View Full Version : Heater LEDs (again)
charlton_68
14-12-2007, 21:23
why do they just not work?
I previosuly had aceparts for my dials, and fancied some heaters too. However I bought crazy LEDs by mistake - the result a different blue colour. Everyhting wen tin fine though.
My aceparts set finally arrived, and i expected just the same with crazy leds. But no, nothing fits, its keep wanting to pop out. I managed to press it in and get abit of a blue flicker, but as soon as i let go everything goes.
So i threw it all on the floor, angrily came on ccuk and searched. foudn that people having trouble with aceparts leds - tried peoples advice about making the hole abit bigger and messing with the wires on the LED. Nothing.
Now my left original LED wont go bac in, and if the plate where the LEDS sits is touched back slightly, it makes a 'hinge' noise and cuts ou everything :x
help
I had to get a crazyled smd strip in the end as the aceparts led's kept blowing a fuse.
But yes i had the same problem, had to sand the holes a bit bigger but never fitted properly.
The wedge of the smd strip is perfect.
charlton_68
14-12-2007, 21:33
I had to get a crazyled smd strip in the end as the aceparts led's kept blowing a fuse.
But yes i had the same problem, had to sand the holes a bit bigger but never fitted properly.
The wedge of the smd strip is perfect.
the blues are a different colour though arent they? :(
as i bought crazy by mistake before
smiffy1989
14-12-2007, 21:37
the blues are a different colour though arent they? :(
as i bought crazy by mistake before
My heater kit from crazy LEDs is mint. i'd change em all to crazyleds if i was you.
I also bought the aceparts kit and found that the heater led's didn't fit and as you say kept popping out, even tried making the hole bigger but no luck.
Only solution what managed to work for me was to bend the 2 wires just making sure that they make contact when you insert them and a lot of messing about turning them every way until they worked, now you said you've done this so :shrug: but here's mine finished :)
http://www.corsa-c.co.uk/gallery/files/1/2/6/1/3/SPM_A0053.jpg
charlton_68
14-12-2007, 21:41
My heater kit from crazy LEDs is mint. i'd change em all to crazyleds if i was you.
sold my crazy leds last week, aceparts match my HU :)
charlton_68
14-12-2007, 21:42
I also bought the aceparts kit and found that the heater led's didn't fit and as you say kept popping out, even tried making the hole bigger but no luck.
Only solution what managed to work for me was to bend the 2 wires just making sure that they make contact when you insert them and a lot of messing about turning them every way until they worked, now you said you've done this so :shrug: but here's mine finished :)
how did you bend the wires mate? and how did you keep them secure?
Just used a screwdriver or anything with a flat surface to pry them up then bend them with your fingers but be careful not to snap them as i did with a few. As for the secure part just make sure that when you put them in they touch the contacts and that should make them snug and not move.
charlton_68
14-12-2007, 21:52
Just used a screwdriver or anything with a flat surface to pry them up then bend them with your fingers but be careful not to snap them as i did with a few. As for the secure part just make sure that when you put them in they touch the contacts and that should make them snug and not move.
so you basically just lifted the wires up abit, i tried something similar and they didnt want to sit nice :(
ill fcuk around with them tomorrow. the lot is coming out :x
smiffy1989
14-12-2007, 21:53
those LEDs look really dull. the crazyled strips have about 20 LEDs and make the whole heater panel really bright!
charlton_68
14-12-2007, 21:55
those LEDs look really dull. the crazyled strips have about 20 LEDs and make the whole heater panel really bright!
20 odd quid for a heater strip is expensive though
so you basically just lifted the wires up abit, i tried something similar and they didnt want to sit nice :(
ill fcuk around with them tomorrow. the lot is coming out :x
Basically yes, i've tried to illustrate with the image (phone pic :) so bad quality but you should get the idea)
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/5901/spma0097zl3.jpg
On the pic they look dull but in person they're bright enough.
smiffy1989
14-12-2007, 22:09
20 odd quid for a heater strip is expensive though
well worth it IMO. why spend **** loads of cash on the car then do a half arsed job on the LEDs!
i used to have just the two leds in there and thought it was ok, then i got the strip and realised how rubbish it was!
charlton_68
14-12-2007, 22:10
ahh, so right out straight.
