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

[jcwacky]

Originally Posted by m1tch1987

Has anyone fitted those H7 LED headlight bulbs yet?

Heh, haven't seen those before. Presumably they're not road legal?

[m1tch1987]

There are quite a few floating on the bay of E, I don't think they are UK road legal, same as HIDs in non HID headlights

[GaryS40]

Originally Posted by m1tch1987

The 'normal' single bulb HIDs are ment for projector style headlights, but there are specific ones designed for reflector headlights so that they don't dazzle drivers, there are also some clever H4 sort (where normally there is just 1 bulb for main and high) that has a motor that physically moves the bulb to change the beam pattern.

My headlights have a shroud around them already but havn't got HIDs - not sure if I can have HIDs, although I do have the headlight washers etc

Has anyone fitted those H7 LED headlight bulbs yet?

No, not sure if they will produce sufficient light for headlights, m1tch.

I bought some H3 type for my front foglights, but they are so big, they can't even fit in the back of the holder!

Gary

[m1tch1987]

Originally Posted by GaryS40

No, not sure if they will produce sufficient light for headlights, m1tch.

I bought some H3 type for my front foglights, but they are so big, they can't even fit in the back of the holder!

Gary

The new Audi A6 and I believe the R8 has all LED headlights, so I guess these 'bulbs' are copying them, just like when HIDs turned up when mercedes starting fitting them to their cars lol

[GaryS40]

Originally Posted by m1tch1987

The new Audi A6 and I believe the R8 has all LED headlights, so I guess these 'bulbs' are copying them, just like when HIDs turned up when mercedes starting fitting them to their cars lol

True, but the Audi ones will be far higher quality than the e-bay SMD LED's and probably produce about 10 times more useable light, at a huge additional cost, of course.

Gary

[m1tch1987]

Would those 4 LED bulbs be ok?

[jcwacky]

Originally Posted by m1tch1987

Would those 4 LED bulbs be ok?

http://www.ferviduscurrus.com/listin...-SMD-white.jpg

You might be best getting some which send light to the sides as well as to the front, otherwise not much light will get reflected.

[m1tch1987]

Cool, I never thought about that, I will look for some of the 7 LED sort, anyone got a good link?

[jcwacky]

Originally Posted by m1tch1987

Cool, I never thought about that, I will look for some of the 7 LED sort, anyone got a good link?

I'm currently using these in my sidelights and front interior: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=260783467988

They're not as bright as the ones with more LEDs, but I find them perfect inside, and the sidelights don't look too out of place against my Nightbreakers.

[m1tch1987]

Originally Posted by jcwacky

I'm currently using these in my sidelights and front interior: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=260783467988

They're not as bright as the ones with more LEDs, but I find them perfect inside, and the sidelights don't look too out of place against my Nightbreakers.

Thanks for the link, I have bought some as well, I found those 7 LED ones used in the first post look a bit bright, I will post up a photo of what they look like when they arrive, just got a pair to start with for the sidelights.