I'm sure I read something about this a couple of months ago - but the search came back with nothing.
Anyway... for the last 18months+ I've had a set of LED numberplate bulbs fitted - which emit nice white crisp light. It's great for the RVC as it lights up the road behind you!
They were bought from eBay Hong Kong or similar, and cost about £30 for the pair. The were the usual bulb holder filled with about 18 SMD LED's and then a small adapter box which tricked the MFD into not giving an error.
No problems apart from the occasional MFD warning if my lights went on, off and back on again during a journey - I would get the warning light on the dash. When I switched the ignition off and on again, the warning would vanish for another few months!
Today I was driving to work and the warning came on. A bit odd as it was dark and my lights had been on the whole time. When I got to work, I looked at the lights - and one was flickering. I meant to go out and look once it got light, but totally forgot until I got in the car to drive home again... in the dark.
When I got home, I put on my head torch, and pinged the bulb holder out. One of the 18 LED's was on, and the others were all flickering. I fiddled with it for a few minutes, but since it was dark and freezing, I removed the pair of them and put the originals back in.... which look really orange and dull now!
So... I want another set of LED bulbs. I've found more on eBay - which look much like the ones I've just taken out. My box (which I kept the originals in) said "Racing Dash" on it, and I think the eBay ones for about £30 again are the same thing.
I'm sure I read something about OEM LED bulbs a while back though. Are there better ones out there than the ones I had? Are they a stright swap? Where can I get them?!
