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Old 13th June 2015, 05:52 PM
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Well done.
Great LEDs from Trups.
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Old 13th June 2015, 06:33 PM
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Well done.
Great LEDs from Trups.
Cheers Ray. I've yet to see them in the dark. How long have you had yours?
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Trups sent me the LEDs some six months back and I changed most of them straight away. I think it was in February when I drove down to him and he changed my dipped beams to HIDs. This was possible because my dipped headlights are projectors.
I am really pleased with the result.
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Old 14th June 2015, 03:26 AM
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Does anyone know of a place that stocks warm light LEDs?

I like the increased output of LED lights but having just spent a couple of weeks in a hired Volvo that had cool white LED interior lighting, I found it a little cold.
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Old 14th June 2015, 08:45 AM
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I used warm ones on my rear number plate, they are warm but not yellow like the incandescents. Some LEDs are a horrible colour or dim but you can't really tell until you try them - that's why I have a drawer full at home.

Try ebay, I just searched the type of bulbs and the word warm.
e.g. "warm t10" or "warm w5w"
They also have lots of aliexpress.

I used these for the spotlights in the bottom of the mirror:
http://www.dx.com/p/pointpurple-t10w...ar-lamp-171856
They are not warm, but they are perfect colour rendition white, and focus the light into a tight pool just where you need it to read etc..
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Old 15th June 2015, 09:54 PM
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Nice one, thanks!
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Old 15th June 2015, 11:11 PM
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I know I'm not the first to have fitted these, but wow.
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As I walked the dog after dark tonight, off to the south west I could see what appeared to be the lights of a landed flying saucer.
Now I know it was only you.
Brill, John, Luv it!!!!!
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As I walked the dog after dark tonight, off to the south west I could see what appeared to be the lights of a landed flying saucer.
Now I know it was only you.
Brill, John, Luv it!!!!!
Ha!!
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Old 16th June 2015, 08:42 PM
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Well interestingly I have started on a fibre optic roof lining ..

I have 2 spare fibre optic door strips that i have used to stem off multiple 0.05mm stems .. well 250 of them pushed through with a needle to give a starlight mood lighting in the car at night simply wired to the optical lighting pack

https://youtu.be/N22lwJFrrhI

simmilar to that on the RR

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