Clear lights

[shunt]

My Dec 2005 didn't need any software. Fitted them myself all worked fine, no warnings etc. Aston were adamant it would need a software update.

[yeti]

Fair enough - I guess Chiltern were doing it because the factory had told them to do it - maybe it doesn't always require it, but this elimates the possibility of a warning..?

[yvr]

IIRC reflash is related to hazard flasher only. Won't be noticed until you flick the hazards on.

[tonyhall38]

well mine work ok....

[marceltay]

tonyhall38 said:

well mine work ok....

I'll swap you my red ones for the clears off yours

[drofnavi]

I have just recently bought a new meteorite silver V8V, I had a choice of red or clear rear lights, I went with red as I think they look better on the darker colours.

[marceltay]

drofnavi said:

I have just recently bought a new meteorite silver V8V, I had a choice of red or clear rear lights, I went with red as I think they look better on the darker colours.

I have to admit I actually like either reds or clears on the darker cars.

For my car it adds to the contrast of the Onyx paint, against the diamond turned SDP wheels, tail pipes and bright grill.

Edited by marceltay on Thursday 4th October 19:22

[V8softtop]

tonyhall38 said:

you have mail

Tony should you have a set that you wish to part with, I'd also have an interest in them

[Neil1300R]

drofnavi said:

I have just recently bought a new meteorite silver V8V, I had a choice of red or clear rear lights, I went with red as I think they look better on the darker colours.

Clears look better with Meteorite

[KarlFranz]

yeti said:

Ah I see - yes you're right, pretty sure all are LEDs - however, the reflash is to tell the car not to display a 'bulb-out' warning when switching. Bulbs or not!

Actually, it's the opposite. The re-flash was necessary because the "bulb-out" warning would not display in the event the bulb was really out. This created a liability in the event you were unaware your lights were out and you got rear-ended because the person following you could not see you were braking.

Apparently, the problem only surfaced when original DBS clears were installed on older DB9s. Newer clear taillights were apparently redesigned so a re-flash is no longer needed even on older cars—this according to my dealer's service manager.

[marceltay]

KarlFranz said:

Actually, it's the opposite. The re-flash was necessary because the "bulb-out" warning would not display in the event the bulb was really out. This created a liability in the event you were unaware your lights were out and you got rear-ended because the person following you could not see you were braking.

Apparently, the problem only surfaced when original DBS clears were installed on older DB9s. Newer clear taillights were apparently redesigned so a re-flash is no longer needed even on older cars—this according to my dealer's service manager.

So my Friday night project saw the replacement of my red lenses with a pair of clears. Job wasn't too difficult, most of the time was taken lining them up and swapping over the painted inserts. They really do look great on my Onyx DB9 Coupe, not that the reds looked bad just different..

I can confirm that they worked without any re-flashing. No warnings or out of sync hazard flashing, etc...

[yeti]

KarlFranz said:

Actually, it's the opposite. The re-flash was necessary because the "bulb-out" warning would not display in the event the bulb was really out. This created a liability in the event you were unaware your lights were out and you got rear-ended because the person following you could not see you were braking.

Apparently, the problem only surfaced when original DBS clears were installed on older DB9s. Newer clear taillights were apparently redesigned so a re-flash is no longer needed even on older cars—this according to my dealer's service manager.

Was exeplained to me differently but happy to be corrected, as always