Has anyone tried a set yet? 

 

Did you have issues with with fault code on dash? 

 

Did you resolve issue? 

 

This is the ones Iam thinking about as it has a resistor to sort the possible flickering issue. 

 

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F272908800970

The biggest issues are the longevity of the LEDs, and quality of light output and that they aren't legal to use on the roads...

 

From the images I've seen, LED drop in kits create plenty of unfocused foreground lighting but very little distance light. This will give you more confidence but actually make it harder to see upcoming hazards.

 

Stick with decent quality halogens or do a proper factory xenon conversion

Interesting. I have ordered a set of bulbs and will see what they are like. 

 

I mind my Fabia Vrs having poor light and the Octavia is the same. 

 

The car has had a HID kit fitted to the main beam and they are great. 

 

Will report back with my findings. 

A mate gave me a H7 LED 110w (55w each) canbus kit with fans similar to the one listed above to try. I have read a few threads about LED headlights and it's a bit confusing.

 

It seems if less than 55w, an error is thrown up on the dash. These are 55w so hopefully there will be no error.

 

I had read that leds could fry the BCM and also that they won't try the BCM. Very confusing.

 

Has anyone used LEDs for a reasonable time with no issues, such as the BCM frying etc???

 

I want to try them but don't know if they could blow the BCM or anything else right away.

 

My mate put a set in his Alpha (canbus) and has no issues at all. He did have hids in and they are brighter then them and have a good spread and distance.

 

I have a 2010 FL CR VRS and know that hids cause issues with them unless configured with separate power feeds. I hoped the LEDs would eliminate any issues.

 

Any thoughts??

 

 

Never heard of a BCM being fried. Whole point of Led is your giving the car a rest as they are low voltage so less voltage needed. Iam no expert tho. 

 

My car has and retro fit HID kit on the main beam and that's the main reason for me to change there white & bright. The car seems fine with them in it no issues so far. 

 

I have led sidelight and indicators fitted right now and no issues so far with them except fitting the sidelight bulbs such a bad design. 

23 hours ago, Vrsbuddy said:

Never heard of a BCM being fried. Whole point of Led is your giving the car a rest as they are low voltage so less voltage needed. Iam no expert tho. 

 

My car has and retro fit HID kit on the main beam and that's the main reason for me to change there white & bright. The car seems fine with them in it no issues so far. 

 

I have led sidelight and indicators fitted right now and no issues so far with them except fitting the sidelight bulbs such a bad design. 

 

So you have led dipped beam in with no issues? Is your car an FL?

 

What is the beam pattern like?

 

On 07/01/2018 at 08:16, Vrsbuddy said:

Never heard of a BCM being fried. Whole point of Led is your giving the car a rest as they are low voltage so less voltage needed. Iam no expert tho. 

 

BCM death seems to be caused by badly designed/low quality HID ballasts or LED drivers creating a negative voltage spike.The BCM isn't designed to cope with this excess energy and damages the chips inside causing it to fail.

1 hour ago, FatblokeVRS said:

 

So you have led dipped beam in with no issues? Is your car an FL?

 

What is the beam pattern like?

 

OK Iam new to this FL? 

 

I don't have them fitted yet waiting on them arriving. But will post up my results. 

1 hour ago, FatblokeVRS said:

 

So you have led dipped beam in with no issues? Is your car an FL?

 

What is the beam pattern like?

 

 

There can be a mix up on what lights are called what.

I think buddy is on about (main beam) what you (might) and i (would) call high beam. Personally, I think calling it main beam is confusing as it is not the main one you use, however, high beam is frequently called 'main beam'.

 

No offence meant to anyone, just trying to prevent confusion.

11 hours ago, Vrsbuddy said:

OK Iam new to this FL? 

 

I don't have them fitted yet waiting on them arriving. But will post up my results. 

Face Lift model. This model seems to have issues with the BCM frying if 3rd party HID lights are fitted.

 

Anyone using LED's for dipped beam (H7) in a 2010 FL VRS??

Ahhhhhh no I believe mine is a prefl 2009 model. 

Hello,

 

I have added Nighteye Leds into my 2010 MK2 FL.

 

They have been in for 5 weeks or so, no issues or warnings. They have been on the entire time ive been driving the car due to the weather.

 

The only thing I could say is that the headlights need to be adjusted up slightly... but only a fraction.

 

Beam pattern is identical for both bulbs  

 

As for longevity we will see.

4 hours ago, Gobsheene said:

Hello,

 

I have added Nighteye Leds into my 2010 MK2 FL.

 

They have been in for 5 weeks or so, no issues or warnings. They have been on the entire time ive been driving the car due to the weather.

 

The only thing I could say is that the headlights need to be adjusted up slightly... but only a fraction.

 

Beam pattern is identical for both bulbs  

 

As for longevity we will see.

 

Thanks for that info. What wattage were these bulbs? I have 55w (each) ones to try.

5 hours ago, Gobsheene said:

Hello,

 

I have added Nighteye Leds into my 2010 MK2 FL.

 

They have been in for 5 weeks or so, no issues or warnings. They have been on the entire time ive been driving the car due to the weather.

 

The only thing I could say is that the headlights need to be adjusted up slightly... but only a fraction.

 

Beam pattern is identical for both bulbs  

 

As for longevity we will see.

