2008 E350 clear corners / side markers, LED, bulb out message?
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2008 E350 clear corners / side markers, LED, bulb out message?
Hey guys,
My dad just took delivery of his new E350 and I hooked him up with some clear corners to clean up the front end (huge difference on the white). They came with amber bulbs so the clear lens would still light up amber at night, but the new ones get much hotter than the stock bulbs. We decided to leave the stock clear bulbs in there to avoid melting, but now the light is bright white. We would like to use some LEDs, but before I order them I wanted to see if anyone had experience with them.
Autolumination has an LED replacement for the stock 2825 bulb:
but, on my '06 Passat, I know that if I replace any regular bulbs with LEDs I get a "bulb out" indicator and the LEDs do not work. I know I can use a resistor to circumvent it, but would rather not. Hence, my question, does anyone know if the MB will notice if I swap a couple of amber LEDs into the clear corners?
My dad just took delivery of his new E350 and I hooked him up with some clear corners to clean up the front end (huge difference on the white). They came with amber bulbs so the clear lens would still light up amber at night, but the new ones get much hotter than the stock bulbs. We decided to leave the stock clear bulbs in there to avoid melting, but now the light is bright white. We would like to use some LEDs, but before I order them I wanted to see if anyone had experience with them.
Autolumination has an LED replacement for the stock 2825 bulb:
but, on my '06 Passat, I know that if I replace any regular bulbs with LEDs I get a "bulb out" indicator and the LEDs do not work. I know I can use a resistor to circumvent it, but would rather not. Hence, my question, does anyone know if the MB will notice if I swap a couple of amber LEDs into the clear corners?
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Hey guys,
My dad just took delivery of his new E350 and I hooked him up with some clear corners to clean up the front end (huge difference on the white). They came with amber bulbs so the clear lens would still light up amber at night, but the new ones get much hotter than the stock bulbs. We decided to leave the stock clear bulbs in there to avoid melting, but now the light is bright white. We would like to use some LEDs, but before I order them I wanted to see if anyone had experience with them.
Autolumination has an LED replacement for the stock 2825 bulb:
but, on my '06 Passat, I know that if I replace any regular bulbs with LEDs I get a "bulb out" indicator and the LEDs do not work. I know I can use a resistor to circumvent it, but would rather not. Hence, my question, does anyone know if the MB will notice if I swap a couple of amber LEDs into the clear corners?
My dad just took delivery of his new E350 and I hooked him up with some clear corners to clean up the front end (huge difference on the white). They came with amber bulbs so the clear lens would still light up amber at night, but the new ones get much hotter than the stock bulbs. We decided to leave the stock clear bulbs in there to avoid melting, but now the light is bright white. We would like to use some LEDs, but before I order them I wanted to see if anyone had experience with them.
Autolumination has an LED replacement for the stock 2825 bulb:
but, on my '06 Passat, I know that if I replace any regular bulbs with LEDs I get a "bulb out" indicator and the LEDs do not work. I know I can use a resistor to circumvent it, but would rather not. Hence, my question, does anyone know if the MB will notice if I swap a couple of amber LEDs into the clear corners?
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Or just install incandescent "stealth silver chrome" amber bulbs from Autolumination. They look great under the clear corners when not lit up, are amber when illuminated and don't result in a "fault" message in my vehicle...
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Thanks guys.
Fanatic, just as I suspected, thanks for confirming. I think I'll just leave the stock ones and let it be white, hopefully won't get any trouble from the cops.
E500, the clear corners came with similar stealth bulbs and they run much hotter than the white bulbs while putting out half as much light. I would hate for the plastic to melt. It just doesn't seem worth it to have less light output and more heat, even though it would be amber.
Fanatic, just as I suspected, thanks for confirming. I think I'll just leave the stock ones and let it be white, hopefully won't get any trouble from the cops.
E500, the clear corners came with similar stealth bulbs and they run much hotter than the white bulbs while putting out half as much light. I would hate for the plastic to melt. It just doesn't seem worth it to have less light output and more heat, even though it would be amber.
