Guide: Fitting LED's to side lights and yellow side lights

[Recognized]

I got myself a few of festons. And by trying them I found the brightest ones. Every time when I open a glove compartment I get surprised by the look of it. It's to bright for it. But doing well in the boot and the footwell. I tried some "superbright smd led" with 3 huge LEDs. It is bright and it is £5 off eBay but it is not as bright as those one.
Try those for your festoons. They are not those that I bought, but similar. Watch for the size you need.
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/vie...d=220841401503

[piyushkothari]

pretty detailed guid to replace bulbs, any idea if this bulbs are legal in UK

[gatos]

Originally Posted by piyushkothari

pretty detailed guid to replace bulbs, any idea if this bulbs are legal in UK

As long as the lights on the front are not blue, then I don't see any reason why it would be a pborblem. With regards to the sidelights, again, as long as they are not blue or white, they are fine. Obviously you use white LEDS, but since the sidelights are yellow, the light emanating from them will be yello. I have converted all the 501 and festoon bulbs in my car with LED's and they look much better and passed the last MOT with no issues at all

[jcwacky]

Originally Posted by gatos

With regards to the sidelights, again, as long as they are not blue or white, they are fine. Obviously you use white LEDS, but since the sidelights are yellow, the light emanating from them will be yello.

I changed my sidemarkers to clear, and put in white LEDs, they passed the MOT fine, and I've been driving round for a year with no issue.

[GaryS40]

Originally Posted by jcwacky

I changed my sidemarkers to clear, and put in white LEDs, they passed the MOT fine, and I've been driving round for a year with no issue.

Same here.

Clear side markers and white LED's with no issues at all.

Gary

[LJD]

Originally Posted by GaryS40

I am sure these were the ones I bought - no touchie!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2PCS-Xenon...item3cb640c6d8

Gary

So thats 4 for the roof lights. What about the puddle lights ? will these fit also?

want to have the same bulbs inside the car rather than a mix !

[jcwacky]

Originally Posted by LJD

So thats 4 for the roof lights. What about the puddle lights ? will these fit also?

want to have the same bulbs inside the car rather than a mix !

For the footwells you need festoon bulbs, similar to these: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-Dome-16-.../230877902344?

But I can't remember what size you need, so you'll have to measure the current ones before ordering!

[DXMachina]

Footwell is 42mm, same as glovebox and both inner boot lights (On a V40 anyway - dont know what an S40 has in the boot)

I have piercing white high-brightness LED boot lights, electric blue LED footwell and red glovebox LEDs (so as not to blind me while night driving)

The numberplate lights on a V40 are 39mm so dont buy extra 42mms for there

[djx11b]

Got these two for 2 front interior lights - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1509313202...84.m1497.l2649

Got these two for the 2 rear interior ones http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1508830781...84.m1497.l2649

2 front ones bulbs I had files down a little of the fittings as they are larger and the 2 rear ones slotted straight in. Car is very bright and looks great

Got three of these on there way for the glove box, drivers footwell and boot - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3007825950...84.m1497.l2649

Wll upload pictures soon so you can see result

[DXMachina]

On a general point of principle you should NOT use CANBUS LEDs except where absolutely needed (IE, brake lights)

Canbus ones have a big resistor in parallel with the LED to make the electrical resistance the same as that of a filament bulb... they do this so the car's canbus circuit that detects blown bulbs doesnt flag them as failed. The side effect is they produce the same degree of heat and consume the same electrical power as filament bulbs - robbing you of two of the three benefits of LEDs... and some cheaper canbus LEDs are reckoned to get too hot and be inadequately cooled, shortening the life and possibly damaging nearby plastics

On a x40 Phase 1 or 2, sidelights, interiors, tail lights, are not Canbus monitored.