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Are these plug and play????

Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 10:24 pm
by luke_1993
Just want to know if these lights are plug and play, no cutting of wires!?

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Black-LED-Ta ... 1e69f07b4d

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Smoked-Black ... 27b86f8db3

Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 10:33 pm
by Swerve
Yes they're plug and play I have them on my car.

Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 10:34 pm
by luke_1993
Ohhhhh which ones? can you put a pic up please :)

Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 10:41 pm
by WadesVRX
The ones you have attached to this form are plug and play I'm planning on getting the same ones very soon. Also makes our CJs look nice!!!!

Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 10:41 pm
by Swerve
I have a different light design but same manufacturer to what you posted but the wiring is all the same. It just plugs into the original wiring loom. The only thing is with the LEDs because they use a lot less power you need a resistor (which comes included) otherwise the indicators will blink too fast but thats also plug and play.


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The lights I got are here:

http://marsperformance.com.au/JDM-Varis ... n-07-15-KS

Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 10:46 pm
by luke_1993
wow that looks so nice man, i was thinking of getting them ones but didn't
want to pay the amount they are.

do you think they'd fit a 2007 vrx because it says it wont on ebay?

Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 10:58 pm
by Swerve
Yes they should fit as all ES and VRX 07 - 15 taillights are interchangable. I'd recommend buying it directly off their website too as you can get postage insurance and bulb upgrades.

Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 11:00 pm
by luke_1993
ok cool, thanks for your help mate :D

Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 11:00 pm
by 3Mack
Odds are you'll be fine. The volt resistors are very easy to hook up as well; just make sure you put them on the outer ones and not the boot ones like I did x.x

Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 11:02 pm
by luke_1993
ok i have no idea what you said, that's i want it all to be plug and play lol

Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 11:06 pm
by 3Mack
It's as plug-and-play as you'll get. Let's just say that.

Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 11:09 pm
by luke_1993
aww man now im curious haha so no cutting wires just need to make sure i plug it in the right plug...right?

Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 11:10 pm
by Swerve
In simple terms LEDs require a lot less power, so if you have LEDs in your indicators they'll blink a lot faster than usual. A resistor just makes them blink at a normal rate. If memory serves me correctly with these Mars Performance lights the resistor is just a black box and extremely easy to install. If you want I'm happy to pull one of mine out tomorrow and show you the setup.

Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 11:14 pm
by luke_1993
im just hoping that when i get the lights it comes with some sort of instruction :)

Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 11:45 pm
by Swerve
As far as I remember there were no instructions or I overlooked them its all pretty straight forward.

You'll need to remove this panel. There's two black screw type things you need to undo.

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Undo these two screws and you'll have to use a bit of force to pull the taillight out as there's two pins holding it in still. This is for the outer taillights.

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The clear thing is plug and play easy enough.

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The black oval thing is the resistor and as you can see it needs to be spliced in. I soldered mine in and electric taped over the solder join. You can see which wires you need to splice the resistor into as they are the ones with electric tape.

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In th top left corner that black round circle is a grommet and I believe it may come with the lights not 100% sure though. If it doesn't just remove it from your old lights and put it in your new ones. Then push it back into the hole.

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This is the other side of the grommet its all plug and play as you can see.

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