Been looking at replacing my reverse light bulbs for brighter led ones. I found on another post that the
382 Twenty20 92 LED 12V P21W Canbus Bayonet Bulb were possibly the best but no longer available anywhere. Seems to be bit of a minefield finding a suitable bulb with prices ranging from £15.00 to £50.00 for a pair of bulbs.
Any advice on which to buy Defender 300Tdi 110 HCP - Keswick Green
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10th Jan 2016 9:27 am
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Buy the latest offering from Steve at AF. I'm not a big fan of LED conversions but the reverse light bulbs are astonishingly good.
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Had some vanity mirror leds from AF they were rubbish Sent them an email regarding this but they never bothered to reply so will not be getting anymore of my business I'm afraid.Defender 300Tdi 110 HCP - Keswick Green
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10th Jan 2016 10:40 am
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+1 for the Ultimate White Reverse lamps from AFD1 300Tdi - gone
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10th Jan 2016 10:43 am
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+2 for Steve's LED reversing lights, mine are in a D3 and are a major improvement over the standard filament bulbs.
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10th Jan 2016 10:49 am
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Had some of the original AF bright LEDs in the D3, and they were a huge improvement.
Then they brought out the Ultimate LEDs. They went in and the originals went into to wife's FL2, and they are not that great in comparison
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+4 for the mega bright LEDs from Advanced that I fitted a couple of days ago. I have to do a bit of reversing in the dark on narrow tracks and it's a night and day improvement. Money well spent D4 GS 12MY
+5 for Steve's LED reversing lights, great service & a major improvement over the standard filament bulbs.
I have noted what SGH says - obviously I can't comment, save to say that AF's customer service has always been exemplary for me.
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10th Jan 2016 12:03 pm
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SGH - I try out all of the LEDs before we place stock orders, I have the Visor ones fitted myself, they are fiddly to fit, easy to cross the wires over and blow fuses. However I don't recall an email that I have ignored, perhaps it never got to me? Marvelous world of communications we have but a telephone call to me would have most likely provided the answer.Paul Redding
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10th Jan 2016 12:14 pm
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Though all my other LEDs were from AF.23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
10th Jan 2016 2:12 pm
armalites
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I've had all 3 versions of the AF reverse bulbs and the latest ones are amazing as are the interior bulbs.
The size of the reverse lense on a D3 lends itself really well to the bright bulbs, it's like having driving lights in the rear
Takes a while to get used to the interior bulbs as they are so bright, problem with them is the ones in my other car seem useless now IID PRO
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I too sent an email to AF and had no reply. However I still bought the sidelight bulbs was asking about, plus a set of the bright the reversing ones. They arrived very fast!
SGH - I try out all of the LEDs before we place stock orders, I have the Visor ones fitted myself, they are fiddly to fit, easy to cross the wires over and blow fuses. However I don't recall an email that I have ignored, perhaps it never got to me? Marvelous world of communications we have but a telephone call to me would have most likely provided the answer.
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Out of interest Steve how do the current replacement bulbs (T20BSHP16 80W - THE ULTIMATE WHITE REVERSE LAMP ) compare to the previous ones I have (120SMD BRIGHT WHITE REVERSE LIGHT) ?
FWIW I found Steves advice and service to be excellent even though I was only buying a couple of bulbs at the time.
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Sent them an email regarding this but they never bothered to reply so will not be getting anymore of my business I'm afraid.
