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calyx
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PostPosted: 13:28 - 16 Sep 2015    Post subject: W5W LED Replacement Reply with quote
One of the parking lights is kaput so I thought it is a good time to upgrade both to LED.
Stock ones are 5W. LED equivalent is 1W I suppose.
Does it look ridicilous if I replace the current ones with 5W LEDs?
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PostPosted: 13:54 - 16 Sep 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
No they look OK in my opinion, just make sure you get one with the right light distribution to work as well as the original bulb.
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PostPosted: 15:13 - 16 Sep 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Got LED's in my ER6f, these are they.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4x-ERROR-FREE-CANBUS-8-SMD-LED-XENON-HID-WHITE-W5W-T10-501-SIDE-LIGHT-BULBS-/290617035424?hash=item43aa200aa0


R/H headlight as you look at it has just sidelight on in it.

Headlight bulbs are these btw.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Philips-Blue-Vision-Moto-H7-4000K-Motorcycle-Headlight-Bulb-Single-Bulb-/231630857619?hash=item35ee466593
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PostPosted: 12:26 - 17 Sep 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Pol Anorl wrote:
led sidelight bulbs are fine, led headlights are not.

theyre shit.
they dont have the same beam pattern as standard halogens so will blind everyone.


grr666 helpfully posted LED 5w side light bulbs and 'conventional' incandescent headlamp bulbs not LED headlamp bulbs.

If you have a suitable reflector then LED headlamps might work.
The problem in fitting non standard bulbs to OEM lamps housings is that the shape of the parabola for incandescent lamps is different from that for HID/Xenon etc. for several reasons. You can Google at away at it here.
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calyx
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PostPosted: 13:00 - 23 Sep 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote
Heads up:

Replaced 5W 510s with 5W LEDs. OMFG! I'm still invisible to mini cab drivers Laughing
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