Guys,

I completed my LED conversion for the rear lights. Tails, signal, number plate and reverse are all, LED.

However, on my dash the bulb out light is still coming on, however both brake lights are operating perfectly

 

Resistors

 

They are in as well, i forgot to add that. Have 4 of them, 2 on signal and 2 on brake

 

Whats the wattage and ohms on the resistors? That's usually the problem like MizzMaxine said.

 

6 ohm 50w resistors

 

Yea, I've tried that before and still had the bulb out warning, so I just left the brake lights alone.

 

you need higher resisters.

 

Will someone please explain how to properly wire the brake light bulbs so that i can stop getting the burnt out bulb warning light. I wasn't expecting to need more than one resistor but since there are 2 circuits it seems as though I may be wrong. It appears that both the brake light and the running light circuits will need their own resistors. If there is a way to use one resistor solely on the ground to eliminate this problem please let me know how to do it.

 

Buy led bulbs made for brake and turn signal blinking because youll need to get a different flasher relay for the leds also i been down this road its cheaper in the end to get the bulbs ment for it. Putco brake leds....

 

Are you saying that the new flasher relay will eliminate the need for resistors with the led brake lights and led turn signals?

 

for the flashers yes.brake light NO!

 

Please provide a link to the brake light bulbs you used. Also, is there a way to wire the resistors to resolve the issue? Do you know if i need an additional resistor?

 

Slapping on resistors without doing any calculations wont help you. You need to figure out the resistance/load of the stock bulb, and then look at how far off the LED is, and then try to match the two as close as possible using a proper load resistor. If the LED bulb and the resistor isn't consuming enough power then it will set off the light.

 

This. But Don't just use a resistor, that's wrong. Stuff will burn.

You need one with a heat sync/cooling fins. They get hotter than your regular bulb does. If you've ever grabbed a hot bulb after it's been on you'll know how hot this is.

Also even with a heat sync/cooling fins you still need to remember how hot it gets when you are installing it, where you put it, what's close to it, etc.

 

Resize your sig.

LED brake/Tail lights are dumb. They're a HUGE PITA and are 9/10 not as bright as stock bulbs.

I feel the same way about LED signals. The stock bulbs are brighter than almost any Plug and Play LED you can buy for this car. So why would you go throught the hassle of all this for WORSE looking lights? Makes no sense.

 

the 6 ohm 50 watt resistors from superbrightleds have cooling fins and are adequately sized for this particular job. The 68 led smd bulbs I just purchased are slightly brighter than stock, and with the last link I posted, will become plug and play. For <$100 I am replacing all of the conventional bulbs on my car with leds to give the 5.5 the update it truly deserved in 2002 when shortly after the g35 got all of its leds. The hassle with the brake lights is caused by our brake light bulb having 2 circuits, one for the brake light, and the other for the running light. A resistor can only generate resistance for one of those circuits and you will therefore get a warning when the bulb uses the other circuit. I will therefore be using the adapter in the last link so that when either circuit is used there is the correct amount of resistance. Brake Light solved, Turn signals will require the new blinker module. Job done. Total Cost $50

 

$58 set of red Putco brake light led plug n play and have the 3 x blink before solid on like the newer cars do

 

http://www.putco.com/products.cfm?ac...9-2eec06992b06

 

Keeping stock bulbs, which are brighter than your expensive projects = $~0~

When LED tailights come from the factory they use a LED reflector for each LED and are set up miles different.

These plug and play LEDs try to use your stock Incandecent reflectors, or NO reflectors to get the same or better output. It just doesn't work 9/10.

Again, not worth the huge hassle. And P.S> the LED bulbs that ARE as bright will burn out just as fast as Incandecents will due to much higher voltages.

 

But still that three flash thing would be sweet to have

 

Its not worth the trouble. Above post is correct, without a fan the amount of heat produced is impossible to manage. Not worth the time/effort/money.

 

Are you talking about sequential signals, like the Mustangs have?

If so those aren't LED's (the brand new ones are). And that would never work in 5th gen Maxima tailights.

 

No like new crotch rockets have three blinks then solid. That's what those are

 

ooooh I see. Sounds like it might be seen as a strobe light/emerg light to me.

Either way I say full LED retro on tails or nothing.

 

Fire trucks have that too and it looks awesome but I doubt anything else sold to the public would look as good.

 

Adapters didn't work. New incandescent bulbs for the brake lights :/ .... Turn signals look and work great though.

 

How about for the interior of the 5th gen ? The gauge cluster, any ideas to LED those out ?

 

I don't think anyone has ever done it.