Help Needed with LED bulbs

[CiaranMcKeown]

Ok, so i went out and got myself a set of LED sidelights to go beside my Xenon headlights because i hate the orange look of the original sidelights. I also got 2 Festoon shape bulbs with white LED's for the illumination of the rear number plate as one of those had blown so i thought the LED's there would clean up the look of the rear.

Now i read somewhere that when you fit LED bulbs you have to fit a resistor somewhere or somehow to fool the Bulb Warning coming up in the dash, so, i need a little more information on what materials i need to go and get and where i can go and get them.

Once i get it done I will post a detailed how to for everyone else with before and after shots of the front and back. Thanks in advance.

 

[franey]

If you shop around you can actually buy the LED bulbs that have the resistor already fitted but they are a tad more expensive than the basic ones.

 

[Smatt]

I think I read that some cars only have bulb failure warnings on certain lights- ?interior not included on some & might not be on the number plate- try taking a bulb out & see if it triggers dash warning. If not, then no need to worry about resistors!

 

[CiaranMcKeown]

Yeah the following are lights that trigger a warning (that i know of)

Headlights
Sidelights
All indicators ( including the wing mirrors )
Brake light
Tail light
Reverse light
Fog light front and rear
Number plate lights

So i think all exterior lights have wattage sensitivity.

I know my interior boot light does not work and theres no warning for that.

Front searching for housr yesterday i have found that there is a person on ebay that sells the good sidelights and also sells a crimp resistor that will fool the OBD that there is a correct bulb. So orderd a few and i'll let yous know how i go.

 

[A-AvantGarde]

I've not had much luck trying to source some festoon LED bulbs with built in resistors for number plate lights.

I was suggested BREX do such a thing but can't find anyone that stocks them, although that's probably a good thing as my source in the US suggests that they're about $110 dollars

 

[login_user]

go to maplings and buy 2x 22Ohm 7W resistors and connect them in parrallell, thats what i did and they work fine.

 

[Gareth]

try www.shinyautos.com if he doesn't do them already he may be able to help out.