LED on side lights...

[irfant]

Yesterday I was in Barcelona and visited TOTCAR.

I've bought a pair of 4 LED sidelight bulbs.

Afaik, that bulbs are illegal for EU.










Only side lights are on...

[ap0gee]

They're quite smart - I like them!

[WW_VRS]

Why would they be illegal?

[gerasimos]

What was the total cost Irfant ??

[Fluffmeister]

Don't they throw up a dtc in vag-com?

I tried this on my octy and ended up using them in the pudddle lights instead. and they still throw up a dtc

They do look smart though

[irfant]

There is a warning on the back of that package "off-road use only", because of the EU regulations.

A pair costs 8 Euro in Barcelona TOTCAR.

No warning light was triggered in Roomster, but it does in Octi Mk2...

[Tomo1971]

I used to have these (bought from Halfrauds) aon my X-trail. They looked really ace as the sidelight glass is a light blue colour, the bright LED behind them made a really peircing colour.

Anyway, to my point, I found that they went faulty very quickly, one or more of the LEDS in the cluster would start to flicker.

May just been an X-trail thing, but check yours on a regular basis to see if they are OK.

Steve

[irfant]

Product is "Made in UK".

I've used some similar Chinese products and they suck...

[rich17865]

Made in the UK???

Explains why they didn't work properly!
:-D

[irfant]

Originally Posted by rich17865

Made in the UK???

Explains why they didn't work properly!
:-D

UK - Leeds

[Joff]

Originally Posted by Tomo1971

Anyway, to my point, I found that they went faulty very quickly, one or more of the LEDS in the cluster would start to flicker.

Ditto. I had a couple of different sets - two from a seller on eBay (he sent a replacement set for the faulty ones) and I also picked up another set from somewhere else.

Looked lovely when in use however they didn't last more than a few weeks of use before one of the LED's failed causing the rest of the cluster to flicker.

[Joff]

Originally Posted by rich17865

Made in the UK???

Explains why they didn't work properly!
:-D

Most likely the finished "product" was made in the UK but the bulbs would be sourced from somewhere like China where they would literally cost pence.

[Chris_VRS]

I have some of these in the Fabia....really good & make such a difference over the standard bulbs.

501 LED Super Bright White 1W (pair) :: LED sidelight and side repeater bulbs :: LED Exterior Bulbs :: Autobulbs Direct Ltd - Xenon bulbs, car bulbs, wiper blades, headlight, Osram, Ring, Philips

[dstev2000]

You can fit them to the Octavia II with the aid of a shunt resistor to fool the bulb failure circuit. I'm not sure if turning off the cold monitoring via VAG-COM will make it work the same, haven't tried it yet.

The Halfords LED's appear to be tat as I have known several sets pop very quickly. They don't like heat either so they can't be fitted in close proximity to the main lamps.