Oakmaster Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Sorry another daft question Can you advise me as to the best source of a relaible but value for money source of LED Bulbs to fit in exisiting fittings (all round) 1989 110 V8 Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Don't, cos putting a led bulb or HID in existing lights is technically illegal & the lens isn't made to work with those types of bulbs, buy fully sealed led lights instead, similar question in http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=92887 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 As well as being illegal you are likely to find that thanks to the way LR wired your truck some of them won't work as the neg/pos will be the wrong way round which is not good for a diode. Jason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmgemini Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Sorry another daft question Can you advise me as to the best source of a relaible but value for money source of LED Bulbs to fit in exisiting fittings (all round) 1989 110 V8 Thanks Go to UltraLEDs They sell LED's for all the lights except the headlights. Yes technically it is illegal to swap LED's into your existing lights. I did mine, except the indicators ten years ago. Not noticed on the MOT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMB Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Ralph is correct, as are Jason and Mike. LEDs are polarity sensitive - the best ones contain reverse polarity protection, but put a cheap one in the wrong way round and it could damage it. They are also supposed to take less current. That may affect your indicators unless you install a load resistor in parallel, though there may be one built in and there are electronic flasher units available which are designed to work with LEDs. Last. but not least, reflector design assumes a near point source near the focal point of the reflector. Cheap LEDs of equivalent power to an H4 have a diffuse light source, which results in a less defined beam. In summary, LEDs technically illegal, but probably OK (with above reservations on polarity and flasher unit) for indicator, fog, side and rear which don't have focussing reflectors, not acceptable for headlights. After market HID illegal for road use unless specifically designed and approved for that vehicle. All HID must also be fitted with self levelling headlights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakmaster Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 I was just thinking of replacing the sidelights stop tail (and indicators) Not the headlights Given my daily drive to work though the country lanes, I have a genuine use for DLRs (or otherwise driving with my headlights on), and rather than look flash, I was also thinking of fitting a stop & tail fitting in place of the front sidelamp, and using a clear LED stop and tail bulb in a clear lens, with the ‘Stop’ element wired as the DLR? I have read a lot of bad reports recently of very poor quality ‘Series’ type lamp fittings being sold, (mines is a 1989 110) I’d like to avoid these – and would be grateful for any pointers as to where I should look for both lamp fittings, and Clear LED tail and Stop bulbs cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakmaster Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 Ultra LEDS no longer doing automotive bulbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Drumstick Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 ebay. Just search on the bulb number/type you need. They are no illegal to run in sidelights, indicators, brake lights etc. And they work fine, I have them in my SIII and 1977 TR7. Running them in a headlight is a bit more specialist, and there is a lot of greyness to their legality. Strictly speaking I do not believe there is any legislation or case law making them illegal. This however doesn't mean they are legal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmgemini Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 http://www.ultraleds.co.uk/led-product-catalogue/automotive-led-bulbs.html Hmmmmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakmaster Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 Had a chat with them this morning stopped buying-in new stock for automotive bulbs 6 months ago apparently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudmonkey Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I’ve added DRLs to my side light bulbs using a stop tail bulb holder and LED bulbs available from here. http://www.car-mod-shop.co.uk/380smd-17-1156-380-bay15d-17-smd-high-power-bulb-stop-tail-drl-10-30v-12v-24v.html Read below copied and pasted from elsewhere. Me being me I love a good plug and play loom, I hate unsightly red wires here, there and everywhere like you see on a lot of Land Rovers when people fit extra equipment. I also fancied something different to the DRL bumpers that everyone has fitted. I spent a couple of hours building up a nice loom for my DRL lights. I fitted a stop/tail bulb base into the side light opening and, using a couple of relays, took permanent power from the obsolete dim/dip plug and ignition power from an unused pin on the connector for the wing loom. Nice, easy plug and play loom with no wires chopped and can be fitted/removed in 5 mins! The DRL/side lights have two functions: 1. High light output for DRL when side/dipped beam is off 2. Reduced light output for sidelights when side/dipped beam is on I'm really pleased with how it all fitted together, I'm just on the lookout for some higher powered bulbs now for extra DRL goodness. The top image shows the DRL setting which is on with the vehicles ignition, when side or headlights are selected on the stalk the bulbs dim as in the second image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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