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bulb changing and types :p

Post by RS4ALEX » Tue Mar 26, 2013 9:25 pm

hi there! I want to chage my sidelight, fog and expecially the horrid yellow drl bulbs to xenon blue or like blue led... you know what I mean. anyone have any idea what bulbs they are? or have links to what I want? any help would be super awesome!!
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Re: bulb changing and types :p

Post by Batfinnk » Tue Mar 26, 2013 9:27 pm

Use the search on here. It is your friend and will bring up loads on this very subject
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Re: bulb changing and types :p

Post by murph7355 » Tue Mar 26, 2013 9:49 pm

Batfinnk wrote:Use the search on here. It is your friend and will bring up loads on this very subject
I had a look a bit ago and couldn't see the part no's. Probably a wood for the trees moment... Or just plain laziness :)

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Re: bulb changing and types :p

Post by Batfinnk » Tue Mar 26, 2013 10:22 pm

A bit of a basic rule is avoid anthing led for the exterior front lights as they will show up errors on the dis.
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Re: bulb changing and types :p

Post by MikeFish » Wed Mar 27, 2013 12:40 am

The foglights are H11, the sidelights are 501 (W5W).
I thin kthe DRLs are 382 12V 21W jobbies. I seem to recall the bulbs had offset pins but the 382 looks like it has equally spaced pins so best to check this out first.

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Post by sync24 » Wed Mar 27, 2013 11:39 am

Just FYI: You can get LED 'canbus' safe bulbs for the sidelights - For the DRL/FOG use the ultra white PIAA bulbs - they are pretty close to the Xenon colours.
I have yet to find totally 'canbus' compliant DRL's/Indicator/Reverse Bulbs and I currently use STD bulbs for these - You can fit LED's but they require specific resistors [AFAIK] for the bulb position and LED type you are fitting to prevent 'bulb' out errors on the DIS

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