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Offline Candy Man

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Re: Late to the tail light party.
« Reply #50 on: 03 June 2013, 18:40 »
Yeh, m8 i got the same message from him, im not going to
Know until they arrive, it seems theyve already been shipped
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Offline dereks

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Re: Late to the tail light party.
« Reply #51 on: 04 June 2013, 15:10 »
just waiting to hear back about me being able to get them,can get the outers ok oem and insurance approved for around £75 each.

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Re: Late to the tail light party.
« Reply #52 on: 04 June 2013, 15:28 »
Is your car a 59plate mate?
If so its unlikely the oem lamps will work without throwing the bulb failure lamp on.
That's what's stopping me buying the oem ones.

Offline dereks

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Re: Late to the tail light party.
« Reply #53 on: 04 June 2013, 18:11 »
Is your car a 59plate mate?
If so its unlikely the oem lamps will work without throwing the bulb failure lamp on.
That's what's stopping me buying the oem ones.

Yep a 59 but you can get adaptors on ebay then get them coded.

Offline tenrohle

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Re: Late to the tail light party.
« Reply #54 on: 04 June 2013, 20:46 »
just waiting to hear back about me being able to get them,can get the outers ok oem and insurance approved for around £75 each.

for what specifically?

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Re: Late to the tail light party.
« Reply #55 on: 04 June 2013, 21:40 »
just waiting to hear back about me being able to get them,can get the outers ok oem and insurance approved for around £75 each.

for what specifically?

What do you mean?

Offline tenrohle

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Re: Late to the tail light party.
« Reply #56 on: 04 June 2013, 22:07 »
Sorry I'm not sure what you're saying you can get for £75..

Marshy

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Re: Late to the tail light party.
« Reply #57 on: 05 June 2013, 07:23 »
Is your car a 59plate mate?
If so its unlikely the oem lamps will work without throwing the bulb failure lamp on.
That's what's stopping me buying the oem ones.

Yep a 59 but you can get adaptors on ebay then get them coded.

I think if you do some research the body controllers for 59 plate cars can't be coded correctly for oem led lamps, this is using the adapters too.

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Re: Late to the tail light party.
« Reply #58 on: 05 June 2013, 07:50 »
Sorry I'm not sure what you're saying you can get for £75..

At the moment I can get the outer led lights for £75 (still waiting about the inners)but marshy has posted above that they may not be suitable anyway will have to look into it more.

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Re: Late to the tail light party.
« Reply #59 on: 05 June 2013, 09:10 »
When I looked in to it if your car was pre 2010 then a new body controller was required.
For thermos and controller were £850!!!!!
That's the reason I like these after market ones but need the foglamps and reverse lamps in the correct places.