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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 11:44 pm 
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I need guidance....does anyone know how to access the park light bulbs in EF's as im either replacing or tinting with a light blue globe.

Also is it possible to run LED lights off the power source that the park lights recieve, obviously with an appropriate reseistor.??

 

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Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 12:00 am 
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easy as, just take the cover of the back of the headlight assembly and pull pull the little light out, (the bigs ones the main light, duh), and put in a led, riceobahn sells them like $12.

i wont do this as they just scream pull me ova.

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Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 12:10 am 
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easiest thing to do is go to a rice shop and buy some T-10mm LED park light globes and replace with them. i recomend white so it's legal. Or if you can be bothered putting effort in for little financial savings (10$ at most) get the LEDs from a shop and the resisotirs and solder them in place.
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Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 7:19 pm 
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thanks guys, just so you know im not replacing the bulb with an LED, i just want to change the original bulb to one wich is a little bit blue.

but also want to run an LED from that power to the two side holes in the front of the bumper, i allready have the leds, from solar lights hahaha but there bright! if i can run them off that park light power then are resistors or anything that lowers the voltage required??

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Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 8:52 pm 
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don't supercheap autorice sell them as well?

 

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Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 6:25 pm 
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i had blue parkers on my old efII and i had the cops pull me over and give me a caution because they were blue and not white.
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Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 6:56 pm 
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i had blue parkers on my old efII and i had the cops pull me over and give me a caution because they were blue and not white.


makes sense there illegal.
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Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 11:32 pm 
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i didnt know they were illegal at the time until i got the warning
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Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 12:01 am 
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i didnt know they were illegal at the time until i got the warning


Ignorance, or lack of knowledge, is no excuse to the law. But if you really thought about it, I'm sure you would have figured that they were...
Anyways, stick with white ones and you'll be fine,m and they look sweet as as it's a pure clean white light they emit, not yeloowy!.
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Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 1:20 am 
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the BA's park light bulbs are blue but when they turn on are a white light.

 

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Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 8:14 am 
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i didnt know they were illegal at the time until i got the warning


Ignorance, or lack of knowledge, is no excuse to the law. But if you really thought about it, I'm sure you would have figured that they were...
Anyways, stick with white ones and you'll be fine,m and they look sweet as as it's a pure clean white light they emit, not yeloowy!.

it was prob more ignorance as i had only just gotten my licence and my car and i was 16 1/2. but i do know better now
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Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 11:08 am 
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Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 11:26 am 
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i got pulled over for have blue LED's and he told me to pull them out right there, so i said what colours are legal and he said white, red and yellow.

but fugg nose why red because he said blue is illegal due to the police lights, but then i thought so is red ya wanker!

so i have red led's in my EF and i have pulled up behind cops and driven towards them and never even got a second look.

 

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Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 11:46 am 
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i got pulled over for have blue LED's and he told me to pull them out right there, so i said what colours are legal and he said white, red and yellow.

but fugg nose why red because he said blue is illegal due to the police lights, but then i thought so is red ya wanker!

so i have red led's in my EF and i have pulled up behind cops and driven towards them and never even got a second look.


i fail to see why white LED parkers are illegal

 

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Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 11:53 am 
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{USERNAME} wrote:
i got pulled over for have blue LED's and he told me to pull them out right there, so i said what colours are legal and he said white, red and yellow.

but fugg nose why red because he said blue is illegal due to the police lights, but then i thought so is red ya wanker!

so i have red led's in my EF and i have pulled up behind cops and driven towards them and never even got a second look.


i fail to see why white LED parkers are illegal


I fail to see where he said that they were illegal

 

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