BoostNjuce
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- Aug 8, 2021
- Location
- Hudson florida
- TDI
- 2002 Jetta tdi, 99 2500 ram 24v cummins, 04 XXXcursion 6.0 4x4.
Hi all : I have 02 Jetta TDI : just wanted to share info on sum led bulbs I just put in & discovered out sum stuff . I'll post pic of bulbs & burnt fuse ,etc . Anyways idk if these bulbs are to powerful or what as they r 16k lumen supposedly, anyways I wanted brighter lights , these had good reviews , bought em ,followed instructions to the T , hooked 1 light up ,CKD to see if that was working , was & car was not running !! hooked 2nd light up & it was not working , instructions say if that happens , to switch it to other light bulb socket & put other bulb to other socket, meaning reverse bulbs ! , I did , still no lights , checked all fuses in car , all good , so took out the leds , put stock halo bulb in , still no lights out of either hd light , so I looked for more info on other fuse locations , came across info where there is a fuse on top of battery , where all the wires go in under plastic cover etc etc . Pop the cover , & 1 fuse was melted , I did not smell anything at the time when I was doing headlights , so kinda weird , so took my other car , got fuse from auto parts store , showed em fuse , told em fuse blew putting in sum led hd lights in 02 Jetta , they said ur car did not come with LEDs & u shouldn't use them , lol.. I was thinking they might a been right as why did fuse blow ???? Then in my mind I was like **** these were supposed to work no problem , as ad for lights said no additional wiring , nothing else needed to make lights work in my car , I confirmed they fit & we're to work right in my car before I bought em...well leds r 16k lumen :O , maybe pulling to much juice .or need ballasts for them. Anyways got 2, 30 amp fuses , put new fuse in , hooked up 1 stock hd light bulb & it came on , hooked other stock hd light bulb in other side , came on . I Was like gr8 I have hd lights again , was thinking about sending LEDs bk to Amazon/supplier etc , but was like let me try this idea out . I put both LEDs in their sockets for hd lights , I cranked car up & let it run for about 5 seconds , hit the headlight switch & they both work, low beam, highbeam, drls !! I let car run n lights on for about 2 minutes that's all . We shall see how long they last . Don't forget to point bulbs at 3 & 9 per instructions , so ur lights shine where they r supposed to well I just wanted to share my experience & what I found out , so other people will not have same headache & save yall a couple $ ss & unneeded BS anyways lights seem very bright n good quality for $ paid , roughly $48 .. this is the 1st pair of LEDs I ever bought , so idk how other lights compare ,etc ... I can't figure out how to post the pics of the led lights or the burnt fuse & fuse box in motor compartment sorry . Here is the info on lights I bought though : TORCHBEAM 9007/HB5 16K lumen led lights .. can find on a m a z o n