Okay guys, I think i finally made a breakthrough...
For the guys having filckering/glowing/stupid LED issues... It seems that regardless of the bulb color/style/location a 100Ohm 1W resister soldered to the LED fixes any issue so far i have ran across. the only possible issue I can see affecting this would be the weird when the trucks not running they work but when the tuck is running they do.
I know i said i would never go there, but from now on it is going to be my recomendation where if you have one of the trucks that has LED issues, those are the resistors to try.
I do not know if this will work with the blinkers and the "bulb out" notification. I ran out of resistors tonight when I did my neighbors truck, Imma pick up a few more Monday afternoon and try it, but until the the answer to 921/194 style problems appears to be this little baby resistor to actually create the right load in the circuit.
I will get some pictures up in the next few days, I jsut figure there are a few people dying to know this
pictures in post #5 of the correct way it should look when soldered. Credits to Mikeski
Thanks SS. I picked up two 2 packs of those bad boys today. I spent all my time on the inside updates today though. I will do the soldering tomorrow and let you all know for sure how it works. Unless I get a wild hair like I feel coming on. Ahhh Helllll. It will take 15 min. I'm on it.....
04 2500 ram diesel. no marker lites one day after led conersion W/resisters however the blink when i lock the doors w/the remote. checked fuse and relay OK. any ideas?
do you know what size and how many insterment bulbs thes truck takes?
do they need resisters ?
thanks, Matt
IVe never messed with the older trucks so i cant help you. The eletrical systems on them are completely different and resistoring them to the proper load to get operation normal. DId you install the resistors or did they come resistored?
I can't help with the first issue. I am not sure how all the lights tie together yet.
I am just starting to look at what might be need for the dash. I have not driven it much at night yet. I don't know what I have. I found there was plenty of room behind the cluster. You gotta love a truck. It's built for man sized hands to be working on them. hahahaha.
My issue with the dash lights is going to be dimming. I have not looked at what kind of capabilities the LED's have. I am just not up to speed on it yet. But soon I will be.
I am of the impression just from looking that we will be stuck with the color of the center info panel and the stock radio. I bet we could limit the max intensity for the cluster panel.
Am I the only one who likes the glowing effect in the Cargo Lamp? It goes out when I turn off the truck and haven't had any cop issues as of yet, I may change my tune when I finally get a ticket though lol Great post btw, I'm glad you were able to get this resolved it did bother me when I first noticed it.
I did my brake lights lastnight and they work fine. The blinkers however start out normal then start blinking fast. Just wondering if anyone else has had this issue and what if anything you have done to fix it?
Wish I would have found this thread a lil sooner. Threw out a few and bought new ones. Guess I could have solved the problem rather simply. Know from this point forward. Great write up!
Well I installed my led's and tried the resistors and I had a few problems. For my cargo bulbs they are always on no matter what. I tried to solder a resistor to them and then they wouldn't fit in the slot enough to hold them in, and even with the resistor in I still had that glow (when I held bulb in pace). Anyone have any ideas? The truck is a 3rd gen 2003
Oh and as far as cargo or other switched lights not sure what kind you guys are using but I have never needed a resistor on and interior or marker lights. Mine are all 194 style bulbs.