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STMO123 Ex Member Gender:	Re: LED Bulbs Reply #15 - 21. Jul 2006 at 19:05 Hi Phil. It may be only my opinion, but it seems like a hell of a lot of trouble to go to. What exactly are the benefits of having LED's?
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Reply #16 - 21. Jul 2006 at 20:36

STMO123 wrote on 21. Jul 2006 at 19:05:

Hi Phil. It may be only my opinion, but it seems like a hell of a lot of trouble to go to. What exactly are the benefits of having LED's? Undecided

Basically I have had to change the stop/tail bulbs four times in the 15 months I have owned the car, and I have always purchased good quality bulbs, either Osram or Philips. LED bulbs are supposed to last the lifetime of a car, so I thought I would give them a try. Also the amber coloured LED indicator bulbs are far superior to the painted ones in use at present.

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TheBoy Administrator Offline TBE has an MOT! Posts: 64817 Brackley, Northants Gender: Drives: 98 MV6, 03 Elite, 00 25, 89 ZX10	Re: LED Bulbs Reply #17 - 21. Jul 2006 at 20:42 Loose connections or bad earths are usual reason for constant blowing bulbs - although I find the Vx bulbs do see to last better in my car...
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STMO123 Ex Member Gender:	Re: LED Bulbs Reply #18 - 21. Jul 2006 at 20:56 I can honestly say I've never paid more than 50p for a stop/tail or indicator. I've never had any trouble with them and presumed everybody used them.
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Salty Ex Member	Re: LED Bulbs Reply #19 - 21. Jul 2006 at 21:03 I usually get a couple of years out of a bulb, generally most problems I've had have been bad coonections, poor earths etc.
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Reply #20 - 21. Jul 2006 at 21:17

TheBoy wrote on 21. Jul 2006 at 20:42:

Loose connections or bad earths are usual reason for constant blowing bulbs - although I find the Vx bulbs do see to last better in my car...

I have checked the above, it is always the brake light filament that blows, I even fitted a new brake light switch, and all rear bulbs have a common earth so why just that bulb, after the last one blew two weeks ago I thought why not try the LED's. It is only an experiment and if it doesn't work I will go back to the ordinary bulbs, I suppose we even learn something by failing, if thats the way it goes.

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Marks DTM Calib Administrator Offline Ex Member Posts: 25671 Northern Hemisphere Gender: Drives: Astra J, Mum Bus, Dexta Tractor, 108 DMU wip	Re: LED Bulbs Reply #21 - 21. Jul 2006 at 22:21 Watch the ratings on the non gen bulbs, the Omega tail light bulbs are not the standard wattage(and hence th false warnings!).
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markrl Intermediate Member Offline Posts: 263 London Drives: Omega Elite 1998	Re: LED Bulbs Reply #22 - 22. Jul 2006 at 01:30 I have to say this does seem to be an awful lot of expense and aggravation with only marginal and somewhat dubious benefits. In the four years I have my Omega I don’t think I have had to change a single bulb. I hope you find it worthwhile in the end.
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