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Puddle light LED bulbs
« on: November 06, 2009, 07:28:35 am »
Hi everyone
does anyone know where to get LED bulbs for my wing mirror puddle lights please :confused:
i don't know the first place to look for these and also will this throw up any fault codes?
how do you remove the bulbs from the mirror :confused:

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Re: Puddle light LED bulbs
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2009, 09:01:03 am »
Getting to the bulb is easy, push the mirrot forward towards the front of the car (opposite to folding) and you will see a screw to remove and then they flick out.

Not sure about LED's, I swapped one of mine once with a white looking bulb and then it didnt work - VW ended up swapping the door control module, I dont think the bulb did anything but I didnt touch them again.
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Re: Puddle light LED bulbs
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2009, 11:47:09 am »
I dont know whether this will be of any use to you. If not PM SteveP he can tell you.

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=5115.0
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Re: Puddle light LED bulbs
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2009, 02:35:12 pm »
They are the same as the sidelight ones but don't need resistors  :happy2:

They will still show an error in VCDS but work fine unlike the normal LED ones for the sidelights
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Re: Puddle light LED bulbs
« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2009, 07:45:23 pm »
I have noticed more and more Beemers with the brighter number plate bulbs, are these freely available?
would be interested in the puddle lights to.
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Re: Puddle light LED bulbs
« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2009, 08:15:34 pm »
IIRC the BMW ones are built-in to the bulb holder.

However there are plenty of LED's available now with the resistors built-in to stop the car triggering the bulb out feature, including the ones for the number plate lights.
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Re: Puddle light LED bulbs
« Reply #6 on: November 08, 2009, 08:32:07 am »
Im gonna buy these-http://www.awesome-gti.co.uk/product.php?xProd=13289&xSec=154 as these have the resistors built in
but i would like to find the same for the puddle lights too if possible!!!
if not just a pair of white bulbs would do fine :happy2:

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Re: Puddle light LED bulbs
« Reply #7 on: November 08, 2009, 10:18:40 am »
Quote from: SteveP on November 06, 2009, 02:35:12 pm
They are the same as the sidelight ones but don't need resistors  :happy2:

They will still show an error in VCDS but work fine unlike the normal LED ones for the sidelights

I bought some philips ultra white side lights off ebay for £3.99 and they work a treat. They do not show a bulb out and the car has been scanned using VCDS and it shows no fault codes for them. These surely wont have resisters in for that price will they.  :confused: :happy2:
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Re: Puddle light LED bulbs
« Reply #8 on: November 08, 2009, 10:21:04 am »
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Re: Puddle light LED bulbs
« Reply #9 on: November 08, 2009, 10:23:01 am »
^^^ I tried those and they are an improvement over the OEM yellow ones but the LED's look much better IMHO  :happy2:
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Re: Puddle light LED bulbs
« Reply #10 on: November 08, 2009, 10:25:52 am »
Have you any pics?  :happy2:
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Re: Puddle light LED bulbs
« Reply #11 on: November 08, 2009, 10:30:41 am »
As it happens yes, but there are rubbish pic's.

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Re: Puddle light LED bulbs
« Reply #12 on: November 08, 2009, 10:35:35 am »
Cheers Steve  :happy2:
I was talking sidelights but the mirrors show quite a difference. May have to look into these.... :party:
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Re: Puddle light LED bulbs
« Reply #13 on: November 08, 2009, 11:05:24 am »
Are the sidelight and puddle light the same bulbs guys?
SteveP do you have any links to puddle light led bulbs with resistors built in please :happy2:

cheers for all the input everyone
 
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Re: Puddle light LED bulbs
« Reply #14 on: November 09, 2009, 08:38:47 am »
Picked the car up on saturday but it doesnt seem to have the puddle lights - am i missing something? is there something that needs switched on for them to work?

Its an 08 plate Ed 30 5 door.
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