300TDI Rear Bumper indicators to be removed.

[hrox]

Hey all. i have just had the holder for my passenger rear bumper light (indicator) its rusted right through the contacts so i have fully removed it. thing is this no so bad as i would like to fully remove the lights inc the stop and brake lights.. thing is. since i removed the indicator light the flasher unit has like trippled in the speed the lights flash at. i removed the connect from the drivers side (works perfect) and the indicator flasher went mad on that side to. reconnected the holder with the bulb and its back to normal. This kinda going to casue other issues and i was wondering if anyone knows of a way i can remove the lights and the flasher unit work at the normal speed. Hazzards work correctly with the one indicator removed and i have moved the working bulb holder over to the defective side and that then started flashing at the correct speed so i know the flasher units work fine. all this just to remove the dam lights!


I welcome any help as its driving me crackers! And before anyone asks i got plans for the light units after the bulbs have been removed.


Jamie

[ben_haynes]

i think you can join the wires to give the link or just leave the bulbs and holders tucked away some where

[lurch_917]

yes ben you are right on the joining the wires as the rapid blinking is caused when you have break in the circket like when you have a bulb blown know compleating the bridge by joining the wires makes it think the boulb is still there

[LiftedDisco]

Sorry Ben, you are sooooo wrong on this occasion as the relay for a 300 is expecting to operate 3 x 21w bulbs and 1 x 5w (being the wing repeater) per side... if you wire the missing bulb holder together, you will blow the fuse...   :doh:

I have a similar issue and hope that someone might add wisdom to my plight...

I have removed the original 300 rear bumper (and lights) and have fitted a heavy duty bumper which has some pretty (?) LED indicators and lights - these do not give correct resistance and therefore the indicators flash way too fast...

So - options...

Do I measure the resistance and then install a suitable ballast resistor each side to 'trick' the relay into thinking that it is firing the correct wattage of bulbs?

Would a 200 relay fit as a straight swap (logic being that this was originally intended to work with 2 x 21w and 1 x 5w per side) or are the fittings and connectors totally different?

Or... should I find a suitable standard light fitting that will surface mount to the HD bumper (and, no doubt, suffer terminal destruction every time I venture out....)

Wot u fink everyone???

Many thanks

[Lyndsey731]

Gents

Had the same issue with mine, just buy a suitably rated flasher unit from your local Landy spares shop or main dealer, tell them what your running and they'll give you the correct unit, straight swop and a couple of quid.

 :D

Gav

[LiftedDisco]

Cheers Gav - muchly appreciated!

Rob