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[BrownMotoring]

Evening all,
I'm after a show of hands. I currently have red LED footwell lights and they're very nice. Red matches the ambient lighting but I'm torn between red, white and blue. Here's what they all look light - which works best?







Just in case anyone wants to know, they're all '12 cluster LED W5W/wedge wide angle bulbs' from: http://stores.ebay.c...n-jp2008?_rdc=1. Come in all sorts of colours.

[Lenny]

RED

[iNath]

Added a poll for you, and my vote also goes to red

[sambooka]

Red but I kind of like the white they are just a bit bright
I have a question as well as I discovered my car has the holders fitted are they on all the time or just when you open a door of switch something on

[Stoney871]

are they on all the time or just when you open a door of switch something on

They operate the same as the courtesy light.

[sambooka]

They operate the same as the courtesy light.

Thanks just got to find some not overly bright LEDs now

[BrownMotoring]

Red but I kind of like the white they are just a bit bright
I have a question as well as I discovered my car has the holders fitted are they on all the time or just when you open a door of switch something on

It was interesting to see them first hand. The red is bright but not excessively so, borderline perhaps. The blue looks good and is by far the brightest, it lit up the interior like a battlefield. I like blue LED's but those nearly gave me retina burn, lol. The white wasn't actually that much brighter than Ford's standard bulbs but it is a cleaner whiter light so a lot more noticable. I suspect I'll stick with red as it's tad more subtle and fits in with the ambient lighting. Alternatively I could rig up some sort of French fleg thing

[OllyMcC]

I currently have red LED's in the footwell and it looks good, however i stubled across some UV LED's on eBay, and thought ive give them a go, just to be different, there still on there way here, will post pics once arrived.

[iMitchellHD]

I'd go for red out of those colours im thinking of doing this to my MK7 but i think im gonna do some Yellow ones .

How do you fit them ?

[BrownMotoring]

I've seen they do amber ones, that should be colourful

Depends on the car. Seems Ford often fit the sockets/cabling but no bulb. I think Zetecs and Titaniums get them as part of the ambient lighting thing (ceiling, footwell, dash strip and cubby hole lights [they still neglected to fit a glove box light though, lol] and I've fitted puddle lights as well). If you have it the socket is set close to the lower dash panelling and points straight down att he pedals/your shins and are small slightly protruding round dark grey plastic socket. If they don't work spin them the other way as those LED's are polar sensitive. Socket on the passenger side is set very slightly deeper into the underside of the dash but you can't miss it.

[GJC]

I've seen they do amber ones, that should be colourful

Depends on the car. Seems Ford often fit the sockets/cabling but no bulb.

Seems random, or more likely related to the engine which would probably go back to the production line, my Econetic 1.6 TDCi has the wiring and sockets ( and RED LEDS) but yet it's really the Style trim with eco tweaks.
Given I have the wiring for the powerfold mirrors and Cruise control and they have been activated, and I probalby also have the Ambient lighting wiring (too garish for me I think) IO bet it goes back to the line they came from and the woring / parts on that line.

[James Rosier]

Blue all the way i think, lol

[Gary Minty Jupe]

jut put red bulbs in and they look very nice thanks guys for the info on this hidden cheap mod

[metalron]

just had a look on my metal bulb holders and wires all there so i'm going to get blue to match the sony head unit what a cheap cool mod

[Marcr1]

I ordered my blue ones last night to! Been dispatched this morning! Cannot wait, I need to get out more