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I posted this in the Aus section a little while ago, but thought I'd post here too.
I bought some of these 18 SMD 'Xenon White' LED 'bulbs' to try in the the fog / DRLs, along with some matching LED parkers.
Install was a simple 'plug in', but initially the car detected both sets of LEDs as lights 'not working'
In the case of the parkers, the lights are shut down a couple of seconds after the f'ault' is detected (note that the Aus spec cars don't have the side markers). The fogs stay on, but the light warning light remains on too.
Both were fixed with the addition of resistors in parallel with the bulbs. The resistors are sized to create a similar load to the original bulbs being replaced, and everything works properly once the resistors are installed.
Its pretty hard to get a pic that shows what they look like, but I’m pretty happy with the look.
They do bugger all in terms of casting any usable light in front of the car to drive by, but they are very ‘visible’ to others (if that makes sense) and not only from straight in front, these LEDs seem work OK with the reflector to still be very visible from a fair angle too.
Anyway, here’s a couple of pics to try and give you some idea what they look like.
There's no editing on the pics, the first one makes them look possibly a bit brighter than they actually are to they eye.
I bought some of these 18 SMD 'Xenon White' LED 'bulbs' to try in the the fog / DRLs, along with some matching LED parkers.
Install was a simple 'plug in', but initially the car detected both sets of LEDs as lights 'not working'
In the case of the parkers, the lights are shut down a couple of seconds after the f'ault' is detected (note that the Aus spec cars don't have the side markers). The fogs stay on, but the light warning light remains on too.
Both were fixed with the addition of resistors in parallel with the bulbs. The resistors are sized to create a similar load to the original bulbs being replaced, and everything works properly once the resistors are installed.
Its pretty hard to get a pic that shows what they look like, but I’m pretty happy with the look.
They do bugger all in terms of casting any usable light in front of the car to drive by, but they are very ‘visible’ to others (if that makes sense) and not only from straight in front, these LEDs seem work OK with the reflector to still be very visible from a fair angle too.
Anyway, here’s a couple of pics to try and give you some idea what they look like.
There's no editing on the pics, the first one makes them look possibly a bit brighter than they actually are to they eye.