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Old 09-06-2018, 04:58 AM
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Originally Posted by BigBody View Post
Why not just use some led bulbs?
The whole point of changing the tails lights to LED is to ditch the unreliable bulb sockets and holders on the OEM fittings. Just changing to LED bulbs gives you all the grief of LED without eliminating the crappy sockets.

I've "fixed" the OEM sockets and fittings, which is one way to eliminate the near-constant tail/brake bulb warnings. Others have fitted aftermarket LED tail light assemblies to the facelift cars; depending on the exact LED chosen, the wiring and programming changes are not too bad. But it's not plug-and-play.
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