I've today completed the upgrade to LED indicators on my 2002 W203 Coupe & would like to share the works with those with older models.
Firstly the bulbs were purchased from Hids direct via e bay, the bulbs arrived safely within 48 hours & I found them to be a wonderful company to deal with.
The front indicators were a straight fit & upgrade to 50w without resistors & give a bright glow to the whole top of the headlight unit.
The rear LEDs required an additional resistor to be fitted which was to be in parallel with the bulb, so the nearby earth was used & the other end scotch locked to the live indicator wire. The installation was repeated on the o/s and completed in less than 1 hour.
The lights are certainly much brighter now, if I were to look objectively I would say that due to the intense brightness of the rear LED bulbs the amber colour of the rear light cluster is now much lighter.
My next projects will be to convert the brake lights and then reversing lights
Hopefully this will help others.
Dave
Firstly the bulbs were purchased from Hids direct via e bay, the bulbs arrived safely within 48 hours & I found them to be a wonderful company to deal with.
The front indicators were a straight fit & upgrade to 50w without resistors & give a bright glow to the whole top of the headlight unit.
The rear LEDs required an additional resistor to be fitted which was to be in parallel with the bulb, so the nearby earth was used & the other end scotch locked to the live indicator wire. The installation was repeated on the o/s and completed in less than 1 hour.
The lights are certainly much brighter now, if I were to look objectively I would say that due to the intense brightness of the rear LED bulbs the amber colour of the rear light cluster is now much lighter.
My next projects will be to convert the brake lights and then reversing lights
Hopefully this will help others.
Dave
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