glafit HID and Pikaq LEDs

ED_MX5 · Postby **ED_MX5** » Tue Aug 05, 2014 10:39 pm

That looks nice..
Now I know my next mod

I did that too my last car, just havn't got around to it yet on this one.
Only had the car a few weeks.

We'll have to go for a drive sometime mate.

Snowmotion · Postby **Snowmotion** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 9:27 pm

Jaycar sell some ceramic resistors that are about $0.50 and you just solder in line like you have done.

4sfed5 · Postby **4sfed5** » Thu Aug 07, 2014 8:18 pm

you dont need load resistors...you just need to mod the flasher relay. there is a resistor in the relay that is a heap cheaper to replace than load resistors.. just open up the relay. Change the "R1" resistor from a 5.6Kohm to a 1 megohm value...done

Regie · Postby **Regie** » Fri Aug 08, 2014 8:58 am

the relay will be in the fuse box.

switch the indicators on and what ever one is clicking, that will be the relay you are after

GTR4N · Postby **GTR4N** » Fri Aug 08, 2014 11:40 am

do you guys watch mighty car mods?

HIDs in reflector housing stand for "Hi Im-a hottie!"

LOL

Regie · Postby **Regie** » Sat Aug 09, 2014 12:08 pm

Dupain wrote:
Regie wrote:the relay will be in the fuse box.

switch the indicators on and what ever one is clicking, that will be the relay you are after

Fuse box inside or outside of the car Regie?

Inside

Smacca · Postby **Smacca** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 10:24 am

I recently did just this mod to remove 'hyperblinking' indicators from installing LED's.

This link shows you how to locate and remove the car's indicator flasher module: http://www.miata.net/garage/turnsig.html

And this link explains how to change a single resistor within the module to remove hyperblink (some basic soldering is required): http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=335534

The only downside is that if one of your indicators fail, you'll no longer get any hyperblink, which is purposefully designed to notify you of a fault.

sailaholic · Postby **sailaholic** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 8:23 pm

Are they watanabe wheels?

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sailaholic · Postby **sailaholic** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 9:03 pm

Cool, Came with the car I assume? What specs?

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Regie · Postby **Regie** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 9:36 pm

Hid's in those housings.

Not many things sh1t me......this is one pet hate. Hid lights in standard reflector housings!

The douche behind the wheel always get a high beam from me as they are coming the other way

sailaholic · Postby **sailaholic** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 9:49 pm

Wow, real rims with center caps and I assume genuine rays nuts. You'll loose your reputation. ;)

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wassup · Postby **wassup** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 10:34 pm

Dupain wrote:
Regie wrote: If you are after the white light in the NA, try another route and go down the LED headlights. They are a fair bit more expensive but give a great light output and excellent cutoff without dazzling other drivers

Main LEDs don't put out enough heat to melt snow and ice and HID will melt snow and ice, but using LEDs for reverse, brake, indicators, interiors etc.

Regie is referring to the purpose built LED headlight products like those from Trucklite or JWSpeaker.

I posted up my experience retrofitting LED headlights. Given the performance I would not be looking back at standard halogens.

http://mx5cartalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=49130&start=75

Aside from all these solutions not being legal the problem with retrofitting HIDs into 7" housings is that each headlight housing relies upon a particular bulb type. That bulb emits the light from a specific distance from the base. When retrofitting hid bulbs in almost all cases the HIDs light point differs from a stock bulb, usually further from the base. This changes the beam pattern and results in an uncontrolled out put of light. This is the biggest problem retrofitting HIDs to any stock housing not designed for HIDs.

Mr Morlock · Postby **Mr Morlock** » Mon Aug 25, 2014 11:12 am

Wassup got it right in the last paragraph. Amongst other things its called focal length.Lighting is a science and OEM lights are made to incredibly tight tolerances( as a complete headlamp and no one in a home environment or even some of these companies claiming to make compatible units will get it right. People also think that because they have bright light it works better but that is not the full story.Halogen lights are still by far the light source of choice and projectors have become ( despite being around for 20-30 years at least) the lamp of choice.

A halogen system offers reliable , cost effective lighting system that does a very good job.Incidentally Trucklite at least in the past were not regarded as a player on the international scene as a lamp maker and US in particular were always at the back of the pack and their lighting was regarded as archaic in Europe / Aust. US for years did not use asymmetric lighting. If LEDs become mainstream forOEM then customers buy the vehicle and probably give no thought to the headlamps and almost surely no diy will be able to replicate a truly functional system .

Incidentally I don't have a car with HID but a friend does and I am not especially impressed and certainly the cost of these units is reflected in the cost of the vehicle. One of my cars has a a reflector designed lamp with separate high and low pockets. On high beam its a fabulous light and separate driving lights are just not required.