(T) My lights :(

hi

i bought some after market lights from ebay they are great but i get a warning saying check day time running lights. these are little led's like the audi ones, apparently its due to a lower electrical resistance, my car thinks its a fault, is there any solution to this? they work for a few mins then go off every time

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DAYLINE-Headli...item5884070a3f

You need to put a resistor in the circuit for the car to not see there is a fault. Theres info on here about it, im not sure what size resistor etc. you would need.

haha yea well apparently its because one light is brighter than the other, but its on my car and looks the same each side, check other info online and all passes the certified ratings for the UK.

and cheers for giving me an idea of what to do, but would be great if you could help point me in the direction on such a resister, could i go to fiat to get them to change the settings?

thanks guys

Take them off if there for LHD. You might think the beam looks the same, but it isnt. They are designed for cars that drive on the opposite side of the road, therefore the dipped beam will point the OPPOSITE way. The ratings for the UK will be the RHD version

Fiat wont give you the numbers, you will have to find them for yourself. Maybe you should have done some research before buying?

according to the manaufacturer fiat can turn the setting off, so no warning light comes on, is this correct? eitherway im going to pop down to fiat and ask.

That isnt true. It still doesnt excuse the fact that you will be blinding motorists coming in the other direction. All very clever

Edit: If you had have looked, the answer is here

http://www.fiatforum.com/grande-punt...ght-bulbs.html

i did look found that a few mins ago, but i dont want to be doing soldering

Send them back then, and get some proper UK-legal lights.

If they can turn it off it wont do much, only stop the light on the dash coming on. The led will still go off after a few mins if you say that happens.

I tried the LEDs on my car but they just flashed really fast so took them out.

Just got a good set of side light and they work fine and look good.

cheers mate they probs would, but i am going to return these headlight, the amount of trouble they are causing not worth it, might go for angle eye 1's instead

I got perfect replacements for my GP and it still says it! pisses me off.

Gotta goto fiat to get "genuine" ones in for £10+vat

best option as you won't pass your MOT

Make sure they RHD beams though