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2 x Cree LED 18w reversing light upgrade

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2 x Cree LED 18w reversing light upgrade

Post by R7VOX » Tue Mar 19, 2013 3:20 pm

Hi!

A relatively easy upgrade as I found the OEM 382 bulb pretty poor in illuminating the way when propelling back.

I found this (screenshot) on ebay for about £18 from the car-mod-shop-ltd :-

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Installing was a doddle...... Took 3 minutes.

Remove the cover

Source the bulb location

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Here is the comparison between bulbs

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As with all LEDs they are polarity dependant
Re-fitting is just the reverse

Here is the finished article, really makes a difference in the night time on an unlit road when propelling back.

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Re: 2 x Cree LED 18w reversing light upgrade

Post by scorcher » Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:14 pm

Oooh, nice - no bulb out errors?
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Re: 2 x Cree LED 18w reversing light upgrade

Post by AlanJ » Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:07 pm

Tried finding these on E Bay without luck - can you post a link please :thumbsup:
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Post by sp3ctre » Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:11 pm

AlanJ wrote:Tried finding these on E Bay without luck - can you post a link please :thumbsup:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1156-382-16W- ... 4609c9e18d
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Re: 2 x Cree LED 18w reversing light upgrade

Post by R7VOX » Tue Mar 19, 2013 8:52 pm

AlanJ wrote:Tried finding these on E Bay without luck - can you post a link please :thumbsup:
Apologies for not posting a direct link, being a newbie, I wasn't sure if direct links were allowed. No canbus errors at all either.

I have uploaded a couple of pictures to show how effective they are at night time. Sorry for poor quality pics, the Iphone has a mediocre camera.

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Re: 2 x Cree LED 18w reversing light upgrade

Post by andysat » Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:11 pm

Great mod and write up! :thumbsup:
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Re: 2 x Cree LED 18w reversing light upgrade

Post by powerontap » Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:17 pm

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2013-Newest-30W ... 337f5a952a

Getting these 30W instead, including a set of 30W H11 front fogs at the same time.
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Re: 2 x Cree LED 18w reversing light upgrade

Post by R7VOX » Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:52 pm

powerontap wrote:http://www.ebay.com/itm/2013-Newest-30W ... 337f5a952a

Getting these 30W instead, including a set of 30W H11 front fogs at the same time.
They look superb! Have you got one fitted to show comparison? Also interested in the foglights. I installed cree HID main beams which came up with the bulb error even though they were supposed to be canbus, but I think the ones you found are a better match. You must keep me informed if you do have them / get them.

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Post by powerontap » Wed Mar 20, 2013 12:13 am

I just ordered them, so I'll try and post a pic at night sometime in April.
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Re: 2 x Cree LED 18w reversing light upgrade

Post by markeg » Sat Jun 08, 2013 11:26 am

Just did a similar upgrade, but for fogs - bear with me, it is related :)

Bought a couple of these cree LEDs- long term plan is to have two fogs and two reversing, but am only fitting one for the moment. A couple of weekends ago I changed the rear lights two have two clear spots (the unbalanced rears were bugging me)

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The rear fog works a treat - cant really see it from this crappy iphone picture, but it is nice and red

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However, was getting a canbus error when using the rear fogs. So, I purchased a 50W 6 ohm resistor (actually purchased a few, for the project I previously mentioned) from here : Note that they come in pairs.

After a bit of soldering to fit the resistor in parallel, and use of self-sealing electrical tape, the bulb holder now looks like this (kept the wires long so I could mount the resistor elsewhere if heating became an issue)

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Refitted, and tried out. Bingo, no Canbus issue. I have tried the fogs on for 20 minutes and there is no discernable heating up either.
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Re: 2 x Cree LED 18w reversing light upgrade

Post by R7VOX » Sat Jun 08, 2013 12:04 pm

Excellent work! I feel another upgrade coming on! I have replaced all my turn indicators with LED and they give a nice clean snappy flash.

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