Member Since: 20 Nov 2012
Location: Cheshire
Posts: 79
I just asked this on another thread! My bad!
So, my 2010 HSE D4 - it does not have Adaptive / AFS or cornering lights.
In high level terms, if I had 2 Adaptive replacement head-lights - what else would be needed to complete and upgrade please?
8th Aug 2015 9:07 pm
gvw
Member Since: 16 Jan 2012
Location: South Yorkshire
Posts: 872
Do the cornering light bulbs have to be H8 Halogens?
Can H8 LED's be fitted without generating any Canbus related error messages or other problems?
4th Nov 2015 11:43 am
mattlidster
Member Since: 30 Jul 2011
Location: Poole Dorset
Posts: 128
No they don't seem to have to be halogens as I have just swapped mine over to LEDS.
13th Nov 2015 4:19 pm
M3DPO
Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
Posts: 8228
Two problems with LEDs, to get the same amount of light output and spread as a tungsten bulb the bulb part is physically to big to go through the bulb holder, also some (Cree which are rated the brightest and best) have black sleeves on the bulb part that look ugly inside the lamp. LED's are polarity sensitive, if the polarity is wrong they will not light up and the H8 plugs/sockets cannot be turned round.
If you want to increase light output fit H11's 8)It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
13th Nov 2015 7:26 pm
M3DPO
Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
Posts: 8228
robbo770 wrote:
No.1 is the correct answer😎ðŸ‘ðŸ‘
On the D3 they don't come on over around 25mph, don't know if D4 is the same.It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
13th Nov 2015 7:31 pm
mattlidster
Member Since: 30 Jul 2011
Location: Poole Dorset
Posts: 128
The LED's I fitted today were these H8 ABD 12 LED 12V Foglight Bulb and are much brighter than the halogens I had in there. I increased the speed setting in the CCF so mine come on up to about 100KPH! The reflectors in the light units seem to be pretty focused on where the beam is pointing.
13th Nov 2015 8:01 pm
M3DPO
Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
Posts: 8228
H8's are 35w, H11's are 55w and just need a little modification to fit and are available in 6000k that matches the same colour light output of xenon's. LED's with the same or greater output as H11'smay well fit depending on the design and would definitely be more practical than tungsten due to creating less heat and using less power. It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
14th Nov 2015 8:40 am
gvw
Member Since: 16 Jan 2012
Location: South Yorkshire
Posts: 872
I was thinking of trying some of these from the bay
14th Nov 2015 11:11 am
M3DPO
Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
Posts: 8228
I have a pair of those and they will not fit through the hole in the reflector without modification which I was not prepared to do even though I took the reflector out, the bulb part is to large diameter.
Remember I have a D3.It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
14th Nov 2015 11:27 am
gvw
Member Since: 16 Jan 2012
Location: South Yorkshire
Posts: 872
Oh... Is it the width or length that's the problem phnar phnar
Sorry . Just reread your post - too wide
14th Nov 2015 11:50 am
gvw
Member Since: 16 Jan 2012
Location: South Yorkshire
Posts: 872
mattlidster wrote:
The LED's I fitted today were these H8 ABD 12 LED 12V Foglight Bulb
Can you remember if these were a tight fit?
They are listed as 15mm wide and the LEDs I was looking at are 18mm
15th Nov 2015 11:19 pm
mattlidster
Member Since: 30 Jul 2011
Location: Poole Dorset
Posts: 128
Its all a tight fit in there however the actually hole is huge as its the entire width of the base of the bulb as its a whole bayonet style fit, there seems to be plenty of room in the actual headlamp unit.
Not sure if the above is because I used a soldering iron to remove the fake dome that was in there tho!
The ones I bought were these http://www.autobulbsdirect.co.uk/H8-High-P...-Bulb.html the tight bit I found was getting the connector back on which was a mixture of put bulb in so far line connector back up, but there isn't enough space to actually connect it, then twist bulb in to place and then click connector home.
20th Nov 2015 6:28 am
gvw
Member Since: 16 Jan 2012
Location: South Yorkshire
Posts: 872
Thanks Matt
20th Nov 2015 6:45 am
gseum
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Location: Germany
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21st Nov 2015 8:19 pm
gvw
Member Since: 16 Jan 2012
Location: South Yorkshire
Posts: 872
Managed to get the blanks out of my headlight units and fitted the LED's shown in a previous post.
The Cree LED's are yellow coloured but I think they look OK in situ.
I'm still awaiting the correct pins to be delivered so couldn't complete the install but I powered up the LED's on the bench and the colour should complement the xenons pretty well
Also note that the LED units I fitted were not polarity conscious?
Thanks for showing how to carry this out as there is no way I would have started melting my headlights without guidance from this forum
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