ArmyKJ wrote:
I installed the bumper, and have the same issue with the fast blink. However, i will be getting load resistors from superbrightledlights soon to rectify the problem.
I have a question, how the h-e- Double Hockey Sticks are you supposed to get the fog lamp cups into place? Right now i have two holes where they should be after tightening the bumper down it is super tight in there to get the brackets in place.
Suggestions, pics, know how would be fantastic....
You have to pull the bumper to properly mount the fogs. Getting the 4 mounting screws in without taking the bumper off would be very difficult. Its not hard to drop the bumper. I think its 6 bolts(4 if you havent drilled the two lower holes yet) and just use a floor jack to help lower it down. I've taken it off and put it back on by myself.
TwoBobsKJ wrote:
Pretty close. When driving lights are turned on the white LED is on but not the amber. When turn signals are activated the amber flashes as it should and the white stays on solid if the driving or headlights are on.
The ARB instructions have this for the wiring: Vehicle indicator/turn signal wire to the Green lead on the LED. Vehicle parking wire to the Red on the LED. Connect vehicle ground wire to Black on the LED.
Since the OEM parking/turn bulb is a dual filament - one filament on with the driving/headlights, the other filament flashes on with the turn signals - there are two leads going to that bulb. The OEM clearance light - the white one in the original fixture - has two wires to it. Is one of those to supply power when the driving/headlights are on and the other to make it flash alternately with the turn signal? If so, maybe the leads from the LED fixture should just go to those two factory leads and ignore the turn signal leads.
I'm poor with electrical - trying to get 5 OEM leads to work with 3 aftermarket leads ain't in my wheelhouse. Now give me an engine to tear apart and put back together and we're in business...
Bob
I think the white lights are supposed to stay lit while the ambers flash. They are meant to be a clearance light. I used a $5 voltmeter from Harbor freight to test the pins on the OEM harness, just turn on the hazards and test each pin until you find the one that cycles with the turn signals and then turn on the headlights and see which wire supplies a constant 12V for the clearance lights .
Again, I like this bumper a lot but it seems like they half assed a lot of stuff. You spend ~$1500 after shipping on these things and you would hope they could maybe throw in some LEDs with internal resistors or maybe even some OEM style harnesses instead of the quick taps. To those of you that said just throw a resistor in there, I am fully aware of what to do. Thats not the point, its not that I dont know what to do with it, or how to do it, its the amount of money I spent to get a partial solution. I mean the darn bumper is like 20% the value of my jeep.