LED Side Lights

[Napier]

Front side lamp failed so thought I'd fit LED's......Switch lights on and they lit, then went off & got failed lamp warning on dash.

Replaced with conventional bulbs n now ok.

Any reason LED's dont work or just my car ????:eek:

[Rhoobarb]

Im sure they need to be special LEDs with resistors on them to fool the car into thinking its a bulb instead. The car is looking for a certain power drain from the bulbs, the LEDs use a lot less power, so the car thinks there is a fault. Lots of threads about this.

Not sure if you can DIY the resistors tho.....

[Moley RUFC]

Hi,

Because of the ecu setup on newer VAG you will need something similar to my PIAA LED fitted on my Leon

2pcs 501 W5W PIAA TERA LED (6500K White) Wedge Bulbs on eBay, also Bulbs Lenses, Lights Lighting Accessories, Car Tuning Styling, Cars, Parts Vehicles (end time 20-May-09 13:02:39 BST)

[InexEng]

Resistors like these from Car Mod Shop

Best to secure to some metalwork to act as a heat sink

[RADIOTWO]

Hi,

Because of the ecu setup on newer VAG you will need something similar to my PIAA LED fitted on my Leon

2pcs 501 W5W PIAA TERA LED (6500K White) Wedge Bulbs on eBay, also Bulbs Lenses, Lights Lighting Accessories, Car Tuning Styling, Cars, Parts Vehicles (end time 20-May-09 13:02:39 BST)

Well I would not pay £50 for two side light lamps(LED)

Radiotwo

[dstev2000]

50 quid is a tad steep I would agree. As long as you are sensible when fitting the resistors there is no problem going the cheapo ebay route.

You can run the resistor cables out through one of the rubber vents in the back of the headlight fitting.

I attached my resistors to the small vertical pieces of steel between the lights and the radiator assembly.

Mine lasted over a year (roughly 45,000 miles) with no problems apart from some water ingress corroded the top of the resistor fitted to the offside lamp and popped it so beware.

These are the ones you want: 10w LED Resistor kit -Bulbs T4W,W5W (501),H6W (433c) on eBay, also Bulbs Lenses, Lights Lighting Accessories, Car Tuning Styling, Cars, Parts Vehicles (end time 29-May-09 14:46:46 BST)

[Moley RUFC]

I agree but then I got them for £25 about 10 months ago and I found them easier as they are just plug and play

[dstev2000]

The plug and play is the big selling point as the load simulation hardware is incorporated, if they were £25 I would consider it. £50 is too much IMO

[Moley RUFC]

Yeah I agree it is steep although I do hope to take my current LED over to a future VRS as they are fully VAG friendly