MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: AjayB on December 19, 2011, 10:39:55 pm

Title: Best LED Number Plate Bulbs?
Post by: AjayB on December 19, 2011, 10:39:55 pm
Does anyone know of any good LED number plate bulbs that won't give me bulb errors or stop working due to shocks of driving over a bump? i got some cheap ones but they seem to stop working if i hit a pot hole or something, they will come back on if i smack the top of the bumper.. Bit annoying so i removed them.. :rolleye:
Title: Re: Best LED Number Plate Bulbs?
Post by: E30Dom on December 19, 2011, 10:43:46 pm
Xtec ones on eBay...
Title: Re: Best LED Number Plate Bulbs?
Post by: AjayB on December 19, 2011, 10:46:53 pm
Cheers mate, do you have these? if so, do you have any pics that i can see so i know how they look?
Title: Re: Best LED Number Plate Bulbs?
Post by: Tfsi_Mike on December 20, 2011, 12:43:24 am
Cheers mate, do you have these? if so, do you have any pics that i can see so i know how they look?

I do and have posted pics in previous threads of the same topic. There are pics in my build thread. I'm very happy with the bulbs.

Mike
Title: Re: Best LED Number Plate Bulbs?
Post by: AjayB on December 20, 2011, 01:13:05 am
Cheers guys, they look great! i'll get some ordered :)
Title: Re: Best LED Number Plate Bulbs?
Post by: bulak on December 23, 2011, 03:56:47 pm
try these guys very good always used them

http://www.hids-direct.co.uk/xtec-auto-bulbs/xtec-led-bulbs/xtec-c5w-led-error-free-number-plate-bulbs-audi-bmw-mercedes-p-423.html
Title: Re: Best LED Number Plate Bulbs?
Post by: Tfsi_Mike on December 23, 2011, 04:39:27 pm
try these guys very good always used them

http://www.hids-direct.co.uk/xtec-auto-bulbs/xtec-led-bulbs/xtec-c5w-led-error-free-number-plate-bulbs-audi-bmw-mercedes-p-423.html


The same ones we recommended above. I agree theyre great
Title: Re: Best LED Number Plate Bulbs?
Post by: meady on January 10, 2012, 07:53:30 pm
i didnt think the number plate bulbs were connected up to the bulb fault system. I have had a numberplate bulb go on my carand nothing flashed up  :confused:
Title: Re: Best LED Number Plate Bulbs?
Post by: too hot on January 10, 2012, 07:56:00 pm
I`m going for these next,my last  EBay specials lasted about two weeks before the bulb out lights came on!!
Title: Re: Best LED Number Plate Bulbs?
Post by: Tfsi_Mike on January 10, 2012, 08:05:06 pm
I`m going for these next,my last  EBay specials lasted about two weeks before the bulb out lights came on!!

The above ones ate still going strong and super bright  :happy2:
Title: Re: Best LED Number Plate Bulbs?
Post by: essoman on January 11, 2012, 08:59:21 pm
HIDS direct , good company and top quality parts that don't set off any on board errors etc.
Title: Re: Best LED Number Plate Bulbs?
Post by: micky 32 on January 12, 2012, 10:12:51 am
i didnt think the number plate bulbs were connected up to the bulb fault system. I have had a numberplate bulb go on my carand nothing flashed up  :confused:

I just ordered some. I have a bulb out and no warning. Some cars do and others don't but i believe the number plate ones can be switched off with Vagcom. Going to check later to see if that is the case with mine.
Title: Re: Best LED Number Plate Bulbs?
Post by: micky 32 on January 16, 2012, 10:19:04 pm
Seems both my bulbs have to be out before the warning comes on. I ordered the ones in the above link for my 2008 vRS. I put them in. One didn't light and the other lights but only for a few seconds and goes off until you turn the lights on and off. Comes back on then goes off again..
Title: Re: Best LED Number Plate Bulbs?
Post by: Kalpsn2000 on January 17, 2012, 04:09:16 pm
Seems both my bulbs have to be out before the warning comes on. I ordered the ones in the above link for my 2008 vRS. I put them in. One didn't light and the other lights but only for a few seconds and goes off until you turn the lights on and off. Comes back on then goes off again..

That's very odd.

I also have the same ones from Hids Direct and they work perfectly. I have had them in since March 2011 and they are still going strong :happy2:
Title: Re: Best LED Number Plate Bulbs?
Post by: too hot on January 17, 2012, 07:45:24 pm
Just ordered some too hope they work ok :happy2:
Title: Re: Best LED Number Plate Bulbs?
Post by: DMcG on January 18, 2012, 03:09:35 pm
I used the units from a mk6 GTi / scirroco which are LED but a bit expensive. Look very OEM though  as opposed to some LED's which look too blue.