few sources.

Now I wondered if the other people with a successful switch to LED for brake lights, if they have used load equalizers? From what I read and told, load equalizer is neeeded pretty much for blinkers or cars with "lights out" only. Don't really want to go that route to get the load equalizers if others did the LED switch without them.

Yeah, I also wonder if the wires need to be cut in order to install the load equalizers?

EBMCS03 · Jul 21st, 2004, 04:03 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by leon1982

I emailed Jerry Jones (from myroadster.net) about the wide angle LEDs and I did mention that someone from mini2.com purchased the LEDs from him. In the reply, he mentioned he received a complain from the buyer the LEDs stays on even when the engine is off. He suggested to buy the load equalizers together with the LEDs.

What I'd like to know is, is it difficult to install load equalizers? Do I need to cut cables?

aside from the person who bought them and they still stied on when the car is off... atomic80 and I both also bought the LED brake lights from myroadster.net and they work fine... no equalizers just pop them in and thats all. BUT atomic80 and I both bought 4 of them Two Dual intensity and Two Single intensity bulbs for the brake and the rear fogs. dont know if that makes any difference with 2 or 4 LED bulbs... it shouldnt though.

>Esc< · Jul 21st, 2004, 04:54 PM

EBMCS03, that is a very interesting point. I bought 2 of the dual intensity LEDs for the brake lights only. My Cooper S has the optional rear fog lights. Of course I can get 2 more single intensity LEDs from www.myroadster.net and see if that will fix the problem.

Let me also clarify the "LED stays on when engine off" issue. When the key is out or if the key is in with the headlights off, the LEDs gives out a very dim light. On a range of 0 to 10 for the LED light emitted , 0 being off and 10 is when the brake is applied, the dim light that i am talking about is like 1.5 or so. Under daylight it is not very obvious but when it is pitch dark, it is as if i forgot to turn off the headlight and the battery is half dead.

EBMCS03 · Jul 21st, 2004, 08:33 PM

Hummm I will double check again tonight by taking them out of the lense and just starring at the bulbs. My garage is pitch dark and I always stare at the rear of my car when its open at night and I dont see any light emitting from it.

That might be a option to get 2 more LEDs but let me check tonight and see how it is first... I'll take out the Rear Fog bulbs also and just leave the brake lights in and see if anything changes.

I dont see why having 2 or 4 bulbs would make any difference I never really looked at the circuit diagram of the lights.

Will report back!!

EBMCS03 · Jul 22nd, 2004, 04:39 AM

Ok its dark now and I just went and checked... nothing... no light. Even with the rear fogs taken out it doesnt "turn on" the brake lights either. so *shrugs*

leon1982 · Jul 22nd, 2004, 09:51 AM

EBMCS03, where did u get yours from?
I'll try to order a pair and I'll let you guys know how they're going

>Esc< · Jul 22nd, 2004, 12:38 PM

Oh well, I guess it is an issue maybe unique to a few people only. I also tried to put the LED bulb back and then taken out the rear fog light (don't have a LED single intensity bulb to put in), no change, brake bulb still lights up very dim. I will be getting a Volt meter to check out the socket tonight and see if I see any current on the socket itself. Other than that, I am really clueless on what is going on.

I guess as a last resort, I can spend another $25 or so to get 2 single intensity LED bulbs to try or some load equilizers.

We got out LEDs from www.myroadster.net

EBMCS03 · Jul 22nd, 2004, 04:09 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by leon1982

EBMCS03, where did u get yours from?
I'll try to order a pair and I'll let you guys know how they're going

at www.myroadster.net same as many people. $12 a bulb

EBMCS03 · Jul 22nd, 2004, 04:11 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by >Esc<

Oh well, I guess it is an issue maybe unique to a few people only. I also tried to put the LED bulb back and then taken out the rear fog light (don't have a LED single intensity bulb to put in), no change, brake bulb still lights up very dim. I will be getting a Volt meter to check out the socket tonight and see if I see any current on the socket itself. Other than that, I am really clueless on what is going on.

I guess as a last resort, I can spend another $25 or so to get 2 single intensity LED bulbs to try or some load equilizers.

We got out LEDs from www.myroadster.net

Ya... keep us updated... I want to know whats going on too. and report back on the volt meter measure.

May 5th, 2004, 01:14 AM	#41
EBMCS03 M5 Extraordinare! Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: So Cal Local Time: 04:34 PM Posts: 6,768 Offline	Really?? wow... thought he wouldnt make a huge deal in returning stuff either... minus shipping of course. When did you order them? Did you already received them in the mail? So what u going to do GJR? keep them or sell via e-bay as he said...? Its really not that much worse than Stock in daylight. EB/W MCS Arrived (3/26/03) SOLD 4/25/06

May 5th, 2004, 06:16 AM	#44 (permalink)
EBMCS03 M5 Extraordinare! Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: So Cal Local Time: 04:34 PM Posts: 6,768 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by ecl3x if someone reared end me in the daytime with my stock bulbs, i still have some recourse with the manufacture. with leds, i am might be out of luck... oh no dont get me worrying again now... haha EB/W MCS Arrived (3/26/03) SOLD 4/25/06

Jul 15th, 2004, 06:54 AM	#46 (permalink)
joeinitaly International Merrymaker Join Date: May 2003 Location: Standin' on a corner Local Time: 01:34 AM Posts: 431 Offline	Frodo put blue LEDs in for his running lights in the front and one of them would not stop blinking. We called it his disco light. It burned out now, so he only has one blue light in the front. I'd be lost if I had somewhere to be!

