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Edzi



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LED Lights; Nolden or JW Speaker??
Greetings All,

Have decided to get some LED headlights and have narrowed it down to the following:

Nolden 7 Bi-LED headlights with Position lights (Incidentally, what are position lights?!?)

Or

JW SPEAKER EVO2 (DRL)

I'll be getting them in black as it should play well off my white 90.

I'd love to hear from anyone who has experience of these lights please Smile

Cheers,

Edmond
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http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic31962.html

http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic21619.html?highlight=nolden


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Edzi



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Lorryman100 wrote:
http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic31962.html

http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic21619.html?highlight=nolden


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Thanks Smile Somehow missed both those posts when searching!

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Edzi, both are great LED headlights, different looks, the Speaker look a bit more "techno" than the more classic looking Nolden. So see what is better looking on yours.
And without going into very technical explanation of what is a position light Whistle , the LEDs with integrated position light is what you need for a Defender with the "SVX style front", while LEDs without built in position light are working for the standard Defender front where the position lamp is a separate unit, located above the front turn signal.
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Edzi



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Cheers Eric, much appreciated Smile Didn't even need a Paracetamol to digest the technical explanation Wink
Mine's a regular 90 XS, so guess the position light isn't needed Smile
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leeds



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For position light, please read marker light or parking light.

Basically the idea is to get away from the term side light, I.e. Not a light to have illuminated whist driving but a light to just mark the position of it whilst stationary.

It is legal to have two pairs of position/parking lights. However if your vehicle already has a set of position/parking lights you do not have to connect a second set up.

However it is not legal to have two sets of DRLs


Brendan
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Fojjit



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I've not had any experience with the Nolden headlights but i can full recommend the Evo2s.

I installed a pair on my 90 last month, along with full JW LEDs for the rest of the wagon, they make an incredible amount of difference to both the driving experience at night and to the look of the car, especially the DRLs!

The light output is incredibly powerful as is the cleanliness of the light, hands down the best lights i've used on any car. The only issue is that they're so bright that cars keep giving me the odd flash thinking i have my full beams on!

But yes, 100% worth the money.

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Edzi



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Many thanks Brendan Smile

So this is the light that comes on when the light switch is clicked down once right? I have the regular grill that came as standard with my 90XS, so have this light.

Two questions; so it's legal and ok to have the Noldens installed and have the position light wired up too, right?
Also, can I just install these and not have the position light working? I've seen you have a chrome version of this light without the position light, but I really would like to have the lights in black.

Cheers,

Edzi Smile
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leeds



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Correct Edzi, perfectly legal

You do not have to have the position lights wired up. The connector is fitted to the light and then a blanking plug is in.

We have bought all the Land Rover over stock of clear chrome without position lights which are fitted to the final editions. These are OEM lights.

With position lights we can offer clear chrome, dark chrome or matt black with position lights.

Any questions ask away.

Brendan
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Edzi



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Fojjit wrote:
I've not had any experience with the Nolden headlights but i can full recommend the Evo2s.

I installed a pair on my 90 last month, along with full JW LEDs for the rest of the wagon, they make an incredible amount of difference to both the driving experience at night and to the look of the car, especially the DRLs!

The light output is incredibly powerful as is the cleanliness of the light, hands down the best lights i've used on any car. The only issue is that they're so bright that cars keep giving me the odd flash thinking i have my full beams on!

But yes, 100% worth the money.

Fojjit Thumbs Up


Cheers for the feedback Smile How easy/hard is to to wire up the DRLs? I have zero expertise!!
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Edzi



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leeds wrote:
Correct Edzi, perfectly legal

You do not have to have the position lights wired up. The connector is fitted to the light and then a blanking plug is in.

We have bought all the Land Rover over stock of clear chrome without position lights which are fitted to the final editions. These are OEM lights.

With position lights we can offer clear chrome, dark chrome or matt black with position lights.

Any questions ask away.

Brendan


Cheers, much appreciated Smile
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