Thread: Replacment LED tailight/indicator/parklight assemblies

A friend recently got NAS lenses for his Defender and got LED bulbs from brightlights (mentioned earlier in this thread). They look good & bright.

I used LED replacement globes on the SIII, with existing lenses without issue, and have LED for the front parkers on the Defender (using the standard lens), but haven't forked out to replace the rest of the lights yet.

I think I've seen round LED tail lights from HELLA that would look matching (ie match the theme), but not look exactly the same. Obviously for a HELLA valot of money.

Originally Posted by mark2

I've tried that but not the best option for a couple of reasons:

-still leaves the issue of leaky, corroded terminal connections at the base of the bulb which are marginal even when new

- the replacment LED brake light globes arent as bright as an incandescant filament (not enough contrast between tail light and brake light) -unless the quality has improved since I bought some a couple of years ago

- the lenses are still easy to break - a good LED assembly should be resin filled and have polycarbonate lenses which are very tough.

The ones I use on my boat trailer are just about indestructable.
I could bolt these on the back of the 110 but it wouldnt look right (understatement)

Sounds like there is a market for some reasonably priced assemblies.....

The last year or so has seen some very high quality globes come out on the market. I have previously used Narva ones which are absolute rubbish.

Anything that uses superflux LED's will give you excellent light. Syop /tail usually have differing numbers of LED's with different outputs. Mine are better than conventional filament even in daylight.

The one thing i did find was to use white LED's unless you have clear lenses in which case use colour as needed.

Here is a few links to try.

Digielite Corp. Pty Ltd - Supplier of LED lighting and Ethernet connectivity products.
Super Bright LEDs

plus all those suggested in previous posts.

I want to make a globe with a PCB fitted to the end shaped for each globe recess in my Classic. Its one of my "Pantene" projects at the moment...