Just bought some sidelights off ebay, hoping they would be white & not yellow so they would match my PIAA bulbs and they were only £5 on ebay.

Fitted them today and they are very blue, not ice blue but blue blue (!)

Are they illegal - if not are they good to have or will it make me look like a boyracer?

[quote name='squarehead' date='May 29 2005, 09:17 PM']Are they illegal - [right][snapback]248744[/snapback][/right][/quote]


Yep

Cheers Scorps...good job they were only a fiver!

There are some super-bright white 6 x LED's available on ultraleds.co.uk these are the 501 type wedge fitting.

They are legal - the light is bright blue-white, similar to Audi TT

Gib also has them and he's a Fed

Wouldn't the eight-LED wide-angle ones be better, Mr. M? Brighter, with a better spread of light into the reflector?

I leave my lights on Auto so there's not much point me fitting 'em! The eight-LEDs make good boot illumination lights though. Might uprate my six-LED red door-lights to eight-LED and put the sixes in my high-level (or is it eye-level?) brake light, will have to check if it takes wedges first though!

I might try one of each this evening, then post pics to see which is best.

[quote name='eXOBeX' date='May 30 2005, 12:47 PM']Wouldn't the eight-LED wide-angle ones be better, Mr. M?  Brighter, with a better spread of light into the reflector?

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I'd thought about the 8-LED wide angle bulb but it's 19mm at the widest point - are you sure this will fit OK, he won't accept returns if it won't fit?

[url="http://www.ultraleds.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=44&products_id=801&osCsid=493538f30f61798a2ef5ffbfce65e77e"]8 LED super wide angle[/url]

[quote name='Mr Morse' date='May 30 2005, 12:21 PM']There are some super-bright white 6 x LED's available on ultraleds.co.uk these are the 501 type wedge fitting.

They are legal - the light is bright blue-white, similar to Audi TT

Gib also has them and he's a Fed
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ive got these from ultraleds

[quote]501 Type (Custom Blue Tint Design)

Single Bulb

WHITE 5 + 1 (Blue) Led Version Super Bright Version

(Blue Led in the Centre - 6 leds in Total)[/quote]

[img]http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/uploads/1116957044/gallery_1236_38_2440.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/uploads/1116957044/gallery_1236_38_58706.jpg[/img]

[quote name='Mr Morse' date='May 30 2005, 12:45 PM']I'd thought about the 8-LED wide angle bulb but it's 19mm at the widest point - are you sure this will fit OK, he won't accept returns if it won't fit?

[url="http://www.ultraleds.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=44&products_id=801&osCsid=493538f30f61798a2ef5ffbfce65e77e"]8 LED super wide angle[/url]
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OK, I don't know about the IS but have just tried and can confirm that the eight-LED bulb WILL FIT the Mk.2 GS front sidelights!

So far, the eight-LED bulb has been tested and found to fit the following in the Mk.2 GS:-
Front sidelights
Rear interior lights
Front and rear red door lights
Boot light
High-level brake light (don't bother, 6 or 8 LED clusters look crap here, I've just tried)

Okay, eight versus six...
[img]http://www.xboxrepair.plus.com/lexus/images/8versus6leds.jpg[/img]
The one on our left is an 8-LED wide-angle bulb (four forward, plus up, down, left, right).
The one on our right is a 6-LED bulb (all point forward).
Hard to tell in this pic, but the 8-LED bulb does seem to spread light around the lens a bit better.
I'll buy a pair of 8's, they'll either go in the rear courtesy lights or (more likely) the sidelights, seeing as today is the first time I realised they share a lens with the main beam, not the dipped headlights that I always have on "auto"!

Are these (highly) illegal? What kind of punishment is there for driving with illegal sidelights?

[img]http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/zz102/seanpeyton87/CAR%20STUFF/DSC00011b.jpg[/img]

Cheers!

Apart from the shame of looking like a boy racer?

Exactly my thoughts!
But yes, I was hoping they would be just a little bit blue, like with HIDs... but unfortunately they look like something thats more suited to a corsa etc :/
Reckon il change to bright white LEDs instead and get a HID kit for my fogs. Anyone got this setup?

Anybody tried any of these?

Fogs / Dipped
[url="http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Nokya-Arctic-Hyper-Yellow-9006-HB4-Headlamp-light-bulb_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem27ae0f2984QQitemZ170423953796QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories#ht_3936wt_1064"]Option A[/url] and [url="http://cgi.ebay.ie/PHILIPS-HB4-9006-BLUE-VISION-LIGHT-BULBS-FOR-CARS_W0QQitemZ120363173286QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item1c063445a6#shId"]Option B[/url]

[url="http://cgi.ebay.ie/PHILIPS-HB3-BLUE-VISION-BULBS-MAIN-BEAM-LEXUS-IS200_W0QQitemZ310116704436QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item48346560b4#ht_3183wt_941"]Main Beam[/url]

[url="http://cgi.ebay.ie/PHILIPS-5w-CAPLESS-501-BLUEVISION-SIDELIGHT-BULