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Postby falcon15500 » Tue Apr 05, 2011 6:31 pm

Hi all,

I ordered 2 x 1ft cool white side emitting LED strips from AutoMoGlow and they arrived today. Unfortunately, when I tested the strips, one has a section of 3 LEDs that aren't lighting up. To make it worse, they aren't on the end - they are the second group from the far end from the wires (the ones from AMG only have wires at one end, which kinda sucks).

So basically I have to chop 6 LED's off the end to get a solid length. :( I originally was going to use either the whole foot, or take the very end 3 off (depending on how it looked). Taking 6 off would be okay, I guess... <grumble> And I really can't be arsed waiting for replacements. (Still internally debating that one.)

Anyways, so now they are here and I am thinking about the install. I want to tap into the parking/position lights like most have, but I don't see any "How To" threads on these specifically.

Can someone give me some pointers on getting this done? Do I have to take the bumper off for this? What wires do I need to splice into? Do I need to run an inline fuse of some sort? If I need help, can anyone give me a hand?

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Postby demon88 » Tue Apr 05, 2011 6:40 pm

Why not get them replaced? Warranty?

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Postby falcon15500 » Tue Apr 05, 2011 7:56 pm

Looking to put them on the upper recess of the fog light area. Not very original, I know, but I think they look quite good there. I'll have a look and see if I have enough length without replacing them.

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Postby falcon15500 » Wed Apr 06, 2011 5:52 am

UPDATE: I have received word back from AMG. They say they are willing to replace the item but only after I send it back to them. Great. So not only does the item not work properly, but I have to pay more to ship it back to them and wait another month for a working replacement.

I don't think so. And I know I won't be buying from AMG again. The units are quite delicate but are sent out in a cardboard envelope with zero padding or protection. Is it any wonder there was some damage?

Looks like I am going to have to go with shortened strips. Next time I'll buy from Oznium.

M.

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Postby falcon15500 » Tue Apr 12, 2011 1:48 pm

Okay... Trimmed the existing faulty units and went to install them today. Unfortunately the previously good unit now has 3 faulty LEDs closest to the wiring. :(

Anyway so I ordered replacements from Ozmium instead of going back through the other mob (who I am still not happy with). In the mean time, I installed the two I had just so I could see what it looked like / test the wiring etc.

Results below, note the shorter strip on the drivers side. Might do a night shot later on.

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Postby falcon15500 » Thu Apr 14, 2011 7:21 pm

Okay got around to some obligatory night shots for any who are interested.

Just position/LEDs:
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And with headlights on too:
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Still trying to decide if they are long (wide) enough or if I should use the longer strips I have coming. If I am going to keep them I need to un-dodgy the wiring...

M.
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Postby Mitch » Thu Apr 14, 2011 8:28 pm

matt i think they are upside down

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Postby Kyrus » Thu Apr 14, 2011 11:39 pm

looking good, very tempted
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Postby falcon15500 » Fri Apr 15, 2011 12:34 am

Mattigins wrote:umm.. are those photos up side down?


Ummm... They look the right way up to me? I'm browsing on an iPhone though. Let me check elsewhere and get back to you... I have a feeling the iPhone auto rotates the pics using the metadata in them.

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Postby 13EZY » Fri Apr 15, 2011 8:18 am

lol iphone upside down maybe?
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Postby falcon15500 » Fri Apr 15, 2011 8:34 am

Nah i don't think so. :) I have rotated them with an online editing tool (which also stripped the EXIF data). All good now. iPhone users beware. :)

M.

Edit: Here is (some of) the EXIF data from the original...

# Camera Make = Apple
# Camera Model = iPhone 4
# Picture Orientation = rotated 180° (3)
# X-Resolution = 72/1 ===> 72
# Y-Resolution = 72/1 ===> 72
# X/Y-Resolution Unit = inch (2)
# Software / Firmware Version = 4.3.1
# Last Modified Date/Time = 2011:04:14 19:09:46
# Y/Cb/Cr Positioning (Subsampling) = centered / center of pixel array (1)

As suspected the JPG is tagged as being 180° rotated, so when viewing on the iPhone (with full EXIF data) it automatically rotates it around the right way! Pretty smart...


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