Raid LED taillights

[beanitos]

Hi Guys,

I noticed that a couple of you have bought these, and after searching the forums I see that you've had some problems with voltage bleed into the centre brake light.

I'm interested in buying some so i contacted raid and asked them if they were aware of any faults, this was their response:

"I am aware that one customer had this problem, but not with our units. I also know that this model number has been updated and replaced with a new variant. We have sold some of these units without any come backs from our customers. All units come with 12 months warranty as well"

So my question(s)......has anyone bought some of these recently? And are they still prone to the same problem?

Cheers,
Dean

 

[ArosaRacer]

i know that if you use diodes that stops it J@mes did the mod to his

 

[stpete]

Not Diodes, resistors!!! Leds use less current and have lower resistance than filament lamps this means either lamp out warning on dash or high level brake light glows all the time! use two wirewound resistors to fix! ask James I tried to help him but glowing high level confused me and work issues stop any free time etc! J@mes will have details but try a search first!

 

[beanitos]

Cool thanks,

i just wondered if they had modified the units to include this resistor. My electrical skills aren't up to much so i probably wouldn't be able to make the changes without blowing something else up!!

I may just have to shell out and buy some and try to follow james' instructions

Cheers

 

[J@mes]

yep use resistors to fix the problem! (easy to do!)

do a search and all will be revealed m8!



as for raid saying they made a new unit to fix this issue...


well thats annoying!


i had a few arguments with them about this and they said because i admitted i had fitted them myself and not a trained electrician they didn't know if the problem was with fitting or the lights!!! oh and also that no one else had complained of the same problem!

so i got dantheman to complain about the same problem (which he had!) and they lied to him saying he was the first person with this problem!


in the end they offered me a refund but i knew there was a simple solution and luckily with stpete's help i found it and im happy with it!

a friend of mine who originally said a resistor should sort the problem said he was surprised they didn't build a resistor into the circuit board, which is prob what they have now done!

 

[DamoR]

Doubt dan was first person otherwise they probably wouldn't have known to upgrade their design with resistors built in! Bet your furious you had to do it yourself! At least you can say you worked it out before the designer! I'm going to have to get some now!! I have no excuses now Raid have done the work for me

 

[J@mes]

Doubt dan was first person otherwise they probably wouldn't have known to upgrade their design with resistors built in! Bet your furious you had to do it yourself! At least you can say you worked it out before the designer! I'm going to have to get some now!! I have no excuses now Raid have done the work for me

Dan and I were the first two to get a set in the UK according to raid!!!!

we waited about 4 months for them, almost gave up after god knows how many phones calls etc etc

 

[DamoR]

and now everybody's copied you

But they do look great on! I remember waiting ages for some honda civic type-r ones from ultra! I waited that long I cancelled in the end and rewired the facelift ones onto my 03 plate CTR. Maybe that's why I'm scared to play with resistors I remember blowing a fuse

 

[Dodson]

Doubt dan was first person otherwise they probably wouldn't have known to upgrade their design with resistors built in! Bet your furious you had to do it yourself! At least you can say you worked it out before the designer! I'm going to have to get some now!! I have no excuses now Raid have done the work for me

RAID probably got the how 2 guide off James

 

[LiCkWiD]

Hehe. Why not make lighting units to your own designs full-time? Could cut us SCN people a deal on unique lighting

 

[J@mes]

and now everybody's copied you

But they do look great on! I remember waiting ages for some honda civic type-r ones from ultra! I waited that long I cancelled in the end and rewired the facelift ones onto my 03 plate CTR. Maybe that's why I'm scared to play with resistors I remember blowing a fuse

to be honest not really!

not many ppl at all have them, more ppl outside the UK have them i would say than over here in the UK! (im guessing tho lol)


as for blowing fuses, dont worry lol!

 

[J@mes]

RAID probably got the how 2 guide off James

I owe a lot to stpete... it was him (or his mate?!) who worked out what size resistors were needed.


and as for using a guide from me... did you see the wiring diagram i quickly made up in paint on how to wire up the diode?!


EDIT: quick laugh... the diode attempt

and how to do it!...

drivers side...

 

[Dodson]

EDIT: quick laugh... the diode attempt

and how to do it!...

drivers side...

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Hey thats the exact drawing that Raid sent out to me as a wiring diagram.....

 

[J@mes]

Hey thats the exact drawing that Raid sent out to me as a wiring diagram.....

 

[beanitos]

Thaks Guys,

I'm going to get some in the next few weeks (after I get a service sorted), i'll keep you posted with how I get on.

 

[danthemanwhocan]

Yeah James and myself were the first according to them. We waited bl**dy ages!!

I sent them an email recently asking about the lights and this is what some guy said back (i wrote about teh glowing brake light and flashing diagnostics and whether these issues on the lights had been fixed). His english is great btw...

Hi Dan,
We cannot completely say that these LED lights will work 100% OK, LED lights across the country have all had problems with LED lights and once our range has been deplited we will no longer be seller any LED lights, if you have solved this problem then its a worthy buy. However saying this the problem may have been sold. No one has come back to us regarding the problem you had.

Best Regards
Sachin Vara.

So what he's going on about i have no idea. I'm 110% sure every set they've sold has had the same problems, its just that either some people don't know their light is glowing or whatever. Its gash that this is the case.

 

[slick]

Thats a great customer service that.... well thought your engineering.... lol

Least it fixable with about £10 and 10mins of your time...

 

[beanitos]

It seams bizzare that an item can get "e mark" accreditation when its clearly not up to scratch!

 

[stpete]

Sorry to put you right J@mes but I didnt help that much, got bogged down at work and had to sit and watch while you figured it out! Cant take credit where its not due!!!!

 

[stpete]

E mark just means it wont kill you!!! LOL!!! Bit like iso 9001 etc you can make plastic dog poo to iso 9001/2!!!