Footwell Lighting

[Ozram]

I will be going the opposite way and painting my lenses. I put some (non flat) red LED's in and the next day was cleaning the inside of the car when I smelled a burning electrical smell inside the car. On closer inspection it was coming from the footwell area. I removed them and found they were actually melting the individual LED's off the lamp. Just goes to show you get what you pay for (Cheap ****). All my other interior ones are fine, but the footwells are on all the time when the headlights are on and were getting very hot.

[Candyman]

Sounds like faulty LEDs as they should be cooler than OEM bulbs

I coloured the lenses initially but the lights look better.

Edit - you didn't buy off the Asian eBay seller down south did you ? They are dodgy as hell those LEDs

These are the ones I have

[Candyman]

Let me guess, you bought this rubbish ??

If so, throw them out and request a refund

They are very poor quality

If putting the old bulbs back use disposable gloves to stop oils on the bulbs from touching them

[SilvrFoxX]

lookin good CM

[Candyman]

Nah, went for a drive just now and decided I prefer OEM white light

Red just looks try hard

Going to give them to the daughters bf for his Ford (for what I paid for them)

[Lucas_R]

Why not just get the proper ones and be done with it. Your choice of "fluro" (Hyper), Warm white, or red.

Bold-Sport.com :: 8 LED Bulbs for Footwell Lights - Pair (No Error)

[Candyman]

I've had the ones from Bold

Two burnt out

LEDs aren't the right light for footwell

Not sure what you mean by "proper"

The hyper bright are horrible

Best to either colour the lenses or get coloured OEM equivalents

[Lucas_R]

I've got the "warm white" ones from the link i posted. Very similar colour to normal bulbs. So far so good. I only really bought them to try as i got a few other things from the shop at the same time.

The only complaint i have is that the metal heat sink which covers the bulbs no longer fits - although as the LED's produce next to no heat, this isn't really an issue. Otherwise, they slide in to the housing perfectly.

[Lucas_R]

Otherwise, if your looking for a reliable LED bulb and don't mind the white (fluro) look, then get to SuperCheap Auto and get the LED's they sell there. I have been using some of these bulbs for over a year now in our Mazda (for numberplate and parker lights) and they still work fine. $20 a pair.

Can't remember the brand, but they are in blue packaging and situated in the same isle as the exhaust tips / pod filters / neon lights etc.

[brimway]

I bought an led kit from Autoslick (forum sponsor) and am very happy with them ....


Interior LED Kit - VW Golf | SlickOnline - AutoSlick & HomeSlick

[Candyman]

Oh the Bolds produce heat

Went through the whole LED phase with my GTI

This little "experiment" was to see if I felt any different about them or if the tech had improved

No on both counts

[Candyman]

Brimway, be very careful about the footwell ones as they look remarkably similar to the faulty ones I bought a while back.

[brimway]

Brimway, be very careful about the footwell ones as they look remarkably similar to the faulty ones I bought a while back.

When you say faulty, did they simply not work/dull? Mine did not work, but were replaced by Autoslick.

[Candyman]

Of the four I got from a local eBay seller (photo I posted, red base), 1 melted, two didn't work and one fumed

Got refunded.

Yours may be different

[Lucas_R]

Oh the Bolds produce heat

Monitored and checked my footwell lights for approx 10 mins last night while they were on and there was no noticeable heat at all - only perhaps a few degrees over ambient temp. Certainly not like a normal bulb which becomes so hot you cant touch it after 10 seconds.

I would have thought it they were going to get hot, 10 mins would be enough to do it.

Cant comment on their reliability just yet as ive only had them for a few days, so time will tell. But they definetly dont get hot.

The only LED's ive had issues with before are cheap crap from eBay. You get what you pay for. My Racing Dash numberplate and boot lights are awesome and work flawlessly.