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Offline GeeTeeI

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rear plate bulbs
« on: November 05, 2010, 11:15:02 am »
One of my rear no. plate bulbs has failed and I was thinking of replacing it with LEDs as a subtle upgrade.

What is the thinking about this as a mod - is it total toilet - or does it look good?
I saw a new BMW with led plate lights (as standard now) and the white liught looked so much better than the off white normal bulb light.

On another note - what type of bulb are the plate lights?

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Re: rear plate bulbs
« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2010, 11:28:09 am »
I got some of these (and so did a few others I think!)..

eBay rear numberplate LEDs

Work a treat!  :happy2:  You can get cheaper ones, but whether they'll work as well, who knows?!

Takes 2 mins to swap them over.  See this thread..

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,20379.msg283252.html#msg283252

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Re: rear plate bulbs
« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2010, 11:31:51 am »
iv got them as well, there so easy to change, and work realy well :)

just one thing make sure you put the bulbs in the correct way round, otherwise they dont work :)


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Re: rear plate bulbs
« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2010, 11:38:37 am »
I got them from f1autoparts as well. Arrived the day after I ordered them.

They look good IMO. Car passed it's MOT with them fitted a few days later, so no worries there either  :happy2:
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Re: rear plate bulbs
« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2010, 05:22:55 pm »
Job done - ordered them right now.

Cheers folks

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Re: rear plate bulbs
« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2010, 05:48:44 pm »
they look too good to pass up. ordered a set aswell  :drinking:

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