Who has upgraded to led lights?

[LuluThe1970Bug]

I am wanting to upgrade to led headlights, tail lights and such.
Suggestions are appreciated
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Lulu 1970 Bug
Pebbles 1972 standard

[Beeble1]

Read this:

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...mp;start=0

I switched to a set of VC4000’s from vintagecarleds and I love them.

If you have any specific questions you can contact them here:

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=385683

They are very helpful if you are unsure what to get.

For taillights and marker lights, you can probably just change out the bulbs with LED ones from the auto parts store.
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Beeble1, ‘73 Super (o\_|_/o) 1600cc w/ Dealer A/C
Beeble2, ‘13 Beetle 2.5L Daily Driver

Dealership items from Bishop-Wayne Volkswagen & Turner Volkswagen in Kankakee, IL wanted

[vintagecarleds]

Let me know if you have any questions for us

Please use the coupon code "thanks10" for 10% off.

Feedback thread: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=630636&highlight=thomas+vintagecarleds

Beeble1 is right, if you want LED brake lights/tail lights you can get them for $22 a pair at your local auto part store.

Here is a video we made explaining one pair we are really happy with:


Link

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[robcy04]

I have a 1979 SB and I would like to upgrade the tail lights. The Sylvania site list the following bulbs:

Turn Front = 1157(White)
Turn Rear = 1156(White)
Brake = 1156R(Red)
Park = 1157(White)
Backup = 1156(White)

Has anyone done this, and can they confirm that this is correct?

[Mr.Duncan]

[Matt Wilson]

I'm curious if the turn signal relay would act normally with the reduced system load?? I've been considering LED's for a while just haven't gotten to that on my list yet.
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1972 Standard Beetle
1969 Baja Beetle

[Mr.Duncan]

[Matt Wilson]

Ah - sorry skimmed past that. Will the hyper-flashing break a stock relay?
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1972 Standard Beetle
1969 Baja Beetle

[Mr.Duncan]

[windfish]

Yep, Amazon has a bunch of 'em too

I bought this adjustable one -

Mostly 'cause I thought it was funny.
Works fine, allowed me to set the blink rate to something that felt right.


I'm running Philips Xtremevision LED's in my bug's rear lights, they're about double the price for about the same performance; got Zevo's in the third brake lights.
Still happy with 'em

[Meiang]

I have tested most of the main brands of H4 LED replacement bulbs and none have the uniformity of beam spread of a good halogen bulb. They included:
- Osram
- Philips
- PIAA

People with an old car may see a difference with the LED bulb because the (the VW Beetle especially) car has a significant voltage drop between the battery and the bulb and the LED controller has a DC-DC converter which boosts the voltage up to around 13.2V.
If you ran the H4 Bulb at around 12.7V which is the nominal voltage for the bulb with full light output you would see a significant improvement in light output without the patchy inconsistent beam of the LED bulb.

You cannot get the same beam from an LED bulb with chipsets on a flat plane separated by a few millimetres. It physically is not as good a light from a single point as with the halogen filament which the lamp unit is designed for.

The better solution rather than install LED bulbs is modify the wiring in your car to take power for the headlight bulbs directly from the battery and use the existing wiring for switching via a relay.

I would recommend using OSRAM Night Breaker Laser bulbs. They are the best standard halagen bulbs available.