anyone tried LED bulbs in lupo lights?

anyone tried LED bulbs in lupo lights?

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oldmantvr

Original Poster:

9 posts

88 months

Wednesday 4th January 2017
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just bought a chim with the lupo light conversion, wondering if anyone has had any experiance using LED bulbs in them?

DJR 7

1,413 posts

257 months

Friday 6th January 2017
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It may be worth putting a similar post on the VW forum

oldmantvr

Original Poster:

9 posts

88 months

Friday 6th January 2017
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will do thanks for the suggestion

mk1fan

10,517 posts

225 months

Friday 6th January 2017
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Bear in mind you'll probably get a response involving how to deal with the CANBUS system which is irrelevant to TVRs.

Don't know what bulbs are fitted to the Lupo lights (H4, H7, H3????).

Performance output of the bulbs has been done to death in these forums.

Installation issues will probably revolve around the heatsink on the rear of the bulb and getting it to fit behind the wheelarch covers and / or the headlamp rear panel.

You can get bulbs with a chainmail heat sink that you can mould around the space within the back of the unit.

Alternatively, leave the back of the unit off and rely on the wheelarch panels to 'seal' them off.

Lets be clear here though, LED bulbs don't get anywhere near as hot as incandescent bulbs so the heat sinks don't need a cold air feed.