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LED interior lights advice
My boot light has failed due to slight water ingress through the “shark fin” which I’ve just sorted. Now that I’m going to have to replace the strip (photo below), is it going to be really obvious if I just replace with a bulb as opposed to the strip light.
Worst case scenario is replace them all to match, but as there’s there’s nothing wrong with the others I’d rather not if I can avoid it
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
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Cheers Al, I’ll whip out a working bulb and check....fair bit of corrosion and I’m struggling to find an smd festoon thats the right size 10mm/50mm but I’ll keep looking
Or if I leave it long enough you’ll find one for me...crack on "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
Locking rear E-diff
RLD spare wheel protector & sump guard
Extended roof rails
Series 111 mudflaps
Black side tubes,grill and vents
Timed climate remote
Hids4u interior lights
D4 Firenze my2012 HSE
D3 Java 2005 SE manual (sold,sadly,thanks for the memories)
1966 '88 Series 2a....still starts in the morning better than I do...
23rd Jan 2019 2:04 pm
euangibson
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501 led works intermittently so taken the whole fitting to pieces and now getting some sand paper to the contacts.
Was hoping it was a “plug n play” fix and then remembered it’s a Land Rover
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
Locking rear E-diff
RLD spare wheel protector & sump guard
Extended roof rails
Series 111 mudflaps
Black side tubes,grill and vents
Timed climate remote
Hids4u interior lights
D4 Firenze my2012 HSE
D3 Java 2005 SE manual (sold,sadly,thanks for the memories)
1966 '88 Series 2a....still starts in the morning better than I do...
23rd Jan 2019 2:14 pm
Gareth Site Moderator
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That’s Plug and Pray then!
23rd Jan 2019 4:17 pm
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23rd Jan 2019 4:52 pm
dgardel
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On my D4, initially I used LED bulbs, then I used this ones, much better and bright...
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Thanks I did see that, but baulked at the price
I've just ordered 6 led 501's from Advanced Factors because as I've started looking around I noticed a few of the original festoon lights have failed....I'm going to start again from scratch "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
Locking rear E-diff
RLD spare wheel protector & sump guard
Extended roof rails
Series 111 mudflaps
Black side tubes,grill and vents
Timed climate remote
Hids4u interior lights
D4 Firenze my2012 HSE
D3 Java 2005 SE manual (sold,sadly,thanks for the memories)
1966 '88 Series 2a....still starts in the morning better than I do...
23rd Jan 2019 5:08 pm
M3DPO
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I used two of these in my D3 for additional light in the boot area, very bright and just stick on the roof lining.
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I’ve just gone back to normal incandescent bulbs LEDs just too bright for me.
29th Jan 2019 7:33 pm
euangibson
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I decided to haul all the old ones out and replace with single bulb LEDs.
The kids have long complained about the brightness of the festoon lights, so I’ll wait and see if they notice
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
Locking rear E-diff
RLD spare wheel protector & sump guard
Extended roof rails
Series 111 mudflaps
Black side tubes,grill and vents
Timed climate remote
Hids4u interior lights
D4 Firenze my2012 HSE
D3 Java 2005 SE manual (sold,sadly,thanks for the memories)
1966 '88 Series 2a....still starts in the morning better than I do...
6th Feb 2019 3:48 pm
Dazz360
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I got some similar to these work fine
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6th Feb 2019 6:51 pm
LT
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M3DPO wrote:
I used two of these in my D3 for additional light in the boot area, very bright and just stick on the roof lining.
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