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Any recommendations on LED sidelights
- Thread starter Sky-drive
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OSRAM Premium or Philips. 4000K and they look a little yellow in comparison to Xenons, 6000K and a little whiter.
You will need load resistors or the bulb checks turning off for these. I would recommend the latter.
You will need load resistors or the bulb checks turning off for these. I would recommend the latter.
Scooba_Steve said:OSRAM Premium or Philips. 4000K and they look a little yellow in comparison to Xenons, 6000K and a little whiter.
You will need load resistors or the bulb checks turning off for these. I would recommend the latter.
cheers Steve, going to see if I can code out the sidelight bulb checks with Carly tomorrow - have you got a link to the correct leds? I only ask as it can be a bit hit and miss as to what can fit into the bulb holder.
W5W should fit all variants, you need to turn off the hot, cold and cc bulb checks. I've not got any idea with Carly so can't help there.
There's no need for anything fancy when it comes to sidelights, as Scooba_Steve says above you just need a W5W fitting. Something like these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2x-BRIGHT...864186?hash=item237b80587a:g:g7EAAOSw2xRYeJFx would probably get the effect you're after for next to nothing without needing resistors or any adjustments.
I went through a bit of an LED obsessive phase and through trial and error I replaced every bulb inside and out with the brightest and whitest bulb for each available fitting without causing any bulb errors. The only one I was never able to find is a H21W that doesnt cause an error for the rear fogs. Other than that you wouldn't believe the difference a crisp bright LED can make to the overall asthetics, indicators et all.
I went through a bit of an LED obsessive phase and through trial and error I replaced every bulb inside and out with the brightest and whitest bulb for each available fitting without causing any bulb errors. The only one I was never able to find is a H21W that doesnt cause an error for the rear fogs. Other than that you wouldn't believe the difference a crisp bright LED can make to the overall asthetics, indicators et all.
thanatu55 said:There's no need for anything fancy when it comes to sidelights, as Scooba_Steve says above you just need a W5W fitting. Something like these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2x-BRIGHT...864186?hash=item237b80587a:g:g7EAAOSw2xRYeJFx would probably get the effect you're after for next to nothing without needing resistors or any adjustments.
I went through a bit of an LED obsessive phase and through trial and error I replaced every bulb inside and out with the brightest and whitest bulb for each available fitting without causing any bulb errors. The only one I was never able to find is a H21W that doesnt cause an error for the rear fogs. Other than that you wouldn't believe the difference a crisp bright LED can make to the overall asthetics, indicators et all.
rear LED fog light ... this might do the trick: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00E6RBS4A/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Ive been using one of these LEDs in my reverse lamp for nearly a year now, far better crisper brighter light output than the standard bulb and hasn't thrown up any errors. Just bought another identical LED too to fit in behind the fog lamp on the offside lamp cluster (which is a Euro spec and therefore has a clear reverse lense in)
I would still suggest only using good quality, branded LEDs and having the checks coded out.