Upgrade Fiat/Abarth 500 Rear Lights (Facelift style) - INSTALL

Today the abarth gets a huge upgrade with custom made (facelift style) LED rear lights. Link to them here:
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[@garyg3617]

What a difference! Great improvement.

[@DrivenMadShow]

We are working our way to the front ... for added excitement .. well for us 😂

[@GTI5414]

Great upgrade. But am i only one who like the old one classic more ? Retro 👍🏻😂

[@DrivenMadShow]

Not just you - the old are back on (the Fabio Fabio sourced new ones were cheap knock of tat as well )

[@markp3717]

Looks fab, a great improvement. As you pointed out Jon, the high level brake light definitely needs a tint now!

[@DrivenMadShow]

Positive is they are much larger / more noticeable than before - our Tcross annoys me as the indicators and brake light areas are so small, think they are dangerous - I followed Mrs M in it the other day , bit of sun and the brake light disappears - these are way better and at night are awesome - fronts yet to be done, not sure on his nibs choice myself, lets see when on.

[@khangarkarrar7800]

Looks great!😎

[@DrivenMadShow]

Ah - I had an email saying you commented on another video, but it did not show, so I could not reply (don't want you to think we were ignoring you :) no clue how or why, it happens a fair bit, we have no filters set, we have no issue with someone telling us we are ... select rude word of choice ...🤣 we have a pile of L200 parts, but one injury or another, both of us have knackered ourselves, so very slow at the mo (just easy stuff )

[@joewilson9962]

Wonderful upgrade!

[@DrivenMadShow]

Was till it failed the IMT test, the smoke wore off and they stopped working :( - dont buy from Fabio on facebook is my best advice

[@jonathanrpu]

Good job!

[@DrivenMadShow]

We are itching to get the front done, its in getting its respray at the mo, dreading the %$%£@ job they will probably do :(

[@stefanobio7045]

Hi Jon and Nath, The 2 new rear light clusters are a marked improvement, the small rectangular white coloured fitting is not a relay its a resistor. The old style bulbs will have a higher amperage than the modern LED version that you have just installed. The vehicle ECU would detect that difference in amps and cause the orange triangle to illuminate permanently on the dash warning of a light bulb failure. The resistor installed in the rear lights decreases the flow of electric current in the circuit equlivent to that of the original bulb, which prevents the warning triangle on the dash illuminating. If you measured the current and volts at the bulb, and also on the new light fitting then you could mathematically subtract one value from the other, then using Ohms law you could then calculate the resistance value and install the resistor in the circuit, its most definately not above your pay grades lol....... Best regards to you both Take care, Stefano (UK)

[@DrivenMadShow]

😂 so far above our grade, the positive is the extra "brightness" there is more lit surface area and the LED is a crisper light, so our safety concerns are cleared

[@stefanobio7045]

@@DrivenMadShow Hi Jon..... Thats good news about the rear lights, im looking forward to watching the next installment..... Best regards to you and Nath, Stefano

[@pbogaarts]

Thanks for the nice video; how did you solve the white reverse light? And what about the reflectors that the car need by law?

[@DrivenMadShow]

Reverse is fine, tink has no effect of the brightness - better then the old lights if truth be told - reflectors, mmmm

[@tamaskiss1997]

Great job! One question: is it legal in the EU? I mean the old style rear lights had reflectors and these don't, the series 4 bumper has reflectors, so my thinking is that to be road legal you would need to change the rear bumper as well.

[@DrivenMadShow]

You are spot on - the lights are OK as OEM, here in Portugal they are very hot all these things, we have a but, ours is an import, so they let things slide - but our test is due soon, so lete see !

[@szepy74]

Hi, great. I have the same car and did the same upgrade. Do you have solution for the missing reflectors?

[@DrivenMadShow]

Sadly we are swapping ours out - the fronts have delaminated and the rears failed the test here - others (paid for) never arrived ( tip do not buy from Fabio Abarth in Italy !!)

[@dave70249]

I have this coversion on my wifes car. What did you do for rear fog light ? Thx

[@DrivenMadShow]

These are OEM lights, just converted to make our old Abarth run LED, so all lights are here as before, we just did not do a very good job and show it, sorry :( ...... (the dark tint is stock on the 500x (sport I think) and some other models)

[@markstarcheus1831]

Hello , I have an abarth 500 euro model(2013), Will stock fiat 500 gen4 tail-lights will fit my car without any US kits or others?

