rover 75 LED sidelights

mor75 · 12th October 2019, 16:21

anyone know which ones work without given a bulb error?

suzublu · 12th October 2019, 17:11

Canbus error free

Lee T · 12th October 2019, 17:12

https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/2x-XENON-WH...=2509432028015

I fitted these recently to my car and I highly recommend them to anyone. Good quality and very bright indeed.

suzublu · 12th October 2019, 17:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lee T

https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/2x-XENON-WH...=2509432028015

I fitted these recently to my car and I highly recommend them to anyone. Good quality and very bright indeed.

Agreed, any led with cree type are very good. I have a pair in my reverse lights and it's like having headlights in the back

Also, I now have these for the sidelights, means you can fit any led bulb

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2X-LED-5W...sAAOSwvAhbWHlh

stevestrat · 12th October 2019, 17:47

One thing to bear in mind about LED sidelights (and possibly other LED bulbs?) is if one fails it will not trigger a bulb failure warning. I had one fail, only noticed when I was about to put the car away in the garage one evening, no warning light, presume its something to do with the inbuilt resistor.

Lee T · 12th October 2019, 17:49

I have twin SMD Cree projector bulbs in my reversing lights, and as you say their pretty unmissible. The items in your link are a good idea, if they do a bayonet version I could get rid of the one's stuck to my rear bulb holder. All my rear lights are LED.

MarkS · 13th October 2019, 08:09

Canbus bulbs seem to have reached some kind of mystique.

The reality is very straight forward.

The LSM monitors the current flowing through any monitored bulbs (it does not include for example front fog lights, reversing lights and SINGLE numberplate light failure).

If the current is less than a minimum (as would happen if the bulb were not illuminated) then a warning is flashed up on the CANBUS.

As LED bulbs generally draw much less current than filament bulbs, they are detected by the LSM as being failed.

Canbus compatible bulbs merely fit a parallel resistor (for which they charge an excessive amount) which fools the LSM, wastes electricity, and CAN HIDE the fault if the LED bulb is not illuminating.

LSMs can be theoretically (& fairly easily) modified to lower the current threshold for failures, allow (cheaper) LEDs to be fitted anywhere. However one can't subsequently change back to filament bulbs without unmodifying the LSM.

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Lee T Gets stuck in MG ZT Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Liverpool Posts: 850 Thanks: 180 Thanked 248 Times in 189 Posts	I have twin SMD Cree projector bulbs in my reversing lights, and as you say their pretty unmissible. The items in your link are a good idea, if they do a bayonet version I could get rid of the one's stuck to my rear bulb holder. All my rear lights are LED. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

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MarkS Gets stuck in Rover 75 Diesel Tourer, called Perseverance Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 664 Thanks: 189 Thanked 157 Times in 108 Posts	Canbus error lights Canbus bulbs seem to have reached some kind of mystique. The reality is very straight forward. The LSM monitors the current flowing through any monitored bulbs (it does not include for example front fog lights, reversing lights and SINGLE numberplate light failure). If the current is less than a minimum (as would happen if the bulb were not illuminated) then a warning is flashed up on the CANBUS. As LED bulbs generally draw much less current than filament bulbs, they are detected by the LSM as being failed. Canbus compatible bulbs merely fit a parallel resistor (for which they charge an excessive amount) which fools the LSM, wastes electricity, and CAN HIDE the fault if the LED bulb is not illuminating. LSMs can be theoretically (& fairly easily) modified to lower the current threshold for failures, allow (cheaper) LEDs to be fitted anywhere. However one can't subsequently change back to filament bulbs without unmodifying the LSM. Last edited by MarkS; 13th October 2019 at 08:44.. Reason: excessive

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