I fitted a cheap set of these side light LED's to my car, but after a few weeks they started flickering, which seems symptomatic of these cheap chinese sidelight LED's.

 

Can anyone recommend a set of these which don't flicker after a few weeks, and are not overly expensive??

http://www.halfords.com/motoring/bulbs-blades-batteries/car-bulbs/halfords-501-filament-led-upgrade-bulbs-x-2

The only ones I've had that actually lasted.

I had the same problem with some eBay ones I fitted. I tried these as an impulse buy from ECP, they're great, no errors, no flickering and of course you can just return them if they break nice and easily.

 

http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/p/car-parts/car-electrics-and-car-lighting/lighting1/car-bulb/?971776331&&cc5_401http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/p/car-parts/car-electrics-and-car-lighting/lighting1/car-bulb/?971776331&&cc5_401 

52 minutes ago, Kris82 said:

http://www.halfords.com/motoring/bulbs-blades-batteries/car-bulbs/halfords-501-filament-led-upgrade-bulbs-x-2

The only ones I've had that actually lasted.

Sorry but have to disagree on these Halford ones. I have them fitted as interior bulbs. There are 4 inside the car, along with the 2 wider ones front and rear. The 2 wider ones are no problem, but for some reason the ones described above don't last longer then a few months. So far 6 have failed, so just recently, I have ordered some other ones on ebay. Lets see if they last! 

I use a pair of Philips X-treme Vision LED 360 for my sidelights, they've been great since I fitted them in 2015. They are always on and have covered the best part of 50k so far without a single issue

35 minutes ago, roaddetective said:

Sorry but have to disagree on these Halford ones. I have them fitted as interior bulbs. There are 4 inside the car, along with the 2 wider ones front and rear. The 2 wider ones are no problem, but for some reason the ones described above don't last longer then a few months. So far 6 have failed, so just recently, I have ordered some other ones on ebay. Lets see if they last! 

All down to pot luck then. Mine still going strong in the A3.

I have to Halfords ones they are 360 so leds on end and all 4 faces.

 

they re great but do flicker when I turn ignition on then are fine.

Have to say, I've always had an issue with 501led side-lights, up until recently with new technology.. So here is my latest and BEST>>> Fitted to my Octavia with no issues and no error/warning light.. They are really suited to the Octavia set up and light fills the visible clearance either side of the side-light housing....So give them a try, I think I got these on Aliexpress tho probably available now on ebay!?

On 7/31/2017 at 15:38, langers2k said:

I use a pair of Philips X-treme Vision LED 360 for my sidelights, they've been great since I fitted them in 2015. They are always on and have covered the best part of 50k so far without a single issue

Do you have any errors? Because I changed to the same Philips led bulbs and sometimes got errors. "Check front-right side light" and "Check right-right side light"

Do you code something with vcds?