Thread: Defender/County LED Position Lights

Originally Posted by Reads90

I have these on my 90 and 110.

I have them in the clear lens and love them

Been on my 110 for about 6 months but put a set on the 90 last month.

Did not have the reversing light done but do now.

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Probably a stupid question, but does the round LED reverse light fit the bracket on the 110 that is rectangular as standard?

Originally Posted by Mammalalien

Thanks Reads and all others who replied. I think before the night is through, there'll be an extra $200 on my credit card

I put the credit card details in after reading this post. Whoops.

Originally Posted by Devans

Probably a stupid question, but does the round LED reverse light fit the bracket on the 110 that is rectangular as standard?



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Not really but not difficult to change

The picture is my 90 is a 95 model so had the rectangle fog and reversing lights. But was changed to make it look newer.

Have to drill a couple of holes for the bolts on the housing of the round ones but apart from that. Yeah they go over the old ones. LED are easier to fit as with the gen ones you had to also drill a bigger hole for the bulb mounting ( Like on the brake and indicator lights ) but with the led you don't need to do that.

I have a round LED revering one for my 98 110 ( from the factory it does not have a fog light ). Just got to get round to changing it over from the rectangle one.

Well, I have received and installed the kit. They look great, but I've got a couple of issues that I'm hoping others who have attempted this might be able to help out with.

Firstly, I got the Wipac 73mm all-clear lights + LED flasher from the link posted below. Out of the box, they are plugged to suit later models so I carefully went over each one with a multi before snipping the new-type plug and replacing with bullet connectors.

I haven't yet replaced the side lights but intend on doing so once the issues below are sorted out.

Indicators: I have read in other threads that the shared dash indicator light is cause of the first problem that I had. The right indicator was briefly lighting when the left was on. Solved temporarily by removing the globe in the dash. Will implement a more permanent fix later.

Brake/tail lights: Rather bizarre one - the dash fog lamp indicator comes on when I put my foot on the brake. The county doesn't even have a fog lamp so I'm very curious what might be completing that circuit.

Parker lights: These work just fine until the headlights-proper are turned on. Then, either the right parker light goes out or the headlight indicator bulb in the dash blows. After the bulb blows, all exterior lights work fine.

Any thoughts greatly appreciated.

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Thinking about this upgrade myself, are the units just as big as the standard lights? I'm thinking about using them with the headlight and rear light protection kits. I read that if you use LED from the factory that they will not work with rear light protection.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by HardCharger

Thinking about this upgrade myself, are the units just as big as the standard lights? I'm thinking about using them with the headlight and rear light protection kits. I read that if you use LED from the factory that they will not work with rear light protection.

Thanks.

As far as I'm aware they are the same size. However I didn't measure them.

Originally Posted by HardCharger

Thinking about this upgrade myself, are the units just as big as the standard lights? I'm thinking about using them with the headlight and rear light protection kits. I read that if you use LED from the factory that they will not work with rear light protection.

Thanks.

I used 77mm Wipac Units. On the outside, they are precisely the same size as the originals (like my avatar). The only differences are the screw positions and that the rear of the LED units is flat as there is no bulb chamber.

So with regards to these Wipac units, I guess I can go in stages? First park lights, then brake lights, then back up and red marker lights and I leave the turn signals for last as they require the blinker unit. Or is it better to have it all done in one go?

I noticed that Wipac does not have any units to replace the lights found on the side of the wing, has anyone replaced those with units of the same appearance?

Sure, I installed mine over the course of a few days. No reason why it couldn't be a few months. If money is tight, it may be more cost effective to save up and buy the complete set at once instead of buying in stages.

You may not need the flasher unit if you are willing to tinker with the one you already have. Dervish posted an excellent thread on LED fitment. It includes a post or two on how to simply snip one of the pins off of the IC inside the flasher unit in order to bypass the fast flash issue. It also lists exactly what he did for the side indicators - all with photos.

I recommend thoroughly searching and reading everything you can find about LED position lights that you can on this forum. There are a few things to be aware of, especially when fitting to an older vehicle. Nothing you can't manage but things that can be frustrating if you don't know about them beforehand.

Just out of interest, what vehicle are you putting them on? From memory, the Puma may already have LED side indicators.