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Old Mar 28, 2015 | 03:58 PM
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I just noticed the other day while parked in front of some glass that my front parking lamps light up when I step on the brake. They only light up at about 50% but light up nonetheless.

I'm wondering if this has anything to do with my LED bulbs and having resistors in the back but not the front? Thoughts?
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Old Mar 28, 2015 | 04:06 PM
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Sounds like you have a bad ground some where, the fronts are being lit because something in the circuit can't find a good ground so it's grounding thru the front elements.
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Old Mar 28, 2015 | 04:39 PM
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I'm betting it's a voltage issue with the LED's, those kinds of things happen a lot with motorcycles if you swap LED's without right restistance
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Old Mar 28, 2015 | 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by BIG BLACK PREDATOR
I just noticed the other day while parked in front of some glass that my front parking lamps light up when I step on the brake. They only light up at about 50% but light up nonetheless.

I'm wondering if this has anything to do with my LED bulbs and having resistors in the back but not the front? Thoughts?
I bet you installed the resistor wrong, and your brake lights are feeding the ambers
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Old Mar 28, 2015 | 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by kidastra
I bet you installed the resistor wrong, and your brake lights are feeding the ambers
I was just about to say that
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