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dealmaker
Member Since: 05 Oct 2008
Location: North East
Posts: 113
  
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I ftted a pair of these 501 front sidelights to the 05 - and whilst they are OK they arent as bright as I had expected/hoped - also because they seem to be quite directional they don't engage the reflector much - the light is therefore only really bright when viewed from exactly head-on.
Can anyone recoomend any BRIGHTER bulbs - with 180 degree + coverage so the reflectors pick up some of the light? - and also some tail light/brake light replacements for the exisiting incandescent LR types?
(ACE Parts don't seem to have them available?):-
http://www.aceparts.com/all-led-bulbs/led-...elight.htm[/url]
Thanks!
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 Sun Jan 25 2009 5:51pm |
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BrumLee
Member Since: 07 Mar 2008
Location: West Midlands
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These are nice and bright. Also are the only multi-LED bulb I've found that fits through the hole in the lamp. Good price and fair delivery time 
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| Sun Jan 25 2009 11:10pm |
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dealmaker
Member Since: 05 Oct 2008
Location: North East
Posts: 113
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Thanks will give them a go - see how they compare!
Any ideas on tail/brake and indicator lights?
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| Sun Jan 25 2009 11:26pm |
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dealmaker
Member Since: 05 Oct 2008
Location: North East
Posts: 113
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Just a thought - do the tail/brake lamps need to be red??...or do you just get white and allow the Red Lens to do the work for you?
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| Mon Jan 26 2009 12:36pm |
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alanwxr
Member Since: 19 Nov 2006
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 306
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White's ok...........
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| Mon Jan 26 2009 2:11pm |
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tintenter
Member Since: 29 Sep 2006
Location: Oldham
Posts: 739
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i have fitted some fronts like these
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2pcs-194-W5W-501-5-S...240%3A1318
and some rears like these
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2pcs-380-Refractor-3...240%3A1318
both work really well Tintenter
Bonatti Grey Discovery 3 HSE
permagrin now installed
Now with hidden winch, 2nd Battery, LED lights all round(including fogs and turn lights) extra connection for brake lights in rear clusters, Webasto FBH Timer, Anderson plug to rear,Verdestiens for day to day and MTR's for when the going get tough, reversing camera and Multimedia interface, BAS'd, D3 winch Trained
Semper in excretum, sole profundum moveat.
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| Mon Jan 26 2009 2:26pm |
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tintenter
Member Since: 29 Sep 2006
Location: Oldham
Posts: 739
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Dealmaker,
also forgot to add if you have the active front headlights with the turning lights front LEDs may start to fail or flash after a while due to the heat of the turning lamps, ended up changing my turning lamps to LED also. Tintenter
Bonatti Grey Discovery 3 HSE
permagrin now installed
Now with hidden winch, 2nd Battery, LED lights all round(including fogs and turn lights) extra connection for brake lights in rear clusters, Webasto FBH Timer, Anderson plug to rear,Verdestiens for day to day and MTR's for when the going get tough, reversing camera and Multimedia interface, BAS'd, D3 winch Trained
Semper in excretum, sole profundum moveat.
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| Mon Jan 26 2009 2:32pm |
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crews control
Member Since: 18 Mar 2007
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 1975
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tintenter, I bought some of those 501's you mentioned from ultraleds.co.uk
They all failed within a couple of months, either flickering or individual led's failing one by one. Happened to the ones I put in the number-plate housing as well, so can't be a heat issue? I know some others had trouble with these and dealing with ultraleds.co.uk is a waste of time - very rude.
Looking for another solution now...
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| Mon Jan 26 2009 6:12pm |
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tintenter
Member Since: 29 Sep 2006
Location: Oldham
Posts: 739
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Crews Control ......the 2nd ones did not come fro ultraleds they are like the ones that Brumlee shows, the first set where from ultraled and only lasted 3 months, but the ones i have in now along with the LED turning lights have been in for 12 months and so far so good. Tintenter
Bonatti Grey Discovery 3 HSE
permagrin now installed
Now with hidden winch, 2nd Battery, LED lights all round(including fogs and turn lights) extra connection for brake lights in rear clusters, Webasto FBH Timer, Anderson plug to rear,Verdestiens for day to day and MTR's for when the going get tough, reversing camera and Multimedia interface, BAS'd, D3 winch Trained
Semper in excretum, sole profundum moveat.
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| Mon Jan 26 2009 6:53pm |
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crews control
Member Since: 18 Mar 2007
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 1975
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Thanks tintenter, maybe time to give it another go
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| Mon Jan 26 2009 11:29pm |
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tintenter
Member Since: 29 Sep 2006
Location: Oldham
Posts: 739
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Dealmaker,
yes those should be ok as well, to connect the second brake light i followed what someone else did by taking out the contact from one of the holders and making copies of it, then soldering a length of wire to it and then splicing it into the existing brake feed (white wire i think), they work really well with the LED bulbs. Tintenter
Bonatti Grey Discovery 3 HSE
permagrin now installed
Now with hidden winch, 2nd Battery, LED lights all round(including fogs and turn lights) extra connection for brake lights in rear clusters, Webasto FBH Timer, Anderson plug to rear,Verdestiens for day to day and MTR's for when the going get tough, reversing camera and Multimedia interface, BAS'd, D3 winch Trained
Semper in excretum, sole profundum moveat.
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| Mon Jan 26 2009 11:44pm |
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dealmaker
Member Since: 05 Oct 2008
Location: North East
Posts: 113
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BrumLee wrote:These are nice and bright. Also are the only multi-LED bulb I've found that fits through the hole in the lamp. Good price and fair delivery time
Bit of feedback on these.
Maybe I was just unlucky but I ordered 2 pairs of these and when they arrived two of the internal resistors have come loose from the circuit board - rendering them useless. If this can happen in the mail then I worry about the long term integrity of these units in a ruff and tuff LandRover.
My search for brighter LED sidelights therefore continues!!!
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