spike. said:
I presume the lights worked ok with the old bulbs?
If the new bulbs are polarity important, then the puma has the reverse & indicator wired in reverse, hence why LEDS dont work without modification.
Have you tested the bulbs on a direct 12v supply?
Hi,
Thanks for all the replies.
Yes the old bulbs worked fine. The stop/tail worked fine straight away, no problems, although for some reason they don't look as bright even though they were described as 'ultra bright'. I think this maybe because the small LED's have got to shine through the casing. Anyway they still look OK. Before this I had a halfords QR Brake Light in, and even in the day time, this illuminated the whole light casing, but the LED's I then bought only slightly illuminated it.
Regarding the reverse and indicators, still can't get them to work when changing the bulb the other way around. But as you say it may be due to the wiring - This is something that I really don't want to be doing! So on that note, I will keep the existing bulbs.
Also yesterday night when I was driving back from my girlfriends, I noticed when I was reversing to park that the standard reverse light was extremely bright anyway!
Now my next question is, will the standard reverse light bulb work in the indicator socket? I noticed when I put the LED one in, and switched on the indicator, that even though it did not illuminate, the actual indicator on the dash was going very very quickly, far faster than normal!
Cheers
Mark.