LED sidelights - yay or nay

Flukester said:
they should fit most cars from the last 5 years or so... straight plug in replacement. (you can check if your current sidelight bulbs just push fit, rather than screw or bayonet, if they do they should fit)

i shouldn't really plug my own business, but I sell them (import the LEDs in from malaysia).

a lot of the ebay ones I see blow within 5 mins of use, these seem rock solid, follow my link in siggy for specs on them.. again sorry for plug, but it's a useful link as most LEDs I've seen are just junk.
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It's a 2001 pre facelift focus. The sidelights just push into the reflector. Do bikes run at 12v?
 
Magic_x_uk said:
2003 Fzs600. Last ones before they changed to the models with underseat exhaust.
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just looked at a microfiche of your bike and at least looking at drawing it appears they will fit as a straight swap out. (ie capless T10 501 style push fit bulbs)

i have a couple of thousand of the bulbs 'in stock' :-)
 
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Trifid said:
It's a 2001 pre facelift focus. The sidelights just push into the reflector. Do bikes run at 12v?
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you need to see if your actual bulbs 'push' into the holder... as it's the holder that pushes into the reflector rather than the bulb.

bikes run at 12v also....
 
Every pair I've ever tried looked a bit blue which annoyed me, so I don't use them any more.
 
Trifid said:
One last question; what is the temperature equivelent of these? Some of the pics on the forums are quite blue?
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the LEDs I use are classed as 'cool white', so around the 5-6k mark (slight blueish tinge to white while still remaining white), they match most HIDs perfectly though and have no yellowness at all.

here is a 2008 ZX10 using them...

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all of above are same bulb, cameras react differently to them though which explains how photos never match exactly how they appear to eye..
 
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lordrobs said:
I can beat that, I had an ultraled bulb that started smoking and blew the fuse to my lights within 3 seconds. To be fair though their customer service was spot on.
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That sounds more like a power incompatibility with that particular bulb (e.g. it was borked from the start) than the more gradual problem of it working, but then failing in a fortnight. But I guess it maybe says something about their quality control.
 
Flukester said:
you need to see if your actual bulbs 'push' into the holder... as it's the holder that pushes into the reflector rather than the bulb.

bikes run at 12v also....
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They push into the holder (with the wires connected.) You then push this into the reflector. The holder secures itself to the reflector (no screws or clips.) You can put the holder with out a bulb into the slot and it will hold itself there.

Will it fit?

They will be a bit more blue than than my headlights (I don't have HIDs) but should look OK. They are very reasonably priced anyway. :p
 
Trifid said:
They push into the holder (with the wires connected.) You then push this into the reflector. The holder secures itself to the reflector (no screws or clips.) You can put the holder with out a bulb into the slot and it will hold itself there.

Will it fit?

They will be a bit more blue than than my headlights (I don't have HIDs) but should look OK. They are very reasonably priced anyway. :p
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just looked up your cars spec's and they will fit fine m8
 
miniyazz said:
That sounds more like a power incompatibility with that particular bulb (e.g. it was borked from the start) than the more gradual problem of it working, but then failing in a fortnight. But I guess it maybe says something about their quality control.
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I sent it back so they could assess the problem and they said it was due to them getting wet.

They were in an undamaged jiffy bag when I got them and I stuck them straight in the car so that was a bit odd... unless their stock room has a leaky roof :p
 
From the CTR owners side of things, aparently LED sidelights don't last very long. I ALWAYS have my sidelights on, just habit from being a biker before driving cars, and my normal bulbs are still going since I bought the car 2.5 years ago and they weren't new then. Aparently some LED ones don't last a few months, and they also cost a fair wack. This might just be a CTR trait though.
 
Dup said:
From the CTR owners side of things, aparently LED sidelights don't last very long. I ALWAYS have my sidelights on, just habit from being a biker before driving cars, and my normal bulbs are still going since I bought the car 2.5 years ago and they weren't new then. Aparently some LED ones don't last a few months, and they also cost a fair wack. This might just be a CTR trait though.
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It's because of the transients / spikes present on most cars electrical systems... and a lot of LEDs just cant handle it.

Some are ok though, it's just a matter of tracking down the right ones :), those with dual current limiting resistors tend to work well (one on anode and one on cathode)
 
miniyazz said:
That sounds more like a power incompatibility with that particular bulb (e.g. it was borked from the start) than the more gradual problem of it working, but then failing in a fortnight. But I guess it maybe says something about their quality control.
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it won't be power 'incompatibility', electrical power is electrical power (at least when it comes to cars).. comes in a single flavour ;)

sounds either that the bulb had a short circuit on it, or, it was a LED without current limiting resistor or wrong value / faulty limiting circuit.

I've seen loads of LEDs from a single batch with the wrong value resistors put in on the odd one... it's just poor quality control... LED then go 'over current' and destroys itself in seconds.
 
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I have them on my Mino to match the Xenons mine I think were ultra LEDs had them on about 8 months and no problems yet.
 
Sin_Chase said:
What colour temp are your Osrams?

The White LEDs you buy will probably be closer to 6000k. My HIDS are 4300k and the LEDs are a cripser white/bluey. I wont be changing my HIDs to 6000k as it's a shocking loss in lumens. PIAA did do some 4500K LEDs that I wanted to get but nowhere has stock, it's end of line now.

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I have some Nichia CS LED's which are around 5300k, give a nice beam pattern too
 
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