i love the new tails and i got them working fine till one of my friends noticed that my left tail light went off once i hit the brake while he was driving behind me. the lights work perfect till i hit the brake and the left side brake lights will go off completely and then go back to normal once i take my foot of the brake.

any ideas to what the problem could be? thnx in advance to any help

 

Just double check all the connections...mine have been fine!

 

got the same problem...but mines on the right side... i swapped it to the other side and still the same.. it wont turn on when i brake. and only if i let go of the brake it resume back to normal on position if i have the headlights on ..

bamaxima - if you find a solution let me know .. i already contacted Max2DaMax about this and he said to check the connections.

J - can you take a pic .. because i'm nto a happy camper no more

 

bamaxima - if you find a solution let me know .. i already contacted Max2DaMax about this and he said to check the connections.

-ya i'll give it a try but i have finals the next 2 days so after finals are over with i'll take the light back out and try fixing it. hopefulyl its nothing serious and just some minor mistake on my part

 

that sucks, seems like everyone is having issues with these..glad I waited..

 

finals are coming up for me .. i'm goign to take a look at them thsi thurs. if weather is on my side. but as Jsmithsole said it shoudl be mor then just the connection. i hope it is. i dont watn to ship these back.. they look too nice

 

That isnt true. I have NO issues with mine. None of the guys had issues when we installed these. You just have to make sure the connections are solid and correct.

 

that happened to me on my first connection. i had the brake wire in the socket backwards.... the black wire wasnt matched up with black wire. the lights did work fine after that so there must be some transformer type that relays side to side to signal braking. just swap the connectors over i bet it will be fine.

 

yeah i hope so . but i'll keep u guys posted. this the most expensive mod i've done yet. dont want to screw up

 

me 2...

another story that i just want to mention i got pulled over for the tail lights today and it felt good telling the cop it was legal.... felt good makin him know he was wrong

 

ahaha... sweet... make sure he's not pulling you over for the broken tail .. lol

 

LOL... im having the same problem.

after checking the connections 3 times and unplugging, checking the metal connections.... still no luck...

My left light has no brake lights...


My lights were working fine for the first week, but now im afraid they may blow up...

 

Mine work fine and installation was a piece of cake compared to my recent mods!!!

 

Since they were made overseas, they may be wired for 220V...

 

I have the answer fellas. Apparently this is a problem with all of our cars. In my case anyway it was doing the same thing as bdmax's ....with the tailight plugged in but not bolted in..have someone brake while you have the taillight in your hand. Jiggle the black ground wire that goes into the FACTORY female plug. I GUARANTEE your light will start to go on and off. We have a weak ground connection. May need to splice the ground straight thru rather then use the plug n play option.

 

grrr i hate taking out the tail lights. feels like im going to brake something every time i take it out.

 

being an IPCW distributor, id have to say this is rare to happen. IPCW makes very good quality product. if u have a problem, contact them directly and se what they say they have no problem warranting something if theres a problem

 

...so if a cop pulls me over for speeding, can I just tell him that it's legal and I'll be on my merry way?

 

....if the cop has some sense of humor try it out maybe he'll laugh and let u go. you always hav a chance of not getting a ticket if u can make a cop laugh

 

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lol ya go ahead and try making a cop laugh and let me know how it goes

 

lowered+always minty clean+young driver=no profit ...maybe once they see that I have a CDL A, they may think differently...

 

you guys know im here for you, I will take care of any RMA (I know a couple people have been asking for this, I just been trying to replace the broken tail lights due to UPS first), as a matter of fact im working on the complaints today, 2leet, do you still want an RMA after reading some of the posts on this thread?, if so let me kwno I'll send you one tonite.

 

Please send me the RMA that I have requested.

 

I had the very same issue with the left side brake light, like someone mentioned above you have to bypass the factory connector and wire the ground straight to the black on the lights. That's what i had to do and it's been working great since. No need to RMA. Just splice it in and try it to see, bet you will be good to go after that. Hope this helps

 

but if you do that wno't that void the warranty?? and how were you able to close the caps if you splice teh wires through. thanks

 

i dont believe it is the car's wiring.

The lights were working perfectly for a week. Then i started having problems with my right turn signal. Now Im having problems with my left brake light.

This is a problem with the LED lights. For me to cut my car's ground wire in order for a 3rd party LED light to work is ridiculous in my opinion.

If that is true, why doesnt this issue happed with the right brake light also? Only the left light???

I would expect for $350.00, these lights would work. But again, nothing is perfect...

When the 2nd set of lights arrive and have the same issue, i may start to think it is a wiring issue. And hopefully IPCW can correct the problem.

 

....as of now i just got the tail light working correctly. one of the plugs was just loose. try checking the plugs if there loose be4 all u ppl start splicing wires or returning the the tail lights.

might just be some stupid issue as the plug being loose

 

I had the same prob but fixed it myself on the bottum of the bulb the prongs might not be aking connection with the plug just adjust the copper prongs so they line up w/ the socket prongs

 

wonder if i'll run into this issue.

i should be getting my lights in towards the end of this week.

 

Hmmm... now im kinda worried LOL...

maybe i should wait like my buddy ramberg said...

 

Ok I had the same problem with mine, all I did was take the female end take my finger nail and bend out ward the silver pieces of wire that are used to make the connection. From what I gather if that wire were just a bit thicker there would be no problem. My problem was when the head lights were on both light worked but when I hit the brakes only the right one worked. Took it apart and only touched that connection. It work but then I noticed on the way to work my left turn signal was super fast. So I looked and go figure it was not working. So I pulled it apart and did the same to that female plug. Hope this helps. I do love the way these lights look.

 

to basically the plugs aren't making proper connection with the factory harnesses?

 

RMA sent, ,

 

That is what was happening with mine.

 

seems like a simple fix. guess i'll just wait and see.