Reversing bulb upgrade?

[gregdaisley]

Greg ours has been on for a while now still no error light

Good stuff, thanks Andy !

 

[Image2000uk]

I have had this problem too been thinking about how to solve it
I was thinking of getting a left hand drive reversing light to replace the fog light and then re wiring the tail lights with 5/21 watt bulbs and making the inner lights the fog lights leaving the outers as brake lights and finishing up with twin reverse lights and twin fog lights which will double as tail lights as well

 

[Craig01988]

Just received my LED light fitted and works great! It's alot brighter than the standard one and no errors yet

 

[Kaza]

I bought this bulb - put it in the bulb holder and it didn't work so then put my standard bulb back in and that doesn't work either. I'm pretty pissed right now . Tried it again and it's not working at all even though sidelights etc are absolutely fine!

 

[coggie]

I take it you closed the boot properly, it won't work otherwise....?

 

[Kaza]

Yes. The normal bulb started working after I went for a long drive so tried the LED one again and it caused the same issue. So in my case I wouldn't recommend it an not quite sure how it seems to be just me that seems to have had issues with it...

 

[GrahamFR]

does it throw an error up when you have the led in? Send an email to them and i bet they send you a new one free of charge

 

[Kaza]

Yeah already emailed them just waiting to hear back no errors have come up either! Could just be a duff bulb but I'll give it another go

 

[Adman77]

Ok so the item in the link has expired now so I had a little search of the bay and found what I think is the same one. If some one could confirm it's the same it would be much appreciated

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=270915569570&index=5&nav=SEARCH&nid=16041704297

But I also found this one and wondered which you think would be better

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=271064185478&index=20&nav=SEARCH&nid=96362860454

Any help would be great

 

[GrahamFR]

The first one is the one that I know works, but the second as well as being twice the price is likely to throw up errors, every error free bulb with a link to resistors just in case has always thrown up errors in my experience

 

[DMcG]

First one looks fine just ordered the following item no: 290750067982 as the postage was cheaper but the same bulb.

 

[Nath.]

I guess these bulbs would work well as DRL's due to the fact that there are no error lights being reported?

 

[LeonCR]

http://www.hids-direct.co.uk/canbus-382-p21w-27-white-smd-led-error-free-bulbs/

These are he ones i have as DRL's

 

[Adman77]

http://www.hids-direct.co.uk/canbus-382-p21w-27-white-smd-led-error-free-bulbs/

These are he ones i have as DRL's

That's what I was looking at but for a reverse light. I assume you have no errors with these?

 

[LeonCR]

i get the odd error but its rare

 

[Adman77]

Where do you have these as DRL's anyway? Is that a bi-xenon thing?

 

[LeonCR]

 

[Adman77]

Oh so sidelights are DRL's if you have Xenons, nice!

 

[LeonCR]

No side lights are just below the DRL's

 

[kazand]

I got these item number 300674220574 from flea biy as DRL's and they work fine (so far!)
and these 350372862779 as sidelights.