Jul 19th, 2004, 06:11 AM	#48 (permalink)
joeinitaly International Merrymaker Join Date: May 2003 Location: Standin' on a corner Local Time: 01:34 AM Posts: 431 Offline	Note to Frodo - Your Centerlines are not runflats I'd be lost if I had somewhere to be!

Jul 21st, 2004, 04:03 PM	#53 (permalink)
EBMCS03 M5 Extraordinare! Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: So Cal Local Time: 04:34 PM Posts: 6,768 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by leon1982 I emailed Jerry Jones (from myroadster.net) about the wide angle LEDs and I did mention that someone from mini2.com purchased the LEDs from him. In the reply, he mentioned he received a complain from the buyer the LEDs stays on even when the engine is off. He suggested to buy the load equalizers together with the LEDs. What I'd like to know is, is it difficult to install load equalizers? Do I need to cut cables? aside from the person who bought them and they still stied on when the car is off... atomic80 and I both also bought the LED brake lights from myroadster.net and they work fine... no equalizers just pop them in and thats all. BUT atomic80 and I both bought 4 of them Two Dual intensity and Two Single intensity bulbs for the brake and the rear fogs. dont know if that makes any difference with 2 or 4 LED bulbs... it shouldnt though. EB/W MCS Arrived (3/26/03) SOLD 4/25/06

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May 5th, 2004, 01:21 AM	#42 (permalink)
GJR MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: PA, USA Local Time: 07:34 PM Posts: 13 Offline	I guess I'll keep them. The guy is really unbelievable in the way he treats customers, especially after I purchased four bulbs for almost $50 total (I ordered them 6 days ago and received them four days later). On his home page, he goes on and on about customer service, and then he stabs you in the back after you give him the money. Oh well, that's life...anyway, EBMCS03, thanks again for the help, and I enjoyed your gallery images too. I love the ones with the billboard in the background!

May 5th, 2004, 02:15 AM	#43 (permalink)
ecl3x MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: washington dc Local Time: 06:34 PM Posts: 21 Offline	thanks for all the posts. i guess i will stay with stocks since i don't drive at night much to appreciate the fast response of leds. if someone reared end me in the daytime with my stock bulbs, i still have some recourse with the manufacture. with leds, i am might be out of luck...

Jul 14th, 2004, 06:05 PM	#45 (permalink)
stellardude i'm the dude! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Brooklyn Park, MN Local Time: 05:34 PM Posts: 55 Offline	I have begun to do a retrofit of LEDs on a spare set of tail lights that i have. I cut out the mounting brackets for the lights stock tails, and cut the prepunched boards to size. I'm now just waiting for the LEDs to get here.

Jul 16th, 2004, 10:37 PM	#47 (permalink)
Frodo MINI2 Master Join Date: May 2003 Location: Italy Local Time: 12:34 AM Posts: 1,453 Offline	Oh sure point out all my faults! Stupid LED didn't fit right. I hope they fit in the new light with the Orciari kit. note to self, test Joe's run flats...

Jul 19th, 2004, 04:07 PM	#49 (permalink)
>Esc< MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Silver Spring, MD Local Time: 07:34 PM Posts: 10 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by stellardude Just got in from fitting the LED tails... I put the bulbs in, they worked great, instant on/off. The thing i noticed though after i shut the car off was kind of interesting though. The LED's were barely lit, but they were on still. The polarities are correct cause you can only put the bulb in one way. No idea what is going on here. Does your car do that Atomic80? Thanks for any info. I got 2 red LED brake bulbs from www.myroadster.net, put them on, and saw the same problem. It works fine but when the engine is off or if the lights are off, I can still see a very dim light coming out from those LEDs. It will not go away. Tried both of them, got the same result. Not sure what to do with them, so I just put the regular bulbs back, did not want to drain the battery with the LEDs as I don't drive the car everyday For those that have the LED but are not getting the same problem, where did you get them?

Jul 20th, 2004, 03:47 AM	#50 (permalink)
stellardude i'm the dude! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Brooklyn Park, MN Local Time: 05:34 PM Posts: 55 Offline	I tried the ones i got from www.stylinconcepts.com by Jamstrait, APC (ick) and www.superbrightleds.com. All of them did it. Hopefully the retrofit wont do that

Jul 21st, 2004, 11:03 AM	#51 (permalink)
leon1982 MINI2 Regular Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Australia Local Time: 09:34 AM Posts: 303 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by stellardude I tried the ones i got from www.stylinconcepts.com by Jamstrait, APC (ick) and www.superbrightleds.com. All of them did it. Hopefully the retrofit wont do that I emailed Jerry Jones (from myroadster.net) about the wide angle LEDs and I did mention that someone from mini2.com purchased the LEDs from him. In the reply, he mentioned he received a complain from the buyer the LEDs stays on even when the engine is off. He suggested to buy the load equalizers together with the LEDs. What I'd like to know is, is it difficult to install load equalizers? Do I need to cut cables?

