Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 17:24:35 +0100 From: "chris" <chrisnospamasystems.freeserve.co.uk> Subject: Re: Led replacement bulbs
Thanks. I did wonder about the brightness, i guess i'll just stick with filament bulbs for the present. "David Taylor" <djtaylornospamoot.com> wrote in message news:MPG.1b4be2a6624de6d6989c8fnospam.individual.de... > > Has anyone had experimented with using led replacement bulbs ? if so > > did you find any that didn't cause the "bulb failure" pictograms to > > come on, if so which ones did you use ? > > I replaced the high level brake light ones in my 9000. > > Yes the filament failure is triggered but another set that i bought to > replace the brake lights were supplied with load resistors to fool the > filament sensor. > > I have to say though that the ones advertised as brake lights are only > as bright as normal 5W tail lights once behind the red lens. I bought > the ones with the additional sideways LED's which do illuminate the > reflector better but they're still not that bright and I haven't > permanently fitted them. > > David.