Tail light bulb upgrade.
- Leigh Ping
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Changing a bulb is fairly easy. But here's a small guide for those that need it.
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Pinch the plastic clips in and pull the plate that holds the bulbs off. It's attached by a short power lead. So don't pull it too far.
Here's the tail light bulb that's being upgraded.
The bulbs can be different to look at. But their specifications are the same. Size 207 5w. The new one is on the right.
They're a simple bayonet, push and twist, fitting. Once the bulb's been changed, line up the bulbs with their respective holes and click the light housing plate back into place.
The new bulb is on the left. The old on the right. The newer bulb is brighter and crisper.
Then go do a night drive and get some nice pics.
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'The job's a good un.' :broon:
Update - 2 months later. [strike]'The job's a good un.'[/strike] :nonod:
The tail lights I fitted were fine initially and plenty bright enough. Then after a few weeks a couple of the small led bulbs started flickering. That's great if you're 19 and sitting outside McDonalds.
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Tail light bulb upgrade - MGTF Tail light change and upgrade guide.
I also tried some new brake light led bulbs. For the size of them they didn't produce any great improvement and again some of the small led bulbs died after only a short while. So, that 'fail' never made it to a forum post. Here's some pics of them.
In summary - So far, I can only reccomend the lights that I've tried on the front of the car. They have upgraded 'the look'. However, it's only been around two months since fitting them.
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- Leigh Ping
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Hong Kong. :lol: Only took a month to get here. Seriously, they're just a couple of quid on the slow boat from China. Much more if you buy them locally on fleabay. I'm just upgrading the lights in time for the winter darkness. So, there's no rush.GOLDIE wrote: where did you get bulbs from ?
These are the actual lights. Four for £2.99. Not bad at all.
Or two for £4.19 in the UK.
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I will soon have side lights brighter than the road lamps,
[already got stop tail but red LED's and tinted lenses give a good red but not so bright, we shall see]
I haven’t lost my marbles they are in a bag somewhere
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Bulbs on the way via carrier pigeon :lol:
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Anyway, some of our cars are over 15 years old now. So, why not take advantage of the technological leaps that have been made since they were new. As I've come to learn, it's all about modding and the darkside. Why not do the 'lightside' while we're at it. Pun intended. :whistle:
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Leigh Ping wrote: :lol: You're welcome Bob. The pigeon could well be a bit overloaded on this trip I reckon. The ones in the pics above took around a month to come. I must have got carried away with the l.e.d sidelights and those xenon headlights at the time.
Anyway, some of our cars are over 15 years old now. So, why not take advantage of the technological leaps that have been made since they were new. As I've come to learn, it's all about modding and the darkside. Why not do the 'lightside' while we're at it. Pun intended. :whistle:
Yeah modern bulbs are so bright, I have done the fronts in my F and ZT.
Don't start me on the ZT bulbs,I had to buy non canbus error ones to fool the obd built into the ZT that shows the bulbs that have failed in the car although they work fine.The non canbus have a built in resistor to fool the message centre and show the bulb is working fine.Useless information for F/TF owners but you never know you might fancy a more comfortable car in the future.
I had several 501's left after trying to sort this out so I popped them in the F when I bought it.
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Actually, during some research into the xenons I did read all about canbus errors. I didn't know if they affected me or not at the time. As you said 'fortunately' not on the f or tf.
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The trouble with updating the older lights, is that once you've done one, you need to do them all!
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