DIY JWMotoring LED turn signals
 

This is a very simple thing to do took maybe 10 mins and that was with taking pictures. This will cover the basic LED installation and the Swithback LED's

Tools needed. your keys, Philips head, and small flathead screwdriver, zipties
1 move seat all the way back and look under your dash you are going to find relay circled in red and remove the plug circled in blue, you will attach this to the supplied relay, ( ziptied the new relay under the dash)
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2.get in your car, put your key in and turn to accessory. you do not need to actually park your car

3.. take your steering wheel and turn your wheels either all the way left or right depending on which side you want to start on.Turn off car remove keys

4.. get out and remove the three screws that hold the bottom of the wheel liner in. you may need to use your small flathead screwdriver behind the head of the screw
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5. then you can pry the fender liner back and get to the bulb assy.
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6. put your hand in the opening and grab the light assy and turn left and pull it out from the liner
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7. put in the bulb you got to replace the your stock ones, before you put it back in your might turn on your park lights to be sure it lights up you can put these in backward and they wont work.

8. put the bulb assy back in turn to the right to lock it back in, put the screws back and repeat steps 2-8 for the other side, and your done

Stock orange
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LED orange
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LED white
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and a video of the swithback working both turn signal and hazard

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBG_7EtSWyY&feature=g-crec-u"]JWMotoring 2013 FR-S switchback Led turn signals - YouTube[/ame]


yes I changed my rims with in this also.

Thanks
Chris

so this turns the parkers/DRLS into indicators?

Thanks again for the write up.

These products will be offered from us in the next month for everyone that is interested.

No this is for the park/turn signals only the DRLS are something different

For noobs like myself, an important first step before installing the new relay is to disconnect the battery. Honestly, I learned that the hard way. Blew a fuse and I had no idea what the hell was wrong with my car.

There's a chance your buse won't blow if you don't disconnect the battery, but better to be safe than sorry. Especially since disconnecting your battery takes like a minute or two only.

Is the second step missing? You are missing #2, n i was just curious about what the new relay looks like

Sorry I will change that. And the new relay looks identical to the oem one its just says LED relay on it

Does the relay alone disable the usual DRL's, or was that another step?

Last weekend I installed a 6000k HID kit for my FRS and these LED turn signals will be a great addition. I was wondering if the LED white matches better with the 6000k or 5000k.

so tell me why the indicators would stay on? and not flash

so you have park lights.. ?

so all your indicators just stay on?

Someone correct me if Im wrong but by default, the indicators stay on with the lights on and only flash when you use the turn signal switch.

6000k matches these better. 5000k would be close and I doubt you could tell the difference.

I believe there is a difference across the different models on how these lights will work. I'll search for it when I get a free moment.

Someone that has the info help me out.

With the lights fully off (DRL on only) these lights are off and the high beam bulbs are at lower power for DRL's.

With parking lights on these lights come on, in addition to the DRL's.

Lights fully on the DRL's are off, these bulbs are on and the low beam bulbs are on.

It would be nice to have these bulbs on for the DRL instead of the high beam bulbs, but I'm not sure how much wiring work that would take.

The switchback lights act as running lights in white when the running/headlights are on, and they will blink in amber when your four ways or turn signals are activated. They only work when the proper 7440 socket is present, as is the case on the front turn signals on the FR-S.

The electronic flasher relay is installed in the place of a thermal type to prevent the hyperflash caused by using LEDs in the place of incandescent lamps. It is a cleaner and simpler fix than installing 2 big honking load resistors in circuit with the lights.

OP-You could have done a cleaner install of the relay simply by removing then replacing, but no biggie.

wparsons- We probably live near each other, and you are welcome to check out my lighting/mods any time. I am curious still if you will find my HID's unacceptable. Maybe you can install the proper projectors for me too :lol:

Thanks sirhc for the write-up! I just installed mine today. The install really was pretty simple. The only observation I had was that the area where the stock relay sits is pretty tight and you have to give it a good solid tug (after unclipping the top portion) to get it out.

Hows the fitment of these bulbs? Electrical tape required?

where to buy? =)

Everything will be plug n play. No tape needed.

We'll be offering these shortly. He was our tester to be sure everything fit and worked as normal.

how many LEDS per bulb?

I think when a company comes one with ones that are more of a 5000k or 4300k I'll get them. *hint hint*

When i put the LED flasher relay in my tC to prevent hyperflash it made it so when you hit the unlock on the clicker the lights wouldn't flash. Any problems like that here?

No not at all everything works as it should

The relay is a b**** to take out. Just a heads up! and don't forget to disconnect the battery before doing so!

Which color is everyone interested in? I was thinking of going with white at first. Maybe the switchbacks and amber is a maybe as well.

This is why I left the stock relay in its place, I unfortunately have a tendency to break those clips so used the open part in the back of the relay to run a ziptie through

fixed my write up and I apologize for what ever reason I was under the impression that the relay was only for the switchbacks. This relay is for any of the LED's and keeps your blinkers from hyperflashing

chris

Offer switchbacks I'll buy now

Is it a single relay for the group of turn signals or a relay for each pair of turn signals?

Also how hard is the install for the front switch backs?

What color temp can you get the switchbacks in? Is there anything remotely close to the OEM color range?

1 Relay for the whole group. you just replace the oem relay under the dash with the new one

sweet! thank you :burnrubber:

im sorry i forgot about the switchback install... are those plug and play on my fr-s as long as I have the right relay?

Ours are closer to the 6000k range. We only offer 1 color.

We decided to go with all white first. We'll push the switchbacks after that.

White will be in later this month.

Give me a month for the switchbacks.

Yes they plug right in.

subscribed for the switchback

Mid to late Jan. on those.

All white will be available Monday :happyanim:

I'm ready to buy the switchbacks as soon as you offer them!

Why replace the relay instead of just replacing the flasher?

(genuine question)

Been said. "Hyperflashing" aka the blinkers flash excessively fast do to lower resistance of L.e.d.s. so instead of the kinda ghetto way which is install resistors into your wiring, the relay does the same thing more elegantly and 100% plug n play.