i seen a discovery 3 the other day and it had all these cool led bulbs in the fogs and the sidelights and it looked really cool, so ive been looking at the options for the 6, was going to start by changing the sidelights for leds then maybe the indicators, side repeaters, number plate and interior lights but there is just so may different bulbs out there and most have different colour options eg, the choice is huge so i thought that we could all share our pics and opinions on a thread.
i started by ordering 3 different types of bulbs, which i will list below when i get some pics taken, the blue ones i bought are just way to blue/purple and the others well they are good but the colour is slightly different between the pair
the pair i like the most have huge colour/shade differences so they will be going back.
ill go out and have a play with them and the camera when ive had my tea.
has anybody else tried any and which ones, any pics eg?
andy

________________________________________

andrew315rawson@live.co.uk
Moonstone phase 7 gti6
My Project thread: http://www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=119992&page=1

each to their own owain. monkeyman did a thread if i member right

________________________________________

Ph2 Black GTI 6!

EX black 6 owner
But now a Black caged rallye owner

Hunting for Go faster bits!


SEARCH

click here

Well my research has uncovered that the camera on iPhone is complete and utter

but seriously they look really good, the bright white ones in the sidelights are a massive improvement to the s**tty yellow things, now I will admit that the blue ones looked really chavvy, but the bright white ones look smart as the sidelights and are much brighter than the s**tty standard yellow bulbs.
There is just so many different bulbs and Options that I think a thread with them all on will help anybody trying to choose there bulbs, but the iPhone camera won't pick it up enough.

________________________________________

andrew315rawson@live.co.uk
Moonstone phase 7 gti6
My Project thread: http://www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=119992&page=1

All I do know is that not all LEDs that work or fit are legal - they needs to be CE marked and road-legal, else you can get points.

________________________________________

Membership expiring soon, get in contact on our new little forum project.

also you'll have to wire in resistors at a guess as the indicators will be double rate due to voltage

I spoke to monkeyman ages ago about them and in the end he changed back IIRC because of the above and also bulbs kept melting

(I dd want to do this too)

________________________________________

306 rallye reproduction decals (full sets/individual decals) | 306 b-pillar textured vinyl weatherstrips
306 slam panel esso stickers | 306 yellow / orange / pension fund red side door badges
gti6 inlet manifold badges | 306 rear boot badges (p2/p3)
winner of Extraction of toys from prams with outstanding vigour award 2009 [source: gti6 owners club]

Just bought some white 501's for the number plate lights. The DRL on the S60 go through bulbs like nobody's business. Bloody annoying.

Replaced the incandescent 501's three times in the last couple of months.
Hoping the LED's last longer...

i replaced my entire 306 with (cheap chinease ebay bought) leds, cab lights, dash lights, indicators, front and rear bulbs. everything bar the main beams and main lights. i worked out if i replaced every 5w bulb with a 1 watt white led bulb i would save around 120watts of electricity (0.16bhp released!!!!)

good points were apart from the power increase .......bulbs were brighter and added a newer brighter look to the car without chavvyness of lexus lights etc.

i found the cheaper bulbs were incorrect resistance so indicators flashed like an exhibitionist untill i added a resistors.

this wasnt a problem with any light that didnt flash.

another problem was the rear breaklight leds which were are originally a two filament bulb. with the led my friends remarked it was very difficult to notice the break lights coming on while driving at night with the led bulb. i eventually went back to normal bulbs for the break lights as i was worried of being rear ended.

all in all i spent time effort and money on something that had a very minimal effect. the main bonus was as i said, the brightness of the newer bulbs especially the dash lights added a more modern feel to the cab. other than that i spent/wasted a day getting to know my car

hope this helps

________________________________________

the world is changed by people in sheds

Waste of time then?
May just do the sidelights, I liked the pair of bulbs I bought trouble was they didn't match each other so I sent em back

________________________________________

andrew315rawson@live.co.uk
Moonstone phase 7 gti6
My Project thread: http://www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=119992&page=1

Iv fitted a 9 led bulb and what a difference they made, had trouble making them work so played around with the metal connection wires and they worked fine.

I wouldnt bother with indicators, main nor brakes lights but like the interior light to have one, off to ebay now lol.

What type does the 6 use for the interior light?

________________________________________

Pug fee`ver,

Pick a Bogey, buy a Pug.

Black 306 GTI 6 Standard, was 60k mileage, bargain!!

Clicky: [url =http://www.306gti6.com]click here[/url] remove the space between [url & =

dont' forget the LED's are polarity sensitive so putting them in the wrong way round will make them appear broken until you rotate them 180º

________________________________________

306 rallye reproduction decals (full sets/individual decals) | 306 b-pillar textured vinyl weatherstrips
306 slam panel esso stickers | 306 yellow / orange / pension fund red side door badges
gti6 inlet manifold badges | 306 rear boot badges (p2/p3)
winner of Extraction of toys from prams with outstanding vigour award 2009 [source: gti6 owners club]