[David Nimrod]

I will be renewing all 8 of the lamps on my 1993 Defender 110.

I don't want to use LED units, however I also don't want those awful 'Made in India' ones.

So my questiion is: who makes a decent quality set of lamps..?

Many thanks, for any reccomendations!

 

[Anaconda]

No one as far as I can tell.
The Wipac ones work and the lenses are cheap so you can change them every few years or when they fade.

 

[Anaconda]

Oh, by the way India is probably marginally better than China.
Many genuine Land Rover parts are made in India.

 

[dag019]

No one as far as I can tell.

This was also my experience before swapping to LED. I treated them as disposable and when a bulb blew replaced the whole unit for fractionally more than just new bulb! Fog lights were the worst for it and required a good strip and clean before every MOT!

The wipac ones were slightly better but swapped back to the cheap ones as there wasn't enough of a difference. When they are this price as long as they last a couple of years I am happy. I did find they like to be used regularly. the ones on my daily would last longer than the ones on the series which is more of a fair weather weekend toy.

 

[Anaconda]

I just checked and we have been using Britpart cheapest aswell.
They are a bit poor but since they are not safety item it doesn't really matter.

 

[dag019]

I just checked and we have been using Britpart cheapest aswell.
They are a bit poor but since they are not safety item it doesn't really matter.

One thing I found is if the bulb was loose in the holder due to poor tolerances a couple of well place matchstick would solve the issue.

 

[Knappster]

Have you considered the military screw on lights? They’re more expensive but don’t seem to have the same problems as the standard lights.