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Re: Changed all my bulbs for SuperWhite LEDs
« Reply #330 on: April 11, 2013, 08:47:23 pm »
Has anyone bought the sidelights from matt?, if so any pics of them on please

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Thats with just side lights on
They are quite bright, personally think the white light looks so much better, interior as well. (sorry about grainyness, iPhone camera is a bit crap)
« Last Edit: April 11, 2013, 08:51:28 pm by Falky »

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Re: Changed all my bulbs for SuperWhite LEDs
« Reply #331 on: April 11, 2013, 09:22:09 pm »
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Are those the Mtec bulbs?
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Re: Changed all my bulbs for SuperWhite LEDs
« Reply #332 on: April 11, 2013, 09:27:32 pm »
^^^
Are those the Mtec bulbs?

Nope, just the side lights replaced with LED, got some MTEC on order as the standard yellowish bulbs look a bit daft with the nice LED in there

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Re: Changed all my bulbs for SuperWhite LEDs
« Reply #333 on: June 13, 2013, 01:48:07 pm »
my led's got delivered today from matt, all installed in under half  hour :smiley: just gotta wait for it to get dark now

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Re: Changed all my bulbs for SuperWhite LEDs
« Reply #334 on: June 13, 2013, 03:14:22 pm »
my drivers side LED sidelight bulb keeps registering as being "out" when i start the car - mostly happens when the car has been sat in the sun for some reason.
I got these bulbs off ebay a while back and not from Matt.

Im looking to change them for MTEC SUPER WHITE 501 W5W (x2) as per Monte's first post.
Does anyone have a link to them or is it a case of just getting them off ebay?

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Re: Changed all my bulbs for SuperWhite LEDs
« Reply #335 on: June 13, 2013, 03:46:05 pm »
I could do with some of these, but they are a right pig to fit, well first time anyway, yanked out with pliers, blind...vw should have done better with these.
Looks like ebay.
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Re: Changed all my bulbs for SuperWhite LEDs
« Reply #336 on: June 13, 2013, 08:48:01 pm »
im still digging for info on MTEC sidelights.

Can anyone confirm that these will fit fine on the golf and most importantly, what's the difference between the 2?

http://www.hids-direct.co.uk/mtec-high-power-led-super-white-501-w5w-t10-194-sidelight-bulb/

or for quite a bit extra
http://www.hids-direct.co.uk/mtec-501-w5w-extreme-evloution-5w-cree-smd-canbus-led-bulbs-white/

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Re: Changed all my bulbs for SuperWhite LEDs
« Reply #337 on: June 14, 2013, 10:24:56 am »
Buy the 2nd ones, latest cree type, and let us all know if they fit ok  :wink:
They need to fit down the fitting "tube", so diameter is important, but they don't state that anywhere......
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Re: Changed all my bulbs for SuperWhite LEDs
« Reply #338 on: June 24, 2013, 05:49:10 pm »
Buy the 2nd ones, latest cree type, and let us all know if they fit ok  :wink:
They need to fit down the fitting "tube", so diameter is important, but they don't state that anywhere......

well... ive bitten the bullet and ordered the MTEC Extreme Evolution side lights : http://www.hids-direct.co.uk/mtec-501-w5w-extreme-evloution-5w-cree-smd-canbus-led-bulbs-white/

will report back along with comparison photos.

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Re: Changed all my bulbs for SuperWhite LEDs
« Reply #339 on: June 24, 2013, 05:56:13 pm »
good man Rich  :happy2:
did you find a discount code for hids-direct?
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Re: Changed all my bulbs for SuperWhite LEDs
« Reply #340 on: June 24, 2013, 05:59:09 pm »
good man Rich  :happy2:
did you find a discount code for hids-direct?

yep, got 10% Still come to £16.15 though!

i know these will be brighter than halogen bulbs, just not sure how much they are brighter over my cheap LED's that are currently in... Guess time will tell!

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Re: Changed all my bulbs for SuperWhite LEDs
« Reply #341 on: June 27, 2013, 02:43:16 pm »
Buy the 2nd ones, latest cree type, and let us all know if they fit ok  :wink:
They need to fit down the fitting "tube", so diameter is important, but they don't state that anywhere......

well... ive bitten the bullet and ordered the MTEC Extreme Evolution side lights : http://www.hids-direct.co.uk/mtec-501-w5w-extreme-evloution-5w-cree-smd-canbus-led-bulbs-white/

will report back along with comparison photos.

Rich

Well... the MTEC Extreme Evolution side lights DONT work... they stay on for 5 secs and then go off again (as well as throw up a bulb out error on the dash). Have to see about getting a refund  :sad:

Think im going to abandon the search for reliable LED sidelights and just go for the MTEC superwhites instead...

Hope this helps

Rich

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Re: Changed all my bulbs for SuperWhite LEDs
« Reply #343 on: June 27, 2013, 10:48:12 pm »
Im going to wait until i sort the refund out - otherwise im going to be stuck with really expensive interior lights!!

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