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9th February 2016, 02:51 PM
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LED Downgrade - Better incadesants?
Hi There
my 2005 PF A8 came with a whole load of LED lights which is all well and good but I have a fair few errors, they flicker and i'm really not keen! So i've been swapping the odd one or two back and just using what bulbs I had arround! 501s seem to fit in various places, like the front map lights which they are fine for and I quite like the soft not ripping your face off lighting there. However in the overhead lights they are a little lame! So what bulbs are they (the leds seem to give little to the notion of part numbers) and are there higher output versions out there ??? Lee 
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9th February 2016, 03:46 PM
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Yes they should be standard 501, but you can get H5W ones which are halogen, they use quartz glass and have a 'nipple' on the end.
These are them, but seem hard to find these days... http://www.aci.cz/9900322-zarovka-t1...en_d25974.html
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10th February 2016, 11:01 AM
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Hi There,
Got a pair of these from Amazon on their way and due tomorrow. £6 all in doesn't seem too bad. If they work and are reasonable then i'll swap out the main cabin lights front and rear. Keep the map/reading on the softer old style ones. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00MZQUU70 May even look at swapping the sidelights, though they are a sod to get to *sigh*
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10th February 2016, 11:10 AM
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Out of interest, what colour is your interior?
Mine (admittedly a D2) is the light sand/beige colour and upgrading from yellow incandescent bulbs to white LED's all round is a significant improvement IMHO. I would imagine that with a black interior it could look quite harsh.
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions, ski hatch retrofit; extended leather. Aftermarket DVB-T, reversing camera and full XCarlink (Bluetooth etc.). 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation".  (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one!  Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course.  (internal dimming mirror added later)1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850! 
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10th February 2016, 01:28 PM
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Hi There,
I quite like the bright light of the LEDs but they flicker and they are harsh and the muppet who had the car before me did kinda pimpy things like that, but not in a very good way I've found a few dead LEDs, the drivers map light that was broken in the socket, another that seemed to have half melted the soldier joints which wasn't good. The number plate ones worked sometimes. Some turned off after a few minutes. It's a mess and i'm not sure of some of the coding so quite what things would have looked like all working is a mystery! It's dark colour. Black leather, black carpets, alcantra door inserts, grey cloth above the window line. (LY7H/LY7H N5D/LA). Has the extended lights though, which i'm still not quite certain how they work & are used but the subtle led highlighting of the doors trim curves at night is cool
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