RalfTech
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Hello everyone,
I'm new to this forum and I'm glad to meet all of you.
I know that this thread is long but please read it regardless as it will save you potentially so much time and future issues with your RGBW or RGBWA kits from Diode Dynamics. I had to remove my front bumper 5+ times to diagnose these issues.
First of all, I'd like to mention that the Diode Dynamics Kit comes with a wiring guide that isn't accurate. The kit that I bought from DD was an RGBWA kit and the wiring color code was wrong for the drivers side in the guide. Do not connect drivers side yellow turn signal wire to the Lime Green/Orange wire! Instead, connect it to Lime Green & Blue wire. Secondly, the t-clamps should be thrown out and never touched. I can't emphasize this enough but please do not use the t-clamps that the kit comes with!
You may ask why? Well since I have the RGBWA kit and as I'm writing this thread my turn signals went out after I hit a bump on the way to Starbucks and I bet you they will turn back on once I hit another bump. I twisted my wires together on the left side and the turn signal works perfectly. I'll head back home and redo all the wiring for the right side. (Tip: if your turn signal sound has changed something is wrong with your turn signal wiring if you have the RGBWA kit) <- DD should add that in their guide!
Funny fact, both of my DRL lights would have gone out temporarily if I had used t-clamps for ground on each driver.
Attach your ground wires to the bottom bracket screw underneath your light. That screw is what holds your light in place and works perfectly for ground! So just strip the tip/cut end of the black ground wire and remove the screw and place the wire there and just tighten the screw and done! You now have perfect grounding! You might touch the bolt and nothing will happen. Just try again because it actually works!
P.s Wish I got paid for all the time wasted in labor due to DD bad guides and terrible testing before release of their product. At least, they are the only ones from what I know that make quality DRL boards for Mustangs. Everything else is just unacceptable in that kit and not worth $200+
In total I wasted $692 in labor costs not to mention the kit.
If you read this you could install your lights in 1 day if you're a beginner. Don't use YouTube as you won't find many tutorials on wiring. Just be creative! Like I did with grounding + don't use anything that comes with DD kit not even the guide except the boards and drivers and controllers.
Headlight Sealant Used: Morimoto Retrofit
Kit: Diode Dynamics RGBWA (for amber turn signals!)
Cheers!
Hope I have helped some of you View attachment 358743
I'm new to this forum and I'm glad to meet all of you.
I know that this thread is long but please read it regardless as it will save you potentially so much time and future issues with your RGBW or RGBWA kits from Diode Dynamics. I had to remove my front bumper 5+ times to diagnose these issues.
First of all, I'd like to mention that the Diode Dynamics Kit comes with a wiring guide that isn't accurate. The kit that I bought from DD was an RGBWA kit and the wiring color code was wrong for the drivers side in the guide. Do not connect drivers side yellow turn signal wire to the Lime Green/Orange wire! Instead, connect it to Lime Green & Blue wire. Secondly, the t-clamps should be thrown out and never touched. I can't emphasize this enough but please do not use the t-clamps that the kit comes with!
You may ask why? Well since I have the RGBWA kit and as I'm writing this thread my turn signals went out after I hit a bump on the way to Starbucks and I bet you they will turn back on once I hit another bump. I twisted my wires together on the left side and the turn signal works perfectly. I'll head back home and redo all the wiring for the right side. (Tip: if your turn signal sound has changed something is wrong with your turn signal wiring if you have the RGBWA kit) <- DD should add that in their guide!
Funny fact, both of my DRL lights would have gone out temporarily if I had used t-clamps for ground on each driver.
Attach your ground wires to the bottom bracket screw underneath your light. That screw is what holds your light in place and works perfectly for ground! So just strip the tip/cut end of the black ground wire and remove the screw and place the wire there and just tighten the screw and done! You now have perfect grounding! You might touch the bolt and nothing will happen. Just try again because it actually works!
P.s Wish I got paid for all the time wasted in labor due to DD bad guides and terrible testing before release of their product. At least, they are the only ones from what I know that make quality DRL boards for Mustangs. Everything else is just unacceptable in that kit and not worth $200+
In total I wasted $692 in labor costs not to mention the kit.
If you read this you could install your lights in 1 day if you're a beginner. Don't use YouTube as you won't find many tutorials on wiring. Just be creative! Like I did with grounding + don't use anything that comes with DD kit not even the guide except the boards and drivers and controllers.
Headlight Sealant Used: Morimoto Retrofit
Kit: Diode Dynamics RGBWA (for amber turn signals!)
Cheers!
Hope I have helped some of you View attachment 358743
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