LED tail light bulbs? LED replacement for BA15S R5W bulbs

Rick-sta · 28th May 2020, 21:02

For the last few months I've been testing many different LED tail light and indicator bulbs which would be direct plug and play replacements for our standard halogen tail light and indicator bulbs without the need for resistors. I'm finally getting close to sourcing the full set, however I'm struggling to find suitable LED replacements for the R5W BA15S bulbs.

My findings are pretty much 90% of LED tail light bulbs are 21w replacements. The tail lights on our cars are 5w so are dimmer than the brake lights (as they are on all cars). I ordered some which were mean't to be 5w LEDs but tested them today and clearly aren't 5w as they're also the same brightness as the tail lights.

So just wanted to ask, has anyone on here ever successfully sourced any LED replacements for the tail light bulbs which aren't too bright?

Thanks
Rick

28th May 2020, 21:02	#1
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