LED's in the tail lights
 

i have searched and searched and i can't find anyone who has replaced the rear lights (brake, tail, fog) in the X-Type with LED's and have given any details. I saw someone said they have swapped them out but they did not give any details of what bulbs they used, how they looked, and any suggestions they might have. The two things I am concered with are the rear fog lights and the turn lights. any help would be great. I have already swapped out the reverse lights and they look great! Now I want to do all the lights.

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Hey bud, you know I did my xk with LEDs, and i have lots of bulbs left over...if you want to try them, I am pretty sure I can ship them out for like $5 for you to try out. red, amber, 1157s, 1156s. Only ones that may be missing is the pair used in the tailight. Kept those babies.

Just saw that over half of my LED project thread has disappeared mysteriously, sorry, I was going to link you to some of the better bulb pics. Do you remember reading it awhile back?

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during my research tonight i did find this list some of you might find helpfull.
Front turn signal lamp bulb 3157
Parking/Side lamp bulb 194
Low beam lamp bulb H1-55W
High beam lamp bulb H1-55W
Rear turn signal lamp bulb 7507
Rear fog lamp bulb 1157?
Stoplamp/rear lamp bulb 1157
Rear lamp bulb 1157
Reversing lamp bulb 1156
Side repeater lamp bulb 194
Side marker lamp bulb 194
dome light lamp bulb 6418
map light lamp 194
trunk light lamp 6418

these are the LED replacement size for the bulbs.

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yeah i do remember reading it and looked for it last night, i also saw that half of it was missing. if you don't mind shipping them to me and then i will send them back after i am done. i can send you the money via PayPal or something? I was hoping your write up was on an X-Type, no one else has done anything like this yet on here.

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don't know anything about this company but here is a link i found http://www.superbrightleds.com/1157.htm got lots of bulbs, but don't know more than that.

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Vegas, you're in luck...i also have good 3157 amber bulbs...sorry, no 7507s though for you to try. I think your rear fog will be a 1156, not a 1157...surely you don't need dual filament bulbs for that.

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I've done a full LED swap on all the exterior lights on the X. The list you have above is correct, the 7507 bulb was the most difficult to find and ended up buying one on eBay. You could look at my cardomain pics to see how the look at night. They are not as bright as OEM.

I'll take more up close pics when I get the chance.

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cool! I thought you did this gotti, i was hoping you would come around with some advice on this one.

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Hey vegas, you always come up with some cool ideas and mods ,I appreciate that :)

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Why not just change em out and see what happens?

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well i have messed with a few types of LED's and I have found that some look better then others. I was just hoping that someone has done this already and would know what are the proper bulbs to use.

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Find some ones you think would look good and do em up! Your the official x-type guinea pig!

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You're test bulbs are in transit!

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well i bought these for the rear turn signals and put them in today and they look great! I have noticed one thing I hope someone will be able to help with. The bulb on the outside of the car flash just fine. But, the indicator in the car flashes real fast... is something wrong?


Here is the link for the bulbs.

RE: LED's in the tail lights
 

nothing is wrong, just the computer thinks the bulbs are burned out since the LEDs have lower resistance than the regular filament bulbs. you need to install one of these on each wire to the harness that works on the bulb. Check your wiring diagram to make sure you got the right color, or use a voltmeter and turn on the signal...look for fluctuations of 0 - 11/12V... that's your pin.

Mount that thing next to metal, not right up against plastic, as it'll melt it. trust me, i know.

i used double sided, thick tape. Works just fine.

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thanks. i just ordered those. the melting part is a bit scary.. i already have an idea for some sort of metal box for them...

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one more thing, will i need a set of those for the front when i do them?

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Good question...I don't honestly know, I'd say it'd need more as your lowering the current draw even more and the resistors would fix this...So I say yes because your using less power even though you have the resistor in the back to fix the back one's but what about the front...know what I mean???

RE: LED's in the tail lights
 

Unfortunately, yes, you will need to install one on the front leads as well. Lots of better locations to install up front though.