old bulb/socket to LED in ARB- SOLUTION ADDED now DONE!

2006 KJ · **Posted:** Fri Oct 21, 2011 10:27 pm

ok this is driving me nuts. once in a while my parking light will burn out.. or just go out.. i'll change the bulb and mess with it then it'll come back on. and the turn signal is always on-off working and not working. part of the turn signal problem is because the ARB bumper came with smaller lights for that socket in the parking/turn fixture.. but i had to put in a larger bulb to add more resistance to slow down the blink. but now that bulb hits the clear plastic cover allowing moisture in and also pushes on the bulb messing with the ground (because they go in sockets). also the parking light works sometimes.. and doesnt work sometimes..

both sockets have a hot and ground wire coming from the back
both bulbs are 1156 (one NA one clear) single filament

what i need is some one to help me figure out what cluster of LED's to use. I want to hard wire them in (no sockets) both clusters of LED's need to be orange/amber. do i need inline resistors to slow down the blink to the LED's?

here are some pictures for a visual

infernicus · **Posted:** Sat Oct 22, 2011 4:07 am

If I'm not mistaken, the ARB uses a parking light from a VW.
Also, they are notorious for having issues with water getting in. People usually seal them up with silicon etc.
I say Google some awesome LEDs to make it work with the bumper.

Ryn7 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:40 pm

Why not just get some 1156 L.E.D. replacement bulbs.
They are available in amber, clear, etc.

2006 KJ · **Posted:** Sun Oct 23, 2011 9:24 pm

Ryn7 wrote:

Why not just get some 1156 L.E.D. replacement bulbs.
They are available in amber, clear, etc.

i dont want to mess with the sloppy sockets.. just want the hardwire so they work every time.. all the time.

still on the hunt. tomorrow i'm going to give superbrightLEDs.com a call and see if it gets me anywhere

2006 KJ · **Posted:** Mon Oct 24, 2011 9:18 pm

ordered $42 worth of 'things' today.... by the end of the week i should have a 'plain ARB' light assembly with hard wired and waterproofed LED's for the turn signal and parking light :frankie:

infernicus · **Posted:** Tue Oct 25, 2011 1:58 am

I can't wait to see what you came up with.
:rockon:

2006 KJ · **Posted:** Thu Oct 27, 2011 12:21 pm

got everything i need... i believe... great experience with superbrightleds.com the tech was helpful and got my good 2 days after ordering. Tonight i'll rip it apart and see if i cant figure something out. i'll post pictures when it's finished. will work every time, be waterproof, and 10,000 hours of life. :twisted:

2006 KJ · **Posted:** Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:52 pm

well got the trial run done tonight... tomorrow i'll make it permeant in the fixture and tomorrow night i'll finish up the wiring. then repeat on the left side. seems to be a good solution to my problem so far.

this is a video.. click on it

pics

tommudd · **Posted:** Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:41 pm

Looks like that should do the trick
Good job!!!

infernicus · **Posted:** Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:53 pm

LOOKS GOOD! :lol:

I would make the larger light the signal though. It would be more noticeable, or wire them in parallel, parking and signal together, wouldn't be able to miss it then!

2006 KJ · **Posted:** Sun Oct 30, 2011 7:18 pm

well the old bulb to new LED swap is complete. I now have hard wired (no socket) waterproof LED's in a waterproof housing for the front turn signal and parking light. i mounted the resistors to the front reinforcement. All lights perform perfect and the flasher blinks at the correct rate of speed. This entire project only cost me $40.

Here is a finished video

and finished pictures

kjmike6340 · **Joined:** Sat Nov 17, 2012 11:43 am **Posts:** 1

where did you find the light you put as the side running light in the 2 1/4" hole on the arb bumper? is that a running light or turn signal?

old bulb/socket to LED in ARB- SOLUTION ADDED now DONE!

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