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Led reverse bulbs

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Themoog2
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Led reverse bulbs

Post by Themoog2 » Tue Nov 05, 2019 6:53 pm

I went to the o reverse off the driveway this evening and realised how poor my reverse lamps are (we have no lighting by us) so thought about led replacement.
Anyone installed any? If so, which ones and from where? I want plug and play with no errors.

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Re: Led reverse bulbs

Post by henrym3 » Tue Nov 05, 2019 9:05 pm

Have the same problem and like me you probably get more help, light wise, by keeping your foot lightly on the brakes. If you have any success I hope you don’t mind sharing. I put led bulbs in mine but no real improvement. Maybe the more expensive Cree items might be better.

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Re: Led reverse bulbs

Post by Themoog2 » Tue Nov 12, 2019 8:13 am

I can report that led bulbs are useless.. No brighter and they just alert the fault bongs on the dash. When I removed the light lenses I did notice the silver reflector coating on the inside was all worn away so there is the problem..

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