DIY: changing interior reading lights to LED

[countrytrucker]

You do with the 'important' bulbs on the outside, but the OBC doesn't seem to monitor the interior bulbs (it must assume you can see for yourself when they're blown). This particular mod is just plug & play.

When you say important bulbs, do you mean sidelights and number plate lights?

What is the load resistor that was mentioned?

I plan to change all the interior and exterior bulbs when I get my car.

[FroGTI]

Yes, I meant important as in the ones you're legally required to have (sidelights & rear plate).

[countrytrucker]

This will sound stupid but I have to ask.

Are you guys changing sidelight bulbs in the standard lights? What sidelight comes in the xenons?

[p3asa]

Has anyone else changed their interior lights to LED?
I changed the rear 3 and it is so much better for the kids.

My problem is the footwells. I removed the actual box the bulbs go into but it looks like a sealed metal box the bulbs are housed in and the only way in is to break the box which obviously I don't want to do.

With the Frog appearing to have disappeared, has anyone else changed these bulbs?

[mac7]

Not got my car yet so can't comment on the footwell lights, but I was wondering where you got your LED bulbs from - there seem to be good ones and bad ones out there...?

[flc1962]

Quite a handy bugger arent ye!

Lol, tweaking my cars is one way of avoiding any more children coming along. We've already got 7...!

Hmmm 8 bulbs and 7 kids me thinks 1 more to go to make it even  

Nice mod was looking to do this as well, you have just made it easy. Cheers FLC

[p3asa]

Not got my car yet so can't comment on the footwell lights, but I was wondering where you got your LED bulbs from - there seem to be good ones and bad ones out there...?

www.ebay.co.uk item number 270337545471
Only went with them as they were doing packs of 10.
Seem fine to me.

[Mighty_G]

so would these do the job ?:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/501-W5W-4-Quad-Ultra-Bright-LED-Bulbs-Green-10-Pack_W0QQitemZ270337545108QQcategoryZ72233QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m263QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DSIC%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BIEW%252BFICS%252BUFI%26otn%3D11%26ps%3D63

[p3asa]

 

[flc1962]

so would these do the job ?:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/501-W5W-4-Quad-Ultra-Bright-LED-Bulbs-Green-10-Pack_W0QQitemZ270337545108QQcategoryZ72233QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m263QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DSIC%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BIEW%252BFICS%252BUFI%26otn%3D11%26ps%3D63

They are the ones I ordered yesterday