[Shotimes] Spoiler Brake Light, LEDs

[Al Fitz]

The easiest way is to replace the complete LED light. It is very easy to do,
BUT... Where are you going to get one? I get calls for the light by itself
and unless I have one in a broken spoiler, I don't sell them. (What am I
going to do with a spoiler that has a giant hole in it?)

So the alternative is to replace the whole spoiler in your color or have it
painted.

Right now I have two spoilers, one black with a slight crack in the spoiler
and one red.

Al Fitz
alfitz@alfitz.com



> 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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