The best common sense I have ever heard thanks if u can’t take tail light off then u don’t need to be doing what ur doing. Short and sweet straight to the point ❤
Had the same problem on my 2003 Silverado when I put in leds. Put in resistors and the cruise is working perfect again. Thank you for this simple explanation on this problem. I used 6 ohm 25 watt on mine.
Nice video, quick & informational. Just what I was looking for. No B.S., wish all videos were as simple and straight forward as this one. Thanks for the video dude, I wasn't 100% about the wiring & this helped me get my LED's installed no problem.
Thanks ur video was to the point and now Mines working again...who ever gave u the thumbs down was because u didn't show them how to take out their taillights out.
Thanks man, simple instructions that made this easy. Just make it even easier by using a two wire electrical wire connector and please folks, don't CUT any wires, simply splice into them or use a wire connector.
This Worked For Me!!! 2005 Chevy Tahoe LT replaced rear tail lights with LED DEPO and cruise control stopped working immediately. I added the resistor only on the passenger side and instant results fixed my problem. Thank you!!!
You sure made it easy to install a could have been a complicated installation.... scary to say the least of making a mistake where to connect the dang thing... now I'm off and will work on mine... thanks for sharing Wolfeden4
Just installed new tail light assemblies. One question though, did you splice into your turn signal harness or your brake harness? I'm wondering what I need to splice into as I am hyperflashing and lost my running lights. Would I splice into both and use a total of four resistors or just splice into one of the two and use two resistors?
My man.......6 years later and youre solving the most confusing thing for me in the world... let me explain: I had found this video soley because I wanted a better explanation on resistors for my new LED tail lights i just put in. Looking this up because of hyper-blinking or my turn signal was going quicker than usual after installing these - BUT! I did however notice that my cruisecontrol stopped working too.. I have a 2003 Ford Mustang GT so, me being the young dumbo I am, I figured it was the mechanics fault. lol Anyways, seeing this video both teaches me more about resistors for my tail lights making it easier for me, but also teaching me that my cruise control MIGHT Be fixed by doing this and / or that this directly effects my cruise control ( SO STRANGE!) Anyways, thank you so much Wolfeden for taking your time 6 years ago to make this quick informational video. Helped me greatly, and may even help me more. Cheers to you Thanks -CP
Hey if you are still around, I'm guessing that the cement load resistor held up very well. Yes? I am suspicious of "automotive" grade resistors, even though I get it that they have a nice heat sink.
If they're "25 watts," I'm thinking that means at 12 volts. That would mean 2.083 amps (current). Which in turn means about 5.76 ohms. (R=V/I)(Ohm's Law). The higher voltage (about 14v) that vehicles may run at with the engine running won't affect resistance. (But obviously would increase current, to 2.43 amps, and power absorption, to about 34 watts (watts = amps * volts). Significant heat considerations)
Disregard, I've got my turn signal lights to stop hyper blinking by placing a Load resistor wire on both the + and - wires and it works on my 99 Maxima.
I tried installing load resistors on my taillights and the 1st problem I ran into was trying to crimp the connectors onto the load resistors wires. Looks like it take a crimping tool and you only get one chance to crimp it right the 1st time. My wire of the load resistor pulled right out. Now the hole is too small inside the connectors that came with the Load Resistor kit, no spares. Now I got to go to a hardware store and find the exact connector that will match of to the other connects in the kit. More running around and more money to speed. Next time I will buy the CAN-bus LED bulbs that don't require Load Resistor, plus I hate splicing into my factory wiring, something else to go wrong later.
well of course if it has crimp style connectors, then it's going to crimped with the propper style crimpers. First thing before starting any job you make sure your going to have the right tools for the job. And when tapping into factory wiring, if it's done right and you understand what you're doing before you attempt to start the job, then you will never have any problems later. The proper way to tag into your factory wiring in a location like that where it could be exposed to the elements and the weather would be to strip about a quarter inch of the wiring back and solder the load resistor to it and then heat shrink over the connection, and it will last forever.
I have a '04 Tahoe and doing this same modification, my cruise stopped working after installing LED's and I went back to OEM lights. You are using 25 watt load resistors, what ohm are they?
Both tail lights need to have resistors in place. Get one resistor for each tail light. Whether or not you need the resistors depends on the vehicle, year, etc. If your blinkers and cruise control are working fine, then you probably do not need the resistors.
I have a remote start in my vehicle and since i installed the led taillights. It tend not to work because it was not returning sufficient voltage.- that part it fixed.
