How To Install BMW E46 3 Series LED Tail Lights

Posted on 2012/04/27 by Eric Wu

Particular thanks to Bimmerfest Forum for the following magnificent installation guide.

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Before you start be certain you have 1-2 hours to dedicate to setting up these. They include resistor boxes and different wiring attached to them so you need to hide all this kind of stuff. The ONLY way to do it right is to remove the black trunk panel and both sides of the carpet lining (this particular might be folded back out of the way truly). Also before you start, simply unplug your factory lenses and plug in the new led ones to test to make sure everything features and you have no bulb out lights on the dash. Almost nothing worse than setting up an install and getting that the units were faulty to start with… yes it’s occured to me more than once with other items. Consequently here’s what you are starting with:

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First thing to do is to get rid of the tail lights you have on the car presently… there are actually just 3 nuts on the back, super easy. I won’t go into much detail about this particular. There are a lot of DIYs out there on this particular. Next pull out the trunk bottom carpet with the contoured black bottom thing. Subsequently pull back the trunk’s side carpets. If you have a friend you can certainly have him carry all those away from the way but I merely put something heavy in front of them so they couldn’t come forward. Currently you could begin removing the long black plastic liner on the back side of the trunk (shown in the bottom of the image at the incredibly back of the trunk). There are 4 screws below covers, and 5 push pin retainers if I keep in mind correctly. It genuinely allows you have one among all those interior clip/panel removers to move all the clips off, nevertheless it can be done with a screwdriver and some patience. Soon after you pull off the plastic panel you could start getting in the new LED tail lights.

FYI… mark all the clips with a sharpie or a little something so you remember which ones go to which. Don’t attempt to mount the lenses with all the guts hanging off the back of them… it will probably help to make your life quite difficult and frustrating, inquire how I know. Also you need to make use of the black trim things off your recent tail lights and shift them to your new ones. The quickest way I could do it was to insert a little flathead screwdriver between and pry up slowly. You may possibly try spraying WD-40 on the fins that clip and then sliding it off… but I don’t know how well that would certainly work. I went with the screwdriver. Having these kinds of off your old lights and onto your new LED tail lights is likely the hardest part apart from yanking all the panels off the automobile. You can easily discover the black trim I am talking about on the exterior of the trunk on the left side of the graphic. Oh ya when you are installing the aftermarket tail lights really don’t put that third nut on the bolt right until you are willing to deploy the black panel back into the automobile. You could see I only have 2 of them on in the photo… the other you ought to put on after the black panel is on.

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As soon as you get the LED tail lights in you could reattach all the guts to the back of them. Simply match the plugs you marked in the beginning. Appears like plenty of crap right? Well it is… along with it would certainly have been nice of the manufacturer to leave more wire at the aftermarket tail lights side so you may tuck and hide everything easier. Well, they didn’t… so you are stuck installing the boxes where I did… that small cubby beneath the lights that you find all the wires going into in the photo underneath. All 3 boxes are in there and match perfectly. Today plug in the lights and test all the performs again. Furthermore aim to attach the interior trunk light to the back of the light. This takes awhile to tuck all the wires somehow that it doesn’t interfere with the light. Although far better to do it now than when all your panels are going back on and in the way. The moment you obtain almost everything where you need it… time to put all those panels back on. This particular is self informative so I won’t get into that.

Right now you’re done, stand back and take pleasure in your new younger searching Bimmer… listed below are a bunch of my accomplished install photographs. Since for a full review… I am VERY satisfied with the LED tail lights. They are every bit as bright as the OEM ones and function just as well so far.

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High Power LED Work Light

Posted on 2012/04/25 by Eric Wu

Something you need to know about worklight

Any work environment – regardless how remote in location – need to have functional and energy efficient light systems. There is a variety of work lights, and light bulbs too, all coming together to liven up your day and night and productivity levels. This may appear quite unimportant and trival, but it actually is pretty important when you actually need it indeed. Your crews might not have the work done if your lighting system sucks!

The Recommended Choice: LED Work Lights

If you are looking for some most energy efficient work lights, they have to come with high power LED’s. These LED work lights can last for as a minimum four times longer than your typical fluorescent or incandescent work lamps. Being simple in design, these LED work light generates a lot less heat compared to other types and UV rays are not released either. This will help to account for the fact that they need very little maintaining for the reason that of their ‘sun-like’ longevity.

Hence when using high power LED lights for LED work light, it make the conventional work light brighter yet more power saving.

Here are some comparison

• 15W high power LED work light has 1275 lumen vs. the same price Halogen work light’s only 700 lumen lighting output
• 18W high power LED work light has 1500 lumen vs. the same price Halogen work light’s only 700 lumen lighting output
• 27W high power LED work light has 2300 lumen vs. the same price Halogen work light’s only 700 lumen lighting output

Features

• 2x brighter than halogen work light
• Beam pattern: wide flood beam
• Anti-break lens
• Compatible with both 12V and 24V vehicles
• High-impact metal housing with stainless steel hardware
• Vibration-dampened mounting bracket
• Hardwired leads with stripped-wire pigtail
• Working temperature: below 140F
• Waterproof sealed to IP67
• Excellent for ATV, Project Vehicles, Jeep, SUV, Excavators, Wheel Loaders, Truck, Tractor and any vehicles or heavy equipments, etc.

How to Install Aftermarket LED Tail Lights

Posted on 2012/04/25 by Eric Wu

Installing LED Tail Lights is an excellent way to improve the appearance of your car exterior. Not only this, in addition, the LED tail lights will provide your a clean, custom look. Last but not least, the LED lights tend to last much longer when comparing with the traditional tungsten filament bulbs from regular tail lights.

