Does anyone know the legality of using LED\'s as rear lights and in rear light clusters??
Cheers
OJ
p.s. see clive - I can do serious stuff on occasion...:D
AFAIK LEDs need to be behind a diffuser lens, as you must be able to see then from an angle. There\'s also the issue of E marking...
Is the E marking for the entire unit?? I suppose it is... Therefore, it\'s unlikely that custom rear lights would be road legal...
I suppose as long as they are clear and not distracting, they shouldn\'t attract unwanted attention...
((p.s. hassle clive with "OJ for Rotary Chit-Chat moderator emails...))
I hate to say it, but there are road legal led rear lights available.
I know, because several models of buses now use them - please don\'t yawn.....
If you struggle finding some OJ , I\'m sure I can send you a copy of Bus and Coach Buyer or Coach & Bus Week.
Reading that might dampen some of your humour though, LOL!
Regards
Max
Jags, well s-types anyway, have l.e.d rear lights as standard. bit annoying when the bulbs go to be honest as you have \'dots\' missing :)
Theres a bloke one the MR2 owners club that has actually made some for the mr2 using LED\'s and has set up a company selling them i\'ll ask him tommorrow and see if he has any plans for making them for other makes of cars i geuss if theres enough interest he would.
speaking of mr2\'s with led\'s, taken at a jap uk meet...
(http://members.lycos.co.uk/ryrx7/jap4.jpg)
yep there the ones i was on about
The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989:
http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1989/Uksi_19891796_en_1.htm (http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1989/Uksi_19891796_en_1.htm)
> Chaz <
well the plan is to use the lenses, but completely change the shape and positions of the lights emitted. I\'m currently working on the front indicators/side lights, and should have them done for trax...
it\'s gonna be so pretty...!! *grin*
:D
you can buy side indicators that have led\'s in, i almost bought some as they were the exact same shape etc but wasnt sure they would fit
i\'ll prob buy them anyway :D
I\'ve smoothed my side repeaters off, and have mounted 3 little LEDs in the wingmirrors - they hardly notice, yet make the car look a lot tidier. The side reflectors are also gone, and hopefully, within a few days, the font lights will look MUCH better...
OJ,
got any pics of that?
Iain
Sorry about the size of the pic, but this shows the smoothed side repeater, and you can just make out the dots that are the indicators on the wing mirror.
There are three LED\'s mounted vertically, and they are brighter than the stock side repeaters. I reckon it\'s a lot smoother
http://tinyurl.com/jwt1
((nuts to it - I tried attaching it, I tried inserting an image, and it wouldn\'t have it!! So sod it, click on the link yerself...!! *grin*))
Posting this coz OJ is having a little PC problem.... :p
Dan
QuoteOriginally posted by Fish
OJ is having a little PC problem....
Yeah, well it happens to all men at some point in their lives, it\'s nothing to be ashamed of or embarrassed about...
:( :( :(
But wanna be moderators should know how to post simple things like pictures. :p
Dan
I never said I wanted to be a moderator, the role was offered and then withdrawn...:(
Don\'t know what I did wrong, really...:( :(
(http://www.funkyberry.com/media/uni/fri28022003/13a.jpg)
see if that one works...
OJ do you have video to back up the pic:cool
Just memories... *sigh*