nobber

Well-Known Member

• Apr 26, 2020

• #1

Has anyone fitted LED bulbs into their spots and fogs? What did you think?

 

Lief Zpring

Well-Known Member

• Apr 26, 2020

• #2

Depends what you are driving. A gun metal grey Chelsea Tractor looks good with LEDs. Anything else looks sh*t.

 

nobber

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• Apr 26, 2020

• #3

Lief Zpring said:

Depends what you are driving. A gun metal grey Chelsea Tractor looks good with LEDs. Anything else looks sh*t.

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No, not for my headlamps, for my spots and fog lamps, I want to try and take some strain off my electrical system, LED's in Defenders head lamps arnt legal in the Uk.

 

kermit_rr

Very

Full Member

• Apr 26, 2020

• #4

Never tried but looked into it. You need to make sure the light source is as close as possible to the same size and location as a regular bulb to get a reasonable beam pattern. You also need to make sure whatever you use had suitable heat sinks, some have fans too which make them quite bulky

 

nobber

Well-Known Member

• Apr 26, 2020

• #5

Id have thought LEDs ran cooler? But yeah, beam pattern will be all over the place on some of the bulbs Ive looked at.

 

kermit_rr

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• Apr 26, 2020

• #6

They actually produce quite a bit of heat, the main issue seems to be damage caused to the body/wiring of the led, rather than the actual diode