Swapping stock tail lights for LED tail lights is not that difficult like it might appear. Simply follow this easy step by step guide to have the LED tail lights added to your ride and let other envy for what you have.

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Step 1: Remove factory tail lights assembly. The tail lights for most cars are simply bolted on from the inside of the trunk. You just need to remove the trunk carpet cover and un-bolts the tail lights. Slowly move the loosed tail lights a little by a little to have the tail lights removed completely. Do not hurry on this step, because you might break any clips that are used to hold the tail lights from inside.

Step 2: Remove all the light bulbs from the factory tail light housing and disconnect any wiring harness connected to the tail light assembly as well. I will recommend you use the scotch blue tape to write down the turn signal lights, brake lights, backup lights and put on each set of wires so later when you put them back, you won’t get confused.

Step 3: Take your LED tail lights out from the box and try to put the tail lights back up just to make sure this is the correct part/side before you put all the bulbs back in.

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Step 4: Connect the aftermarket LED tail lights with the factory wirings. For most LED tail lights, for example the ones we carry at iJDMTOY.com, most of the sockets and plugs are already designed to be simply plug and play. However, if there are any hard wiring required. Simply connect the stock red wire to the LED tail light red wire, and black wire to black.

Step 5: Before have the LED tail light completely bolt-on back, test it first. Test the brake light, test the turn signal light and test the backup lights to make sure everything works. If unfortunately one of them does not work, inspect the connection, because this is the most common reason for a lamp not lighting up.

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Step 6: Place the LED tail lights back into the original tail lights locations. Use the blue tape to hold the tail lights if you are doing this by yourself or have your buddy hold it for you so you can bolt it back. Don’t bolt the screw completely tighten in, because you want the tail light to completely back to the proper position, then tighten every screws.

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Step 7: That’s it and enjoy your aftermarket tail lights!

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2010 Cadillac Escalade Combines 5201 LED Bulbs with HID

Posted on 2012/04/20 by Eric Wu

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The 2010 Cadillac Escalade is impressive by its own, but this one has 5201 LED Bulbs for Daytime Running Lights right above the HID headlight lamp. Check out the pictures of this "White Diamond" and see for yourself the "look-at-me "outsized styling, which most fast-living rappers and bling-dazzled celebrities swoon over.

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Thanks to the 68-SMD 5201 LED bulbs used for DRL, the stock yellowish halogen bulbs are gone, and the old look is transformed into a beautiful and exact 6000K Ultra White HID matching look without paying the HID price. This is a great "add-on" to the already luxury and extroverted appearance, which turned this ride into a sleek and real head-turner.

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Since this LED bulb is direct replacement for the stock 55W 5201 (aka H16, 9009, 5201, 5200, PSX24W or 2504) halogen bulb for fog light or daytime running light, it will fit in almost any car, SUV or truck with such housing. Please note that some vehicles like Audi, BMW, etc which have on board computer (OBC), you might need to add a pair load resistors. This is needed in order to avoid the error message showing up on dashboard or bulb malfunction problem.

Whether load resistors are needed or not, the installation is extremely easy! Completely plug and play and should take you less than 10 minutes! You can get your ride a 6000K Xenon White or exotic 20000K Ultra Blue look for just a few bucks! And considering the fact that LED bulbs are longer-lasting and consume less power than conventional halogen units, which means less fuel consumption, the LED technology is the first step to the "think green" way of living.

This 2010 Cadillac Escalade looks great on 22-inch wheels with the 5201 LED Bulbs installed and if you really like it, then you just can’t go wrong with purchasing a pair of these wonderful and super bright 5201 LED Bulbs. Impress people, save money and give your car a fresh new look with this quality iJDMTOY product now!

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2009 BMW X5 Gets the LED Daytime Running Lights Upgrade

Posted on 2012/04/18 by Eric Wu

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This 2009 BMW X5 is today’s featured luxury crossover – it is customized in many ways, but the LED Daytime Running Lights catch the eye! The ridin’-high body of the family-friendly Bavarian SUV is underlined and emphasized with these magnificent and stylish 5-LED DRL which are kind of unique. The customer added a small touch of uniqueness by painting the covers to black, so they better match with his black X5.

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The Ultra-slim Design of the Xenon White LED add-on fits perfectly and is great match to the whole modern look of the vehicle. All I can say is: "Wow, this is hot!" It makes the whole car look lower and wider and what’s more – this quality product has really powerful output. Another customer even stated "I can literally use this LED daytime running lights as fog lights!"

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Anyway, as you may have already noticed, these Brabus Style 5-Light LED DRL are very nice and attractive upgrade to any car, SUV or truck. The kit is mounted in between the bumper grill, or below bumper, and the best part is that it comes with the wiring harness for easy wiring. In case you wonder whether this stuff will be working after all those rainy days, don’t worry – it is completely waterproof! And on top of that, installation is very simple and is completely DIY. However, you can always contact iJDMTOY for some help, but honestly – getting these bad boys working will take you less than an hour!

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The 2009 BMW X5 is just as stylish as its predecessors, but here we talk about some modern upgrades – just like these LED Daytime Running Lights. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist or spend a fortune to get the awesome Euro look like the new Mercedes-Benz E Class, S Class, or Porsche Carrera, etc. Just check out the iJDMTOY online store for excellent quality LED accessories at low price!