Jul 21st, 2004, 01:00 PM	#52 (permalink)
>Esc< MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Silver Spring, MD Local Time: 07:34 PM Posts: 10 Offline	I tried putting the LED bulbs on again last night, and this time I put them on both sides instead of just 1 side....same results. From what stellardude said, it seems that the problem is not with the LED bulbs as he had tried different ones from a few sources. Now I wondered if the other people with a successful switch to LED for brake lights, if they have used load equalizers? From what I read and told, load equalizer is neeeded pretty much for blinkers or cars with "lights out" only. Don't really want to go that route to get the load equalizers if others did the LED switch without them. Yeah, I also wonder if the wires need to be cut in order to install the load equalizers?

Jul 21st, 2004, 04:54 PM	#54 (permalink)
>Esc< MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Silver Spring, MD Local Time: 07:34 PM Posts: 10 Offline	EBMCS03, that is a very interesting point. I bought 2 of the dual intensity LEDs for the brake lights only. My Cooper S has the optional rear fog lights. Of course I can get 2 more single intensity LEDs from www.myroadster.net and see if that will fix the problem. Let me also clarify the "LED stays on when engine off" issue. When the key is out or if the key is in with the headlights off, the LEDs gives out a very dim light. On a range of 0 to 10 for the LED light emitted , 0 being off and 10 is when the brake is applied, the dim light that i am talking about is like 1.5 or so. Under daylight it is not very obvious but when it is pitch dark, it is as if i forgot to turn off the headlight and the battery is half dead.

Jul 21st, 2004, 08:33 PM	#55 (permalink)
EBMCS03 M5 Extraordinare! Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: So Cal Local Time: 04:34 PM Posts: 6,768 Offline	Hummm I will double check again tonight by taking them out of the lense and just starring at the bulbs. My garage is pitch dark and I always stare at the rear of my car when its open at night and I dont see any light emitting from it. That might be a option to get 2 more LEDs but let me check tonight and see how it is first... I'll take out the Rear Fog bulbs also and just leave the brake lights in and see if anything changes. I dont see why having 2 or 4 bulbs would make any difference I never really looked at the circuit diagram of the lights. Will report back!! EB/W MCS Arrived (3/26/03) SOLD 4/25/06

Jul 22nd, 2004, 04:39 AM	#56 (permalink)
EBMCS03 M5 Extraordinare! Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: So Cal Local Time: 04:34 PM Posts: 6,768 Offline	Ok its dark now and I just went and checked... nothing... no light. Even with the rear fogs taken out it doesnt "turn on" the brake lights either. so shrugs EB/W MCS Arrived (3/26/03) SOLD 4/25/06

Jul 22nd, 2004, 09:51 AM	#57 (permalink)
leon1982 MINI2 Regular Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Australia Local Time: 09:34 AM Posts: 303 Offline	EBMCS03, where did u get yours from? I'll try to order a pair and I'll let you guys know how they're going

Jul 22nd, 2004, 12:38 PM	#58 (permalink)
>Esc< MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Silver Spring, MD Local Time: 07:34 PM Posts: 10 Offline	Oh well, I guess it is an issue maybe unique to a few people only. I also tried to put the LED bulb back and then taken out the rear fog light (don't have a LED single intensity bulb to put in), no change, brake bulb still lights up very dim. I will be getting a Volt meter to check out the socket tonight and see if I see any current on the socket itself. Other than that, I am really clueless on what is going on. I guess as a last resort, I can spend another $25 or so to get 2 single intensity LED bulbs to try or some load equilizers. We got out LEDs from www.myroadster.net

Jul 22nd, 2004, 04:09 PM	#59 (permalink)
EBMCS03 M5 Extraordinare! Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: So Cal Local Time: 04:34 PM Posts: 6,768 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by leon1982 EBMCS03, where did u get yours from? I'll try to order a pair and I'll let you guys know how they're going at www.myroadster.net same as many people. $12 a bulb EB/W MCS Arrived (3/26/03) SOLD 4/25/06

Jul 22nd, 2004, 04:11 PM	#60 (permalink)
EBMCS03 M5 Extraordinare! Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: So Cal Local Time: 04:34 PM Posts: 6,768 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by >Esc< Oh well, I guess it is an issue maybe unique to a few people only. I also tried to put the LED bulb back and then taken out the rear fog light (don't have a LED single intensity bulb to put in), no change, brake bulb still lights up very dim. I will be getting a Volt meter to check out the socket tonight and see if I see any current on the socket itself. Other than that, I am really clueless on what is going on. I guess as a last resort, I can spend another $25 or so to get 2 single intensity LED bulbs to try or some load equilizers. We got out LEDs from www.myroadster.net Ya... keep us updated... I want to know whats going on too. and report back on the volt meter measure. EB/W MCS Arrived (3/26/03) SOLD 4/25/06

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