[@DrivenMadShow]

As they have LED parts, they need a resistor or you will have a blown bulb waning all the time - you can purchase them already modified, but ours came from Fabio Fabio Abarth on facebook, he supplied rubbish, so best avoided.

[@alanlawton5644]

Would these work fine on a normal 2010 model?

[@DrivenMadShow]

Yes - the chap we got ours from askes you the year etc and makes to order, so it's just plug them in :) - he modifies OEM lights to fit the none LED 500" or Abarths

[@niegepeinsd]

What about the rear fog light?

[@DrivenMadShow]

It is all OEM, so fog & reverse all present and correct ..they are standard 500 current model lights 👍 just tinkered to fit the previous model (the 500x sport has the tinted jobbys from factory)

[@ADEM_JASHARI_UCK]

Hello, where can you order the rear lights?

[@DrivenMadShow]

fabio abarth on facebook (only place he is on)

[@stevegaudreau67]

No back up illuminating light?

[@DrivenMadShow]

There is one, forgot to show it - whoops

[@TheSkywolf13]

Did anyone know if that fit in Fiat 500 abarth 2015 ??

[@DrivenMadShow]

Yes 👍 should be no issue, confirm your vehicle details and no problems

[@user-qe6sv2pl6x]

hi, where you got this rear lights?

[@DrivenMadShow]

We bought from a chap called Fabio Fabio on Facebook, the rears were not professionally smoked, he just sprayed with a can, it came off - the running lights we paid for did not work, he just ignored us - the fronts leaked, so the carbon wrap came off and the lights failed, so our advice is buy from the likes of Abarth Tuning, not an Italian crook on facebook 😭

[@BigBoyBanno]

Do you know if Fabio ships to the uk

[@DrivenMadShow]

I would say 99.99 % he will (good old brexit tax to pay will hurt :( give him a message on facebook, he is very fast to reply ( for an Italian 🤣 ) unless he is munching a Pizza !!

[@allanjohnston5384]

How much did you pay if you don’t mind me asking..

[@DrivenMadShow]

@@allanjohnston5384 we did all the lights as a job lot, 1600 euros - I am sure the fronts were 900 on their own, then the running lights were a fair bit, the rears were the cheapest, about 350 - 400 ish as a guestimate - not cheap stuff !

[@raqueljcosta]

😍

[@Kevin-zb6rg]

What's the price for it!? Thanks

[@DrivenMadShow]

Too much, spray just disappeared, were sold as smoked material, cleaver, Fabio Fabio just sprayed them with a can of tint - rip off

[@martinhosch521]

Ahoj, koľko stali tie svetla?

[@DrivenMadShow]

We paid 1600 for rears, front daytime & headlights - daytime faulty, still waiting for replacements ( 3 months ) headlights; the film is coming off and rears; the smoke finish is disappearing - keep you money and find from someone else !

[@FhVW]

They don't look LED's to me, they have the dimming of regular bulbs?

[@DrivenMadShow]

The resistors and conversion for none trigger bulb failure in our year Abarth must be fake then 😂 0.58 perhaps listen ?

[@FhVW]

I mean, LED lights go on and off pretty quickly. incandescant bulbs are slower because they glow. These lights always have looked like regular bulbs to me and not LED. @@DrivenMadShow I don't have an abarth, I have a Twinair S&S

[@ajmufc2415]

I just bought a black abarth 2015 only to realise it’s not a lci model a few days after. I wanted to get the rear lights changed but do I need to change the bumper or do I just need a 4 pin connector?

[@DrivenMadShow]

Need the resistor to stop the car thinking the bulb has gone and a conversion cable - our lights cme with them.

[@erickssonfonseca3072]

Where can I buy a Fiat 500x?

[@DrivenMadShow]

If its lights for - try a search on Facebook - Fabio Abarth is there and others.

[@mikees60]

Ooooooh Jono with rubber gloves and a mopping up cloth. Filth.

[@DrivenMadShow]

I have some new orange ones, ribbed for your pleasure .....

[@stacyg5413]

That music at the end is the Shit!!! Luv it!!!!!!

[@DrivenMadShow]

We agree! Thanks for the comment 👍