ok, well just finished testing these things out, first thing is that they are bright and work really well, that is they seem to give a good spread of light rather than being very directional.
Annoyingly thats where their greatness ends
I tried them in the sidelights, they fit perfectly, slot through the hole in the back of the headlight perfectly and all was great until I came to switch them on and then I got the bulb failure warning
Fiddled around, made sure they were fully in and everything but nope, bulb warning remained and that was that. While they were in though they lit up the headlights properly much like the standard bulbs. Im wondering whether Ultraleds most powerful, 15-led bulb would work and not set off the bulb warnings?? Not sure, but they definitely look good but I personally can't live with the bulb warning messages and I don't want to go modifying the wiring too much for the sidelight.
I then tried them around the back in the high level stop light, complete non-starter. They fit the black holder's perfectly but as you try and slot them into place the hole for them just isnt quite large enough. The lights are just a mm or so wider than the standard bulb and this was stopping them from going in.
Next came the number plate lights - they fitted into the holders fine and I turned on the lights and had silence, NO bulb warning messages here - hooray I thought, BUT, came to put the bulbs into the number plate lens fixture thingy and this time the bulbs were just a mm or so too long
So annoying because they fitted the holders fine, didn't set off the bulb warning and all looked great. Again, with a small bit of modding you could probably make them fit but I dont like doing that.
Lastly came the puddle and footwell lights, AGAIN, they were just a tiny bit too long to fit which was annoying.
So that was my experience of these bulbs. Trying not to be negative I think that they are pretty well made pieces of kit its just a shame about the size of them. By far the most annoying part of the whole little exercise of changing the bulbs around was the fact that the sidelights gave a failed message whereas the number plate bulbs didn't. I guess there is a slightly different circuit setup for monitoring the rear number plate lights than there is for the front sidelights. I may try getting the 15-led bulbs at some point in the future for my sidelights but not at the moment so anyone who wants to grab some let me know your experience!
For now the bulbs I have got have gone into my sisters car which has no bulb warning systems :lol:
-Wills