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Hanabi LED tail lights

PostPosted: Wed Nov 05, 2014 4:09 pm
by THERB3
It's a sad day today as I have experience my first LED failure in one of my Hanabi tail lights.
The single LED light is blown right in the middle and not really noticeable, but it caught my attention after a long look at in early in the morning.

My question is can it be repaired or has anyone attempted this operation ?

Re: Hanabi LED tail lights

PostPosted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 7:05 am
by bigBADbenny
I found a Japanese blog post how-to... Basically you'll have to shallow cut a small section into the back cover of the tail light and cut or desolder the non working led to replace it, then reseal the rear cover... I have a dremel if you need help :)

Re: Hanabi LED tail lights

PostPosted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 7:29 am
by THERB3
It sounds like an operation. Lol

Re: Hanabi LED tail lights

PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2014 8:57 pm
by gradg
THERB3 wrote:It sounds like an operation. Lol


It sounds cheaper than a new pair of Hanabis :D

Re: Hanabi LED tail lights

PostPosted: Sun Jul 05, 2015 6:28 pm
by amprok
bigBADbenny wrote:I found a Japanese blog post how-to... Basically you'll have to shallow cut a small section into the back cover of the tail light and cut or desolder the non working led to replace it, then reseal the rear cover... I have a dremel if you need help :)


in know this was ages ago but any chance you have a link to that??

Re: Hanabi LED tail lights

PostPosted: Sun Jul 05, 2015 10:41 pm
by bigBADbenny
Just translate your search query into Japanese and google that.
Eg "legacy led tail lamp repair fix"
Reverse translation search using Google Translate:
https://translate.google.com.au/?hl=en# ... t%20repair

Use the search terms in google.
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=%E3% ... ent=safari

I did that, remembered the site it was on, minkara, and did a site search on that:
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=site ... +bl+hanabi

Note I was able to use English keywords here.
Always click image search to cut to the chase :)

One of the links is this Russian one:
https://www.drive2.ru/l/6166849/?page=0

Translated:
https://translate.googleusercontent.com ... GX1NEeJKrw

At the end of the DIY there's a few reference links including the one I may have been referring to :)