LED Interior lighting ... Recomendations Please.

[Mattlock]

For those who want cheap license plate LEDs:
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/138870

99c delivered each

That's a good link. However, they are 31mm bulbs and I measured mine at 36mm. I admit I didn't look long enough to see if longer bulbs were on offer.

I just bought a pair for $6 delivered that claim to be CANBUS friendly, although with 1 bulb completely missing my CANBUS appears to have not noticed!

[Fatherless One]

I just bought a pair for $6 delivered that claim to be CANBUS friendly, although with 1 bulb completely missing my CANBUS appears to have not noticed!

Got a link pal?

[Mattlock]

Got a link pal?

Sure thing: Pandamoto 2X 36mm 3W LED 3SMD Error Canbus Xenon White LED Bulbs 6418 C5W 6411 | eBay. I note that I actually paid $6.65, not $6!

These are the only LEDs I'm fitting on the exterior. I've like-for-like replaced all the bulbs in the rear of the car (minus indicators) with new bulbs from Super Cheap. At 6 years old, the old bulbs were quite foggy and dim by comparison to the new ones!

My front lights are all about to be Philips X-treme vision (dipped and main beam) and Blue Vision (parking lights & fog lights). Have links these for too if you want them.

I've not yet had the Philips or LEDs delivered yet so I can't report on how they work but I should have them all in the next week to 10 days, so fingers crossed...

[Fatherless One]

Thanks mate, just bought the license plate LED's.

Hey Mattlock, what type of headlights do you have, reflector or projector?

[Mattlock]

Thanks mate, just bought the license plate LED's.

Hey Mattlock, what type of headlights do you have, reflector or projector?

Mine are reflectors (shiny background rather than black) and use HB4 bulbs.

[Mattlock]

So the kit turned up yesterday and I fitted it last night. They look good. I had a few niggles getting the bulbs in. The front dome LEDs are a bit of a tight fit (space wise) and the driver's footwell assembly is a pain to extract (that's VW though).

My only query is the LED for the glovebox is the same as the dome lights, rather than the footwell lights (like the original bulbs I took out). It took a bit of fiddling to get in and it's not a 100% tight fit so I suspect it could come lose and flicker.

Overall though, the kit has done exactly what I expected of it.

Now I just need to get to the storage bin light and turn that white!

[Fatherless One]

So the kit turned up yesterday and I fitted it last night. They look good. I had a few niggles getting the bulbs in. The front dome LEDs are a bit of a tight fit (space wise) and the driver's footwell assembly is a pain to extract (that's VW though).

My only query is the LED for the glovebox is the same as the dome lights, rather than the footwell lights (like the original bulbs I took out). It took a bit of fiddling to get in and it's not a 100% tight fit so I suspect it could come lose and flicker.

Overall though, the kit has done exactly what I expected of it.

Now I just need to get to the storage bin light and turn that white!

Yet to receive mine, hopefully today

Post some photo's Mattlock, I still haven't seen your ride (car that is lol)

[Mattlock]

Yet to receive mine, hopefully today

Post some photo's Mattlock, I still haven't seen your ride (car that is lol)

Haha! I need to give it a good wash before I post the exterior! For now, here are some before and after shots of the LED replacements:


Boot Light (before)


Boot Light (after)


Interior Lights (before)


Interior Lights (after)

[Fatherless One]

Great photo's Mattlock.

With the help of a mate (a fellow Watercooled member) we got the LED's fitted, what a fiddly bloody job.

Do you not have 3 front bulbs Mattlock? I do but due to the type of LED's delivered I didn't have another LED for the front centre area.

I love the clean crisp light these give off, and they smoothly fade as per original non-LED's, however I have noticed they do have a very faint glow even when supposed to be off. Have you noticed this Mattlock?

I've noticed that faint residual light does eventually disappear.

[Mattlock]

Good work mate.

I only have 2 bulbs in the front centre and 3 over the rear seats.

What I noticed is that the LEDs are a touch longer than the original bulbs and for the front I had to remove the silver reflectors as well as the frosted cover to give me enough space to fit them in. The silver reflector went back in over the LEDs.

I've not noticed a feint glow from mine but my footwell LEDs flicker 3 or 4 times (synchronised) when I turn the car off.

I'm loving the colour and am now thinking about ordering another kit for my Tiguan.