Hi all

I am thinking about upgrading the lighting on our Mk6 Fiesta. Can anyone let me know if is ok to use LED bulbs. I don’t want to upset the engine management/can us etc…….

I might sound like I know what I am talking about but I don’t.

Any help advice will be greatly appreciated.

Thinking all lights. Head, side, rear, fog (front & rear), indicators, number plate the lot.

As ever, sorry if this is posted elsewhere.

Thank you for looking.

Mikey.

Different car, same principal. Read it all to get legality point of view as well. Your car should be old enough not to care what type of bulb you have without upsetting it LOL

 

Yes I did find leds brighter if you get the correct version (headlights that is) but they have one main fault..

Normal bulbs get hot and heat the lenses thus melt the snow ice but leds don't.. if it snows while driving the snow will gather on the lens and require clearing every once in a while

5 minutes ago, Danny cj said:

Normal bulbs get hot and heat the lenses thus melt the snow ice but leds don't.. if it snows while driving the snow will gather on the lens and require clearing every once in a while

mmm... I wonder how all the newer cars fitted with LEDs as standard cope LOL 

17 hours ago, StephenFord said:

Your car should be old enough not to care what type of bulb you have without upsetting it LOL

Except indicator bulbs. I wouldn't bother with these, just put silvertec in if you don't like seeing the orange. LED indicators will, 90%, give you hyperflash

Low beam headlamp bulbs WILL fail MOT, if they are H7s buy the ones without a fan and they will fit fine, just revert to standard for MOT, all other bulbs are not illegal

20 minutes ago, StephenFord said:

mmm... I wonder how all the newer cars fitted with LEDs as standard cope

Well........ since you know just how much we all enjoy going off topic, see how LED traffic lights cope in winter. Fast forward to 5:30 if you don't want to watch the whole show.

 

52 minutes ago, unofix said:

Well........ since you know just how much we all enjoy going off topic, see how LED traffic lights cope in winter. Fast forward to 5:30 if you don't want to watch the whole show.

"People are stupid, so accidents happen..." never a truer word LOL

I think I’ll leave the lights as they are……….just in case. 🤣

 

1 hour ago, MikeyD33 said:

I think I’ll leave the lights as they are……….just in case. 🤣

Thought so LOL

You could try Philips racing 200..the brightest standard bulbs I think you can get..osram make a version aswell..both very bright

4 minutes ago, Danny cj said:

You could try Philips racing 200..the brightest standard bulbs I think you can get..osram make a version aswell..both very bright

Unfortunately, there is no Victorian Halogen bulb that will hold a candle to an LED. In addition, the Philips bulbs I bought last year both lasted about 9 months!

16 minutes ago, Danny cj said:

You could try Philips racing 200..the brightest standard bulbs I think you can get..osram make a version aswell..both very bright

I've had both and now have the Ring 200% bulbs, these are much better.

The Philips were good but popped after 6 months

Can't understand what you're doing to the Phillips bulbs.  I fitted a set to the Golf in 2018 and they're still good now!

3 hours ago, TomsFocus said:

Can't understand what you're doing to the Phillips bulbs.  ..

I calculate I got about 30 hours use from them...

25 minutes ago, StephenFord said:

I calculate I got about 30 hours use from them...

No idea how many hours I got but it would be in the hundreds.  The Golf uses the dipped beam as DRLs so they're on all the time.  It's about 17k miles of use.

My first set only lasted about 6 months but as I still had the receipt I had the replaced..not from halfrauds as they didn't want to no but from Philips themselves..