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bennylenny88:
my dads roc came standard with led sidelights :S

animal:

--- Quote from: bennylenny88 on April 29, 2009, 11:55:55 am ---my dads roc came standard with led sidelights :S

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As standard or as an option?

Are they standard W5W wedge fitting - i.e. VW OE LED bulbs in the existing bulb holders or are they a more permanent part of the headlight?

I've notice LED side lights are an option on E Class Mercs now and have been trying to find out if the fit straight into the existing bulb holders or if they are hard wired.

bennylenny88:
standard mate. theyre not in the headlights mate theyre on the strip near the bottom next to the indicators.. its a GT model though..

JPC:
just tried with 2w 100ohm resistors, they work fine. the LEDs i use dont get hot at all, but the resistor does, so im going to locate that somewhere along the loom rather than squeeze it all in the bulb housing.

SteveP:
^^^ JPC, are the resistor's in Aluminum housings???

Here my next LED conversion, puddle lights  :smiley:

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In the twilight there aren't quite as bright as the stock yellow bulbs but once it's properly dark they look great  :happy2:

And the other plus there is no bulb check on puddle lights so no need for resistors  :drinking:

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