Most powerful legal non HID blub that can be fitted

[nomadx38]

W5W - using an led will see you loosing some light because the holder sits side ways and because LEDs are very directional it shines into the wall instead of out into the boot...just keep it in mind

[shauno]

Thanks for the heads-up I'll try the Philips ones I've got & see how it looks - maybe add a reflector to the housing...

[ian.perry]

Sorry for the OT comment, just wanted to say that the typo in the subject of this thread makes me happy every time I load the forum.

[LunchboxVRS]

W5W - using an led will see you loosing some light because the holder sits side ways and because LEDs are very directional it shines into the wall instead of out into the boot...just keep it in mind

The Philips ones point down at the front and let me tell you they make the inside of the car turn to daylight. The rear festoons are the same they point down.

Where you hit problems is the boot. It goes sideways. So the Philips don't work. I've tried some ebay jobs that have six leds pointing sideways but there not as good as the Philips and the stock globe works better so I'm still on the hunt for a good sideways led for there as its one place that's lacking good light

[shauno]

Most powerful legal non HID blub that can be fitted

I'd prefer more light for the boot, you're right that it needs improvement.

The internal lights are bright enough, don't need to mess up your night vision too much - I'd be happy with some whiter (4k-5k) halogen bulbs though.

LEDs would be ideal for the license plates though, now that they're on 24/7, but not too concerned about brightness - don't particularly want to pay $100+ for a pair of OEM ones though - I might try the Philips festoon and see how they look.

There seems to be a few decent commercial CANBUS error-removing resistor setups (even a Philips one), but they look pretty bulky and clip to the existing wires.

[Swainey32]

Go to Autobarn and get the LED strips they do, the back side is adhesive, front side has an LED every few cm at many lengths.
Run the wire to the plug with an appropriate resistor to prevent any computer issues.

Run them either side of boot, or if you have the parcel shelf attached still, run it along the back.

Full boot lighting, did it in my last car, was happy with the outcome

[shauno]

Most powerful legal non HID blub that can be fitted

Replaced the rear interior lights with a pair of Osram LED CW5 festoons, and 2 of the 3 front lights with Philips LED W5W's.

I tried the Philips' for the parkers, but they give an error like the Osram LED's - not sure how others aren't getting errors with the Philips bulbs, different software or CANBUS maybe?

[kevvie]

I got the Osram night breakers they are certainly better but in less than 2 years both globes both blew within a week of each other. So at least they seem to be consistently engineered