LED Tail light conversion question

[Sheeper]

I'm Putting my THOR COrners on and using some LED Lights, i think theyre too low voltage to actually work, they stay lit up. do i need a different flasher relay? i put my old bulb back on the wires and it blinks


thanks

[kennzz05]

yes you need to get an electronic flasher available at autozone etc

[Sheeper]

Originally Posted by kennzz05

yes you need to get an electronic flasher available at autozone etc

assuming that replaces my existing flasher? if so where is it? on the fuse box under the hood?

[kennzz05]

on my 98 it was on the drivers side behind the dash kind of where the a/c vent is perhaps it can be gotten to easier than i did it. i was pissed and just kept taking shit off till i found it. I found it by tracking down the clicking sound while it was blinking if you do it replace the hazard flasher at the same time, if you decide to do other led bulbs youll have the same prob

[Sheeper]

so i put the electronic flasher in, good news is, theyre flashing, bad news is that both the rear lights are flashing....... the front is going left or right , but the back its both , in left and right positions..

HELP!! lol

[kennzz05]

what exactly did you change? front and rear bulbs? if so id be leaning towards some kinda funky ground connection somewhere what bout the hazards do they still work

[Sheeper]

Originally Posted by kennzz05

what exactly did you change? front and rear bulbs? if so id be leaning towards some kinda funky ground connection somewhere what bout the hazards do they still work

rear... im gonna try and ground the grounds to the body instead of to the wired ground from the jeep.... the hazards work like they should

[Sheeper]

Regrounded everything, replaced both the Hazard and flasher modules with the electronic flashers.... still doing the same thing, ....i'm stumped....therye 3 wire tail lights..... Stop/Turn.... wired both wires from the cherokee together, and Tail is on its own wire.... ....and obveously the ground..... both are still flashing on the rear either on left or right....

[kennzz05]

ok if im understanding you wired the wires togeather that sounds like the problem. if you took a 3 wire system and made it 2 wires the power is going to backfeed to the otherside. ive never done the mod youve done but adding a relay comes to mind for the brake lights, however im thinking even with a relay when the brakes are on and you turn on the turn signals both sides are going to flash dont know if adding a diode may cure this.. perhaps calling the manu. and asking them.WIREING GURUS please chime in

from the jeep you have three wires? hot for brakes, hot for blinks and grnd? or just hot and grnd? if the 2 wire is the case maybe you can get one of those plug in harnesses for trailer wireing and use that, i think that splits the single hot and makes it a seperate hot for brakes and another for blinks

[stewie]

Originally Posted by Sheeper

Regrounded everything, replaced both the Hazard and flasher modules with the electronic flashers.... still doing the same thing, ....i'm stumped....therye 3 wire tail lights..... Stop/Turn.... wired both wires from the cherokee together, and Tail is on its own wire.... ....and obveously the ground..... both are still flashing on the rear either on left or right....

well thats the problem! what did you think would happen? maybe that the power from the turn signal would just magically not go into the brake light circuit? if both the turn and brake light wires are tied together, then the power WILL go into the brake circuit causing both (also the center brake light if so equipped) brake lights to blink.

Originally Posted by kennzz05

ok if im understanding you wired the wires togeather that sounds like the problem. if you took a 3 wire system and made it 2 wires the power is going to backfeed to the otherside. ive never done the mod youve done but adding a relay comes to mind for the brake lights, however im thinking even with a relay when the brakes are on and you turn on the turn signals both sides are going to flash dont know if adding a diode may cure this.. perhaps calling the manu. and asking them.WIREING GURUS please chime in

from the jeep you have three wires? hot for brakes, hot for blinks and grnd? or just hot and grnd? if the 2 wire is the case maybe you can get one of those plug in harnesses for trailer wireing and use that, i think that splits the single hot and makes it a seperate hot for brakes and another for blinks

XJs came from the factory with an independent bulb system- ie the turn signal is seperate from the brake light. if your wanting to make your independent bulb system into a common bulb system (where the brake and turn share the same bulb) you will need a converter. search tail light converter on here and see what it pulls up. the converter is used to take the independent bulb systems compatible with the common bulb trailer light systems.

[Muddy Beast]

http://www.pnwjeep.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=16420

If you have a '97+ you need the turn signal deal I believe, my '89 did not though. Unless you have the newer style thors then yes you need a trailer wiring kit.

~Scott

[kennzz05]

thanks for confirming what i figured was the case

[Sheeper]

Thanks, that mekes more sense, i gotta go get one of those boxes today and try that out.....