LED Side Lights

[Griffinr]

Having left the lights on the other day and flatend the battery I decided to see if I could reduce the power consumption of the side lights. A hunt around Ebay and I found LED side lights, number plate light and stop and tail Photo shows the standard bulbs along side the LED versions. Total drain on the battery is now 0.25 amps instead of 2 amps (with the panel lights turned off). An added bonus is the LED's are faster acting than the filament bulbs so the brake lights come on quicker.

[Griffinr]

Keithyboy said:

Do you have the link(s) or preferably part #s please?

Edited by Keithyboy on Sunday 9th January 20:16

Stop/tail I used http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2-X-BAY15D-1157-P21-5W-TAIL-... Came from HK in 7 days.

The side lights on my car are the capless type you will need to check which you have and then search for an LED version.

The number plate light is a festoon type, I used a 44mm LED type and bent the contacts in the fitting to suit. Can't find the link to that one at the moment.

Rob.

All the ones I bought came from Hong Kong sellers as they were much cheaper but seem to be good quality, all arrived in about a week.

[Griffinr]

This is an old thread!
The rear stop and tail are still as the photo and are actually red led's. The front sides are now SMD led's which are much brighter. I haven't changed the indicators to led as you then need resisters to provide enough load for the flasher unit.

[Griffinr]

greyhulk said:

Cheers guys, ah i didnt know that about the indicators, think ill leave them considering my luck so far

I'll just get myself the led red bulbs, think there was 2 per cluster.. Now would the reverse light bulb be ok to changeover without the need of an led flasher unit?

Thanks for the advice
Steve (the man who got vapourised by his hid's)

Not much point in changing the reversing light bulb as its not on that long. A word or two of warning when messing with the rear light clusters "considering your luck so far" the bulb holders are, to put it politely a bit cheap and nasty and prone to bad connections and rusty contacts.