That's the ones I have went for I think and they are 70w ones I think. Should find out tomorrow hopefully. 

16 hours ago, Vrsbuddy said:

That's the ones I have went for I think and they are 70w ones I think. Should find out tomorrow hopefully. 

 

On the money.

 

They are 72w 9000Lm

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nighteye-Car-72W-9000LM-H7-LED-Conversion-Headlight-KIT-6500K-Bulbs-Xenon-White/272630602803?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

 

for the Facelift you will need to buy adapters. For the prefacelift they fit straight in.

 

I think they are most certainly worth the money.

 

 

22 minutes ago, Gobsheene said:

 

On the money.

 

They are 72w 9000Lm

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nighteye-Car-72W-9000LM-H7-LED-Conversion-Headlight-KIT-6500K-Bulbs-Xenon-White/272630602803?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

 

for the Facelift you will need to buy adapters. For the prefacelift they fit straight in.

 

I think they are most certainly worth the money.

 

 

 

I take it your pic is halogen on top, led below................They do look pretty good output and spread. Sometimes under certain street lighting i have to double check i have my lights on, quite poor.

 

No Canbus error messages??????????????????

4 minutes ago, Tilt said:

 

I take it your pic is halogen on top, led below................They do look pretty good output and spread. Sometimes under certain street lighting i have to double check i have my lights on, quite poor.

 

No Canbus error messages??????????????????

 

Correct and correct, no errors at all!

 

I find theres a bit more peripheral light with the LEDs as well.

 

Not sure how well they would work in a non-projector style lens.

I would have thought they would give more output in a non projector headlamp. Although the cut off may (or may not) be more difficult to achieve.

 

I have a number of tiny led torches using reflector design and the output is amazing, that just using a single 18650 L-ion battery. 

I'd be able to see more than with my halogens with two of these strapped to my bonnet, Lol.

6 hours ago, Tilt said:

I would have thought they would give more output in a non projector headlamp. Although the cut off may (or may not) be more difficult to achieve.

 

I have a number of tiny led torches using reflector design and the output is amazing, that just using a single 18650 L-ion battery. 

I'd be able to see more than with my halogens with two of these strapped to my bonnet, Lol.

 

What you probably have in the torches is a reflector that was designed to go with that bulb. This is why technically, HID and LED are illegal, and beyond that fairly awful in reflectors. The basic premise is that a reflector designed to take an H1 bulb, is designed to produce a beam based on the the source-point of the light. HIDs and LEDs don't have the source-point in the same location, hence will produce a different beam pattern. Projectors work differently, but can still be affected by a vastly different source-point. (When I upgraded my Octavia a few years ago, the burner wasn't quite in the correct position, but the beam-pattern was quite different.

 

If you have a torch were you can unscrew the reflector, whilst leaving the bulb attached to the torch body, point the torch at a wall, unscrew and watch the beam pattern change (ignore the rotation effect).

 

For dipped beam it's not just about output, it's about the correct beam pattern output. You can always tell when a Corsa-boi has done HIDs as you get blinded when they're on dipped-beam.

 

I upgraded to LED in my car (not a Skoda). The dipped are projectors, and produce a much brighter light, in the right place, with a very very well-defined cut-off. The main-beams are reflectors, but seem to have a slightly narrower beam than the halogens. (Mind you, having a car the doesn't have a CANBus to the depth that modern ones do, certain helps the fiddling around aspect )

11 hours ago, Gobsheene said:

 

On the money.

 

They are 72w 9000Lm

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nighteye-Car-72W-9000LM-H7-LED-Conversion-Headlight-KIT-6500K-Bulbs-Xenon-White/272630602803?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

 

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for the Facelift you will need to buy adapters. For the prefacelift they fit straight in.

 

I think they are most certainly worth the money.

 

 

 

What adapters are required?

Edited 10 January, 20188 yr by FatblokeVRS

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I now have the bulbs and bought ones with a antiflicker resistor. Hope to fit them tonight. 

@Marc83

@FatblokeVRS

 

Chaps, these are the adaptors I purchased, I'd advise against them:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0771GBVGT/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

They needed to be flattened in the metal work vice and a bit dremeled off to fit correctly.

 

Instead use these:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-x-LED-BUlb-Holders-for-cree-cob-philips-kit-h7-headlight-beam-dipped-adapters/182312852763?hash=item2a72b15d1b:g:XUkAAOSwCGVX~7Yd

 

A good few on the OctVrsOC Facebook page have used these with good success.

 

Again, these are only needed for the facelift. Prefacelift clips can fit over the bulbs and work out of the box.

 

I now have the bulbs and bought ones with a antiflicker resistor. Hope to fit them tonight.  They are now fitted but flash 4 times when I put ignition on then go out but work just fine off the switch. Any ideas? 

On 1/9/2018 at 17:47, FatblokeVRS said:

 

Thanks for that info. What wattage were these bulbs? I have 55w (each) ones to try.

 

On 1/10/2018 at 10:55, Gobsheene said:

They are 72w 9000Lm

 

or 36w each

1 hour ago, Vrsbuddy said:

 

I now have the bulbs and bought ones with a antiflicker resistor. Hope to fit them tonight.  They are now fitted but flash 4 times when I put ignition on then go out but work just fine off the switch. Any ideas? 

The flashes are just the car checking the bulbs in order to flag bulb out warnings where necessary, perfectly normal.