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Originally Posted by Karter18
Are there any electrical modifications required? Not being an electrical engineer I am not sure if something needs to be done if the load is different on the system?
I put led dash lights in that work great but the dimmer does not really work too well?
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Understood with the dimmer issue. The old style dimmer is a variable resistor meant to lower the voltage/current in the dash bulbs. LEDs are much much less of an electrical load and likely don't dim at all with the dimmer.
These brake lights won't cause any issues with the electrical system. The brake light circuit is just the brake light and a switch on the brake pedal between battery and ground.
I've tried to make these so nothing changes in the vehicle and one can go back to the bulb in a couple of minutes. There are a couple of 914 concours guys who run these when on the road then switch back to bulbs for shows for originality.
To install the LED board, simply remove the lens and the bulb and plug in the bulb base with pigtail. I've even put a small handle on the base to make it easy to install. Electrically that's it. The handle is a piece of old circuit board from work so I can say "includes recycled material"
To secure the boards, I've come up with these plastic clips which will wedge against the top and bottom of the housing when tightened up. I'll even include the allen wrench to tighten the screws.
