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Old 12-15-2011, 08:55 PM
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Here's some shots of the front ROTtec LEDs, installed:
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Old 12-15-2011, 09:33 PM
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Is it me, or is your passenger LED DRL fog not working? 2nd and 3rd pix.
Old 12-15-2011, 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by 808c2s
Is it me, or is your passenger LED DRL fog not working? 2nd and 3rd pix.
It's the angle. These things (all LEDs) are highly directional. If you are off to the side a bit you will not see them, particularly at dusk.

Here's a shot from more of the front...
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Old 12-16-2011, 12:23 AM
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Looks great Dan!
Old 12-16-2011, 12:28 AM
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Oh, I see. Nice set up. Have you ran into any "error messages" for the lights yet. It appears about 6 people on the other forums have been getting error messages with their DRL.

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It's the angle. These things (all LEDs) are highly directional. If you are off to the side a bit you will not see them, particularly at dusk.

Here's a shot from more of the front...
Old 12-16-2011, 01:32 AM
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No error messages on the ROTtec fronts (nor on their rears). I think that company is good about sorting out these units before they ship to customers. They go through a rigorous prototyping program.
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As rigorous as their protocol is, unfortunately a handful of people are having problems. That is not to say that the company did not do their due diligence. It could very well may have been a bad batch of DRLs. It's just unfortunate that's all. Glad your DRLs are performing well.

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No error messages on the ROTtec fronts (nor on their rears). I think that company is good about sorting out these units before they ship to customers. They go through a rigorous prototyping program.
Old 12-16-2011, 03:48 AM
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Perhaps it has something to do with the DRL function. I don't use them that way. Merely as running lights, fogs, and turn signals.

I believe Dectane offers some electronic module that will have these lights function as DRLs.
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Hmmm, ironically, the Dectane Module guys with Rottec's LED front lights are not having problems yet. It's the handful of guys that are just using them like us that are having issues. Like you, I have been without issues thus far. Will be hooking up the Dectane Module for true DRL functionality soon.

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Perhaps it has something to do with the DRL function. I don't use them that way. Merely as running lights, fogs, and turn signals.

I believe Dectane offers some electronic module that will have these lights function as DRLs.
Old 12-16-2011, 09:03 AM
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On 6Speed, people are having issues all over the place with these from RotTec. Makes me worried about installing mine which i hope to do today or tomorrow.
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Will keep an eye on how things go. What are the issues they are running into on 6Speed?
Old 12-16-2011, 01:06 PM
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Nice pics Edgy! I installed mine a couple days ago but haven't turned them on yet. Trying it this afternoon
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People are having error messages saying to check front passinger lights randomly. Not everyone ,just some.

My shot in the dark on whats happening is the two prongs on the white socket are not seated properly
thus causing errors once in a while. I may be wrong here but it's beginning to appear that way.

Looking at the two prongs on the white plug ~ it seems very probable. To me can only be two things a resistor issue or connection issue. Since most are not having the issue and just a handful of people are, I would be left to beleave it's a connection issue.

Then again its just a shot in the dark, I could be wrong. Maybe its just a bad batch. Time will tell.
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EDGY01 ~ your car looks amazing btw. Nice pics.
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Originally Posted by Edgy01
Will keep an eye on how things go. What are the issues they are running into on 6Speed?
I've read numerous reports of dash errors, odd lighting behaivor, condensation, difficulty getting new lights out, non working LED's, etc.

Have a look at this post:
http://www.6speedonline.com/forums/9...rl-leds-2.html

Issues start on the bottom of page 2.

There are other posts of people with issues as well. I'm nervous now. Ugh!


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