Bulbs specifications and conversion to LED
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 6:40 am
Hello,
I am happily driving my Plus2 after x years of storage and 1 1/2 year of resto/reconditioning. It got a fresh Swiss MOT and I am now in the shake down period I would say. One of the remaining problem is that the headlights thermal cut-off switch fires after 10-15 minutes. I found it kind of funny the 1st time because it was not pitch dark and I was on a quiet road. But not so last week when I was with passengers (2!) on the highway.
I did not want to go back to rewiring the additional large section wire across the engine bay and relay so I thought LED.
Being on this track, I thought I might as well do a full LED conversion. The document attached could save you the time it took me to put the information together in case you want to go that route too.
I'll let you know in August how things are working
Note:
A) The links for the LED procurement will soon be outdated because this market is evolving very rapidly
B) I know that I might not be legal presently to have LED headlights. Law is slow to adapt. I do not doubt that in the close future it will. And if its not, I'll just revert to std H4 for MOT testing when the time comes.
Until then have a nice summer
Fran?ois
I am happily driving my Plus2 after x years of storage and 1 1/2 year of resto/reconditioning. It got a fresh Swiss MOT and I am now in the shake down period I would say. One of the remaining problem is that the headlights thermal cut-off switch fires after 10-15 minutes. I found it kind of funny the 1st time because it was not pitch dark and I was on a quiet road. But not so last week when I was with passengers (2!) on the highway.
I did not want to go back to rewiring the additional large section wire across the engine bay and relay so I thought LED.
Being on this track, I thought I might as well do a full LED conversion. The document attached could save you the time it took me to put the information together in case you want to go that route too.
I'll let you know in August how things are working
Note:
A) The links for the LED procurement will soon be outdated because this market is evolving very rapidly
B) I know that I might not be legal presently to have LED headlights. Law is slow to adapt. I do not doubt that in the close future it will. And if its not, I'll just revert to std H4 for MOT testing when the time comes.
Until then have a nice summer
Fran?ois