I purchased a 1156 superwhite LED bulb in hopes to get rid of the last ounce of yellowish light... but all is not well

now... here's the issue

the LED lights up when i tested it in my mom's audi's rear fogs... the incandescent reverese works on my car, so if the LED works, and the incandescent works in the socket... all should light up when i put the LED bulb in, but it doesn't light up

anybody want to chime in and answer why?

 

The polarity of the socket is backwards. LEDs, unlike incandescent bulbs are polarity sensitive unless curcuitry is added to change this. The solution here is to swap the wires going to the socket.

 

is it polarized? sometimes LEDs are and the wires have to be reversed. I have heard on the 02-04 something about unsoldering the bulbs ot the mounts or something.

 

The connector comes apart and you can swap the wires without any cutting. I described how to do it here: https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...35#post1201935

Which LED bulb did you get? Don't be surprised if the brightness is disappointing.

 

Sorry, I didn't see that the answer had slipped in while I was typing, sorry to be duplicative.

YD

 

thanks! im going to try this again tomorrow

i am not for brightness... dont usually need it as i live in the city and usually have sufficient lighting behind me