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[Closed] Motorcycle LED Indicators and Headlights.

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I got spammed these on FB, and they look pretty good.

https://gadgetlocker.co/products/indicators?
or
https://gadgetlocker.co/products/sequential-turn-signals?

It got me thinking can I get a brighter LED headlight bulb too? For a 2012 Diversion.


 
Posted : 02/09/2019 1:00 pm
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Yep, loads available
I changed the (Notoriously weak) bulbs in my Caterham to LED H4`s and the difference is quite literally like night and day


 
Posted : 02/09/2019 1:22 pm
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Yes and no.

Yes you can get cheap led h4, h7 etc bulbs.

They are abysmal.

The problem is that a filament is a very small point emitting the light, so the reflector and lens produce a beam with a nice sharp cutoff. An LED is much bigger and the result is half of your dipped beam now ends up pointing at oncoming traffic. Therefore they're not legal.

There is a Phillips led bulb that is approved, but its a lot of money. Might be worth it on a new car you expect to keep for a long time if the alternative is buying nighbreakers.

There's some beam shots here of what happens if you juat use led bulbs off amazon/ebay/wish/aliexpress :

https://www.autobulbsdirect.co.uk/blog/are-led-headlight-bulbs-the-brightest/


 
Posted : 02/09/2019 3:06 pm
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Potential MOT failure.

MOT tester looks for LED lamps, and if were not fitted as OE, then....Fail


 
Posted : 02/09/2019 8:37 pm
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No, I cannot see your indicators.

Not bright enough.


 
Posted : 02/09/2019 8:44 pm
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half of your dipped beam now ends up pointing at oncoming traffic.

Might as well join the party, it seems like every other car on the road has retina spitting abilities on dipped beam.


 
Posted : 02/09/2019 9:27 pm