Member Since: 30 Jun 2007
Location: London
Posts: 352
Rear LED
Always been a bit concerned about how often the rear brake bulbs blow, so have upgraded the rear Stop/Tail, Reverse & Indicators with the 92 LED's form HIDS4U . This is halfway through fitting them, got a few pictures but only the tail lights one shows up the difference in the picture, in real life there is an improvement on all of them.
The Stop/Tail now fills up a greater area with a more fuller red and brighter too, reverse light is much whiter/brighter (as expected of LED's). Will try and get some better pictures (including at night) but really pleased with them.
I am even impressed with the look of them when they are not even on !, they look much more purposeful than the old ones.
18th Jul 2011 12:54 pm
THFC
Member Since: 01 Sep 2010
Location: Biggin Hill
Posts: 743
Looking good Davro 8)PRIDE OF NORTH LONDON
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21st Jul 2011 3:13 pm
Lady Muck
Member Since: 19 Feb 2009
Location: La La Land
Posts: 389
Re: Rear LED
Davro wrote:
think you can still enter the code for the disco3 discount and this is a per pair price
Sorry to sound thick but...
What is the code?
Are 2 pairs needed?
21st Jul 2011 3:36 pm
Davro
Member Since: 30 Jun 2007
Location: London
Posts: 352
Hi,
The code is for a 15% discount that Ian @ HIDS4U offered site members, yes you need 2 pairs so they match although you will not use the brake light part of the lower ones..... unless you get it wired up like some members have done !, which may be my next job !.
22nd Jul 2011 3:57 pm
ZacSmith
Member Since: 26 Aug 2010
Location: Dover
Posts: 709
Sorry Davro, must be being dense here. Do you need 4 red and 2 white to do you stop/tail, tail and reverse lights?VIN: A175A328***
22nd Jul 2011 5:09 pm
Davro
Member Since: 30 Jun 2007
Location: London
Posts: 352
Yes, you need 2 pairs of the red stop/tail lights and 1 pair for the reverse lights.
You may want to consider the amber ones for the indicators while you are at it, when I compared old/new in daylight the difference between them was not as great as the other lights. However they do come on/off instantly where as the old bulbs fade in/out.
I will try and get some pictures at night and pos them.
regards,
Dave
23rd Jul 2011 3:48 pm
glinja
Member Since: 22 Apr 2011
Location: coventry
Posts: 132
I just changed mine for D4 ones
24th Jul 2011 2:34 pm
biskit
Member Since: 23 Dec 2009
Location: in my Mancave.
Posts: 1368
Re: Rear LED
Lady Muck wrote:
Davro wrote:
think you can still enter the code for the disco3 discount and this is a per pair price
Sorry to sound thick but...
What is the code?
Are 2 pairs needed?
Did you get an answer on the code Lady Muck
24th Jul 2011 7:27 pm
Davro
Member Since: 30 Jun 2007
Location: London
Posts: 352
sorry, forgot to put it in earlier post, it is "disco15", if you search for disco15 you will see where it is mentioned.
24th Jul 2011 7:44 pm
biskit
Member Since: 23 Dec 2009
Location: in my Mancave.
Posts: 1368
Thanks Davro
24th Jul 2011 9:14 pm
vbrab
Member Since: 05 Jul 2011
Location: Pilbara
Posts: 12
Re LED rear globes
[size=18][color=black]Hi Davro, tried to order rear LED globes from HIDS4U....but the nice sales girl said they did not have a listing for globes for D3. ????
A couple of queries.
What part numbers did you order....Did you use plain globes for the Indicator, as their indicator globes appear to have offset pin.
Do the globes fit through the space that the original globes go through?
IE. Do I just plug them into existing sockets?
I'm keen to change them as I don't want to be stuck anywhere remote.....I live 1650k's from the nearest traffic light or Land Rover service option. (outback Australia)
Thanks for any info, regards, Vbrab
27th Jul 2011 11:15 am
Lady Muck
Member Since: 19 Feb 2009
Location: La La Land
Posts: 389
Davro wrote:
You may want to consider the amber ones for the indicators while you are at it,
Davro, can you put a link up for these? I don't want to order the wrong ones.
Thanks
27th Jul 2011 8:58 pm
Davro
Member Since: 30 Jun 2007
Location: London
Posts: 352
They all fit the standard bulb holders and fit through the openings.
For the indicators I got the Amber ones, I may have a play tomorrow and see what the white reversing lights look like in the indicators.
What I had not appreciated was that in both the links above, there is a white reversing light version, I am not really sure which ones I have or what the difference really is on both white versions. I will pm Hids4u on that.
EDIT: .... I guess thinking about it I must have the indicator version as the white version of the stop/tail would have the offset pin
Also, the indicators need the resistors fitted to stop the dashboard indicator light/sound working at double speed (although the indicators still flasj at normal speed).
TBH, the indicator is the one that I noticed the least improvement on in comparison to the originals, although they do come on/off in an instant.
27th Jul 2011 11:16 pm
vbrab
Member Since: 05 Jul 2011
Location: Pilbara
Posts: 12
Re rear globes on D3
Still trying to nut out what the various tail light globes/lenses on the D3 are for, can anybody explain/clarify for me?
I have a top globe that is 21w/5w off set pin (which is stop and tail), below that is the indicator (21w ) straight pin, below that another 21/5w with off set pin (but which appears to only act as a 5w tail light (the 21w brake light does not operate)?? Is it a problem with my car?
Below that a 21w straight at all.
It may be that in UK/ Europe they use different globes/lenses and in Australia we use less and the cars are set up to cover different regulations in each country.
Does anybody know if the D3 ever uses the other globes (bottom lamp and the second "brake" filament)?
All I want to do is change the brake lights to LEDS to aviod a "failure to proceed" caused by lack of brake globes. regards vbrab
28th Jul 2011 10:20 am
crwoody
Member Since: 09 Mar 2009
Location: Littleborough
Posts: 2109
The lower stop/tail lamp is wired as tail light only, this is normal.
I don't know why they used two of the same type bulb, maybe the cost is such that it's simpler to use 2 of the same type, but it does mean that there's a spare in case the stop lamp in the upper one fails.
Unfortunately, because of the pin configuration, it also means you need to double-up on the LED stop/tail ones to keep all the lights on correctly and the LED stop/tail lamps are quite a bit more costly that the single ones, that's one of the reasons I'm changing my rear lamp clusters to the later D3 LED types.Clive
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