Led swap problem

[epicthread]

Today I swapped in LEDs in my instrument cluster and now they aren't very bright, in fact they aren't any brighter than what the lowest dim setting would be with regular bulbs. What could be the problem? Abs and check engine light up nice and bright but everything else is very dim.

 

[Grey_04]

Not sure but someone correct me if I'm wrong but i'd try turning the bulbs around in the socket I be leave that led's have a positive and a negative feed and if they are backwards may cause the bulbs to be dim?

 

[The1SammyD]

they will work one way and not the other. what leds did you go with? and this is a dumb question but is your dimmer down?

 

[epicthread]

I used LEDs from amazon which had 5 star reviews and I just put them in there without looking which way they went. Is there a specific way to put the LEDs in the socket? And the dimmer switch is all the way up.

 

[Grey_04]

take the bulbs out and turn them 180* put them back in and i bet they will brighten right up for ya. and also check that dimmer switch it might be turned down on ya.