LED Side Lights
 

As per a much earlier post I converted the sidelights to the twin LED style and I must say it brings the car upto date, I love the look!

Sounds stupid but it really does make a difference.

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They look very nice,

I fitted the same (15) LED lights as our illustrious librarian has, they really make a huge difference on the pre facelift model, both aesthetically and light output wise. A huge improvement over the OEM, and reasonably subtle too, & as Mike aka Conan also pointed out, no issues with the DIS regarding bulb failure.

Perfect, I did this on my old car. But there are some cheap ones knocking around. Do you have a link to yours, and have you thought about doing the numberplate bulbs?

Mine are traditional projector style headlights with "maypole" style LEDs which look almost headlight-like at times
these pics are just with sidelights on lol +++

Wow, they look great....so bright!!!

Where can these be purchased?

You would want either These or These depending on your fitment +++

You can tell what bulb type you need for your model Here generally the bulbs changed from a bayonet to a push in fitting from '02 onwards

But 'generally' is the operative word. My 02 S8 and 52 A8 (both with Xenons) both have bayonet fitting side light bulbs (with LEDs!)

Mine are bayonet fitting on an 02 s8 with bixenons. Found that out after i bought the wrong ones.

I have these fitted too, so much better looking and brighter.

mine are push fit 501's on 1997 so it must be other way round

I opened first link and the size is 31mm long x 22mm wide. Don't order this, as they are too big. There was a mistake somewhere along the way. Can anyone recommend correct bulb for FL 2002 car please?

Mine is a mid 2002 and has the bayonet type (offset pins).

These are the lights I ordered, you can see them in the pics at the top of the page.

Note the price is for a pair.

http://www.ultraleds.co.uk/uh6wac-ba...ng-p-2180.html

That's the right one. Thank you.

I've given up with these and just gone back to normal bulbs. Since I installed the LED bulbs, both have failed (a life of a few months) so, even though they look much better, I can't be bothered with the poor reliability. And Ultraleds simply ignored my email asking if such a short life was normal.

At the risk of you being the kiss of death on my sidelight bulbs Jim, the stacked LED type that I fitted over a year ago are still fine (I bought 2 pairs just in case but still havnt changed them) +++

may i purchase such spares off of you kind Sir :p

Can you provide spec and source please? I'll try the ones you have if I can get them

I have used them over 2 years in A8, 1.5 years in Freelander and have bought another pair for A6. All from China/Hong Kong through e-bay £0.99 for pair with free delivery.
I use ones like these: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2x-194-168...item45faddb573 but I got them with free delivery.

Yeah sure Guy PM me your details and I'll send them over +++

I'll take some pics of them before I send them and try to get the ebay details for you Jim

I had one of mine die the other day, looked at getting a replcement set as per my link above and couldn't find them.

Did some searching on ebay and found these:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1905839573...84.m1439.l2649

Fitted them last week, they are MUCH better, brigther and smaller.

No codes thrown so didn't even have to fit the resistor boxes that came with them.


Highly recommended!+++

Interesting. Mine are a bayonet fitting, but the ones fromUltraLeds only have 2 LEDs

I wouldn't even know where to start doing that, I think I must still have the original (very yellow) 1998 bulbs!
It looks like I'd have to take off the HID ballasts for the dipped beams then the back of the headlight unit just to get at them.
I know it was quite a mission to do that a couple of years back just to replace a failed (filament) main-beam bulb. :(

Or is there a trick to it that I don't know....

I've tried LED sidelights in my local runaround (Focus) but they don't last long. Look good, but I'm told the heat from the nearby main beams makes them fail.
Reverted to standard bulbs on that just last week after trying something like 4 different designs, none of which lasted very long.

I had the same ones, like a small PCB with an LED on each side, but one failed after only a few months of use.

The one in my last link are much brighter and whiter, with the LED's being radial the light is emitted much better, I'll go and take a pic in a minute.

A few pics, not great quality as their from an iphone and the car is parked too close to a wall but I couldn't be bothered to move it tonight.

OH, A WORD OF WARNING - the bulbs are quite small and whilst trying to twist the bulb in it's connector into the housing it came out and fell into the front of the housing. I managed to remove the lamp fairly easily and unclip the fixings that hold the lens to the housing. I tilted the whole unit forward and managed to roll the bulb out, still not fun though!!

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I'm talking about side lights here, not looked at what is involved to replace a HID bulb but I wouldn't think it should be too bad?

Indeed, maybe my post wasn't clear or you misread it? ;)

What I'm saying is that, unless there's a trick I've missed, even replacing the sidelight bulb is a total mission on my car. :Confused:

My mis-read!

They are a little fiddly on the Bixenons as the socket is so deep, not good for my sausage fingers!:D

Mine are just HID dipped, normal bulb main. PITA.

One of my ultra led (2 led ones) ones has just failed after little more than a year. Anyone found anything more reliable? Not happy with the poor lifespan...:(

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Mine were c**p too! Both failed within a year and the company completely ignored my emails. Now installed Ultra Power Bulbs (Art: BU434P) but they've only been in a couple of weeks or so.

Frankow, I've got a similar set-up in my sides, so all white, matches the Bi-Xenons perfectly.

Have you done anything about your H7 flashers, to match the white look of the rest?

HI,

I sold the car earlier in Feb:(

I had thought of changing the high beam/ flash but was not really sure how the LED H7 bulbs available would hold up when main beam was required.

I fitted the LED H7's. Bright, and matches the factory Xenon Plus, but very little travel. I'm going to replace them with a 4300k HID kit, and 3000k for the foglamps.

Just remember that HID's are not great as a flash lamp, they take a few seconds to warm up and emit at full capacity, hence the reason for halogens being used as OEM hi beam.

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