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LED relays - will these work on a mk3 (2f) Polo?

http://www.ultraleds.co.uk/complete-led-flasher-unit-stops-fast-flashing-led-indicators.html

£15.31

http://www.autoelectricsupplies.co.uk/product/726/category/35

£11.08

The first one states all your indicator bulbs have to be LEDs, the second states it's happy to work wit a mixture of incandescent and LED

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I think they are brighter. Yes replaced all except indicators. Try a set on the rear side lights. Pretty cheap. Compare bulbs with led.

Ok cool I'll get some :)

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Be carefully not to catch the smd's when replacing the bulb holder. Bit of a fiddle.

I think they are brighter. Yes replaced all except indicators. Try a set on the rear side lights. Pretty cheap. Compare bulbs with led.

Hello

Well I tried the bulbs you reccomended. They're OK for tail lights (even though they look slightly less red)

But they are a lot dimmer than the standard 382 21W bulbs

LED bulb

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Standard bulb

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That looks pretty conclusive.

That looks pretty conclusive.

If you get some 21W equivalent ones, let me know.

I'm hoping in the near future they'll have "filament LED" car bulbs available.

Here's one for the house - it's a 40W equivalent

http://www.screwfix.com/p/sylvania-gls-led-gls-lamp-bc-4w/6334f

No issues with beam patterns

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That would be immense.

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