I will take a piccy of my crazy led kit smd strip. Nah its a perfect colour match. Its defo worth it. Got mine for 12 quid though :P
charlton_68
15-12-2007, 00:25
I will take a piccy of my crazy led kit smd strip. Nah its a perfect colour match. Its defo worth it. Got mine for 12 quid though :P
hmmm
you getting the pic anytime soon?
might just send this pile of crap back and get what you have
charlton_68
15-12-2007, 00:28
the panel that has the actual hole in for the LEDs is playing up.
theres abit of play in it, you can slightly move it back and forwards, when i press on the whole panel I hear a electrical 'hinge' like noise and the leds dont work
then i manage to get my figer behind the side and prise it forward and I get a flicker form the blue LEDs, then they just go off, or I manage to balance them in place for 5seconds :(
It seems something is shorting behind the panel itself :?
Greenie_laa
15-12-2007, 12:07
I also bought the aceparts kit and found that the heater led's didn't fit and as you say kept popping out, even tried making the hole bigger but no luck.
Only solution what managed to work for me was to bend the 2 wires just making sure that they make contact when you insert them and a lot of messing about turning them every way until they worked, now you said you've done this so :shrug: but here's mine finished :)
http://www.corsa-c.co.uk/gallery/files/1/2/6/1/3/SPM_A0053.jpg
what are them things hanging from ur fans ?
you getting the pic anytime soon?
Will get it this evening for you. :bye:
Scotty_XJP
15-12-2007, 13:50
what are them things hanging from ur fans ?
Think they are air fresheners. recognise them from a mates car
charlton_68
15-12-2007, 13:54
Will get it this evening for you. :bye:
thanks mate
ive just managed to wedge these in with blue tac :lol:
will see how it goes
i think it is well worth it for that strip ! i had the normal ones in before but then i got it n its just much much better! makes everything now match:)
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u288/jrhoop/blueLED.jpg
thats looks ace hoops, they all crazy ones?
Nope.
Aceparts Led's in the dials and MFD.
Heater controls which is the red and blue smd strip.
Not sure on the steering controls or headlight swtich as i didnt do them.
charlton_68
15-12-2007, 20:01
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u288/jrhoop/blueLED.jpg
wow
wasnt expecting it to be that good hoops. thanks for the pic :thumbs:
How does it connect up? Easy fit? Got a link to it??
cheers
charlton_68
15-12-2007, 20:23
found the link :)
http://www.crazyleds.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=97&products_id=446
How do they work tho? What do they plug into?
Blue_CorsaC
16-12-2007, 01:49
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u288/jrhoop/blueLED.jpg
looks good...what model h/u is that?
The two strips have two wedge connectors (like the end of sidelights)
Only down side is the end of the red heater (red strip) mixes in with the blue of the middle knob making it pink.
Headunit is Kenwood w707.
smiffy1989
16-12-2007, 09:24
The two strips have two wedge connectors (like the end of sidelights)
Only down side is the end of the red heater (red strip) mixes in with the blue of the middle knob making it pink.
Headunit is Kenwood w707.
mine has one wedge connector, so i left one of the led's in for the extra brightness :)
mine does the mixing thing too but it looks a little worse in your picture. probably because mine is white and red.
mine has one wedge connector, so i left one of the led's in for the extra brightness :)
mine does the mixing thing too but it looks a little worse in your picture. probably because mine is white and red.
Nah its not as bad as the picture, which isnt that bad imo.
Maybe it was one wedge connector, cant remember. :angel:
charlton_68
16-12-2007, 14:21
Is it defo one wedge connector, as i fuked up my left contacts. bent the contacts by mistake :(
if not ill need a new unit :(
figo_rulz11
16-12-2007, 19:53
here's my pics haven't done them all YET. brought mine from CrazyLed's was annoying putting the MFD ones in but used some scissors to push em in and it worked.
http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w257/figo_rulz11/DSC00624.jpg
http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w257/figo_rulz11/DSC00627.jpg
charlton_68
16-12-2007, 19:56
here's my pics haven't done them all YET. brought mine from CrazyLed's was annoying putting the MFD ones in but used some scissors to push em in and it worked.
http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w257/figo_rulz11/DSC00624.jpg
http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w257/figo_rulz11/DSC00627.jpg
looks good mate.
For your heaters have you removed that plastic shield thing that covers the 2 LEDS?
I found if you remove it, it makes the dials look patchy. If you put it back in, it spreads the lights around the dials much better :thumbs:
Think im just gonna buy that upgraded heater smd strip thingy, cos my leds keep shorting and cutting everything out :(
figo_rulz11
16-12-2007, 20:01
ohh i didnt put it back in because i thought it would let out less light, but thanks for mentioning to me :thumbs: i shall fix that tomorrow! yer i really want to buy the strip buy its £20 :( too much i think if it was £5 or something ...then fine lol.
still gotta fit my headunit etc in since i just got my new car 3 days ago lol can't wait for my sub to go in omg will that rock lol 1000w RMS of power :love:
charlton_68
16-12-2007, 20:52
ohh i didnt put it back in because i thought it would let out less light, but thanks for mentioning to me :thumbs: i shall fix that tomorrow! yer i really want to buy the strip buy its £20 :( too much i think if it was £5 or something ...then fine lol.
still gotta fit my headunit etc in since i just got my new car 3 days ago lol can't wait for my sub to go in omg will that rock lol 1000w RMS of power :love:
thats what i thought at first too, but it looked pretty crap. so tried it with the plastic cover back and it spread everywhere
Funny that......thats what a light diffuser does :P
charlton_68
16-12-2007, 20:56
Funny that......thats what a light diffuser does :P
:lol:
well i didnt know at the time :lol:
Ive decided im getting that strip thing you have james, the standard 286 wedge bulbs are just $hit
^^ Agreed. Its defo worth it. Takes a bit of fiddling to get them stuck down right but tbh fiddling is what us blokes do best :look:
figo_rulz11
16-12-2007, 21:00
^^ Agreed. Its defo worth it. Takes a bit of fiddling to get them stuck down right but tbh fiddling is what us blokes do best :look:
sometimes yer lol, and i didnt know it was a light diffuser either :lol: now i know! thanks mate will sort that out tomorrow. will let you know charlton how my leds go once i done everything.
btw when i put my CrazyLed light into my Cig lighter it doesn't light up but the original light does :( i tried putting it in every way possible?!
charlton_68
16-12-2007, 21:05
sometimes yer lol, and i didnt know it was a light diffuser either :lol: now i know! thanks mate will sort that out tomorrow. will let you know charlton how my leds go once i done everything.
btw when i put my CrazyLed light into my Cig lighter it doesn't light up but the original light does :( i tried putting it in every way possible?!
mine didnt either, then i punched it temper and it worked :lol:
Not advisable tho lol.
charlton_68
16-12-2007, 21:05
^^ Agreed. Its defo worth it. Takes a bit of fiddling to get them stuck down right but tbh fiddling is what us blokes do best :look:
Did you have to glue them in??
figo_rulz11
16-12-2007, 21:30
well i might try punching it even tho i doubt that will work lol, did u put the bulb right in or stop it at the end where the plastic stops?
charlton_68
16-12-2007, 22:05
well i might try punching it even tho i doubt that will work lol, did u put the bulb right in or stop it at the end where the plastic stops?
erm, cant remember.
Just pulled it all out of the plastic sleeve thing its in. Swapped it over pushed it back in and it didnt light up. So hit the side, tried again and it worked :lol:
Just mess around with it mate, it will work
Did you have to glue them in??
Nah, double sided sticky pads.
P.S My ciggy lighter doesnt work...with blue or original :(
fitted mine yesterday from crazy led's, everything spot on cant complain
the dial colour isn't even but they never are i suppose
buy the crazy led heater kit, fits to the inside of heater panels rather than jsut the two led's
Redline8490
17-12-2007, 09:33
so after all this discussion wat websites do u suggest 4 each part of the dash ie dials,MFD,heater,light switch,windows etc
smiffy1989
17-12-2007, 09:35
so after all this discussion wat websites do u suggest 4 each part of the dash ie dials,MFD,heater,light switch,windows etc
dials and mfd: aceparts seem brighter
everything else: crazyleds
the colours will be slightly different though.
crazy led's but in all cases I think a bit of soldering for extra led's in the dials is needed!
Redline8490
17-12-2007, 10:01
found the link :)
http://www.crazyleds.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=97&products_id=446
How do they work tho? What do they plug into?
y's it so expensive jst cos it change the heater dial from blue to red
They are brighter as there are approx 25 smd leds.
figo_rulz11
17-12-2007, 10:40
fitted my light diffser plastic bit today and will find out 2night if it makes a different :d
spikedjack
19-12-2007, 12:36
i had a right faf with mine for my heater
they didnt work/kept popping out so 2 went in the bin and the 3rd one i got in the kit i used for the fag lighter:)
figo_rulz11
19-12-2007, 16:05
got my ciggy light blue now :D finally lol i just got annoyed so i just pushed it really hard and it worked lol :lol:
charlton_68
19-12-2007, 20:13
got my ciggy light blue now :D finally lol i just got annoyed so i just pushed it really hard and it worked lol :lol:
told ya :lol:
ah am pissed aswell cant get these stupid leds in the heater slots
Id recommend the crazyleds heater smd strips even though mine died they repaired it for free
I got terrible goods and service from aceparts so steer clear
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