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AlpenAndes

Member Since: 20 May 2011
Location: Currently Chile
Posts: 128

2010 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Belize Green

LED bulbs

Hi,

I was thinking about changing to LED bulbs. Anyone who did that already can tell me if white LEDs behind coloured plastic give the desired colour or does the break light come out pinkish and the indicator yellowish? Any experience with particular LED bulbs, like the number of LEDs per bulb, how do superbright look like?

Last question, as I was looking on pages in the UK to order, they use number coding while my spanish manual uses letters. Anyone who has a list that shows the correct numbers. In particular I am not sure about the side indicators and the number plate.

Thanks in advance for your help
Oskar

17th Apr 2012 12:48am

bpman

Member Since: 21 May 2008
Location: Oslo
Posts: 8069

2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SVX Station Wagon Santorini Black

AlpenAndes

do you mean in the dashboard or front/rear lights ?

17th Apr 2012 7:27am

AlpenAndes

Member Since: 20 May 2011
Location: Currently Chile
Posts: 128

I was primarily thinking about front and rear lights.

17th Apr 2012 12:48pm

bpman

Member Since: 21 May 2008
Location: Oslo
Posts: 8069

there's quite a few companies selling LEDs, I use ULTRALEDS.co.uk, I've had mine for years in various trucks. if you are going to fit indicators, you can get yellow/amber ones but you will be best fitting load resistors rather than a LED indicator relay as you may tow a trailer or caravan.

My 90 has tail/stops, side lights but not indicators yet

17th Apr 2012 6:10pm

AlpenAndes

Member Since: 20 May 2011
Location: Currently Chile
Posts: 128

Perfect, thanks. Do you use white behind the coloured plastic or coloured LEDs with white plastic? I want to use the coloured plastic with white LEDs but I am not sure how the colour turns out.

BR
Oskar

17th Apr 2012 8:12pm

bpman

Member Since: 21 May 2008
Location: Oslo
Posts: 8069

the amber and red leds are usually clear until they are lit, so if you have clear/white lenses, they will be fine.

17th Apr 2012 8:27pm

AlpenAndes

Member Since: 20 May 2011
Location: Currently Chile
Posts: 128

ok, thanks a lot for your help.

18th Apr 2012 2:57am

ken

Member Since: 18 Aug 2009
Location: Banging Birds with my bitches !!
Posts: 4328

IF you go the LED bulb route think before you buy as LEDS sort of project light in a different way to filament bulbs so unless some leds point towards the reflector in the unit you will not have proper lighting

18th Apr 2012 6:34am

bpman

Member Since: 21 May 2008
Location: Oslo
Posts: 8069

ken wrote:
IF you go the LED bulb route think before you buy as LEDS sort of project light in a different way to filament bulbs so unless some leds point towards the reflector in the unit you will not have proper lighting

Absolutely Ken, the stop/tails on ultraleds have leds all the way around, I have had a few trucks mot'd with these led bulbs and no problem, ever white/led front sidelights

18th Apr 2012 7:35am

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