[Shotimes] Spoiler Brake Light, LEDs

[Johnsho92]

Alright Al, got any good ones? thanks..  Preferably
White?  if not white, how much would a paint job
cost?? :)  Thanks gang!

-John


--- Ron Porter <ronporter@prodigy.net> wrote:
> For anybody with a burned out LED (and not just a
> bad wire), isn't the
> obvious solution to just get a used spoiler from
> Al?? Even if it needs to be
> repainted, it sounds like a much easier solution!!
> 
> Ron Porter
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Jim and Debbie Leyden
> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 7:45 PM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Spoiler Brake Light, LEDs
> 
> 
> When I opened up a bad one it looked like the LED's
> were wired in several
> series circuits but I couldn't tell what caused a
> total failure of the
> entire light.  IIRC Al Fitz said that the most
> common failure that he has
> seen is the supply or ground wires breaking.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
> James F. Ryan III
> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 8:33 AM
> To: Rbade12@aol.com; john_sho92@yahoo.com;
> shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Spoiler Brake Light, LEDs
> 
> 
> If the LEDs are in series, the whole unit wouldn't
> work if a single LED was
> bad.
> 
> James F. Ryan III
> 
> >Has anyone had any experience with the replacement
> of
> >a bad LED?  I see they reccommend replacing it
> becuase
> >it's in series and such, but how can one open the
> >casing up?  It's all glued together by the factory
> >pretty good..  Any ideas or tips?
> 
> >I tried, with partial success. The halves of the
> unit can be cut/heated
> >apart. Cut down as far as you can around the entire
> unit, then use
> >a heat gun to
> >warm things up. It took awhile to do, but they did
> come apart. I
> >had degradation
> >along the entire length of the circuit, so
> replacement of the bad
> >LED did not
> >completely cure my problem, i.e. all LED's worked,
> but the light given off
> >was dull. IMO this is one job not worth screwing
> around with. $50
> >should get you
> >a working unit.
> >
> >Bob 93 MTX- tucked away for a long winters nap
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