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lipton1 · 09-19-2009, 06:56 PM

I have the DEPO LED tail lights and on the last row, 4 of the LED'S went out. Are the LED'S replaceable? I looked at the lights but I don't know?

The First Ghost · 09-19-2009, 07:18 PM

i have a good left side cause my right side went bad. no you cant replace leds'.

Legoman · 09-21-2009, 04:24 AM

You COULD. But it is hard
You can maybe open the taillight after heating it in the oven.
You can remove the LEDs.
BUT: You will never find out wich led type is installed.
So you cannot guarantee that the replaced LEDs will have the same light output.
But maybe there is just a broken wire / soldering point.
Give it to someone who has the skills to do that and maybe it will work...

wiggyx · 09-26-2009, 10:16 AM

If an entire row went out then it's most likely not the LED's themselves, but more than likely a resistor or a small solder point failing.

lipton1 · 10-09-2009, 12:55 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by wiggyx

If an entire row went out then it's most likely not the LED's themselves, but more than likely a resistor or a small solder point failing.

No it's not an entire row, just 4 out of the 6 on the last row on the left

Pureadrenalin9019 · 10-09-2009, 01:09 PM

You will need to unsolder and re-solder the burned out ones. It's a bitch, otehrwise talk to haknslash over at hidplanet.com I think he did a set that were red/yellow bi-color.

Legoman · 10-10-2009, 11:49 AM

to find the burned one is easy. 4 leds could sit in a row - so if 1 is burned the whole row will stay dark.
so open the taillight, till you can see the led-contacts (the little pins on the undersite of the led-board). connect the taillight to 12v that it lights up.
and now comes the test:
take a little wire with that you can connect the 2 little pins of the dark leds. 1 by 1!
if you connect the pins and the other 3 light up - you found the burned one.
if this test fails with all 4 - the failure siths somewhere else.
test with a multimeter if the leds get energy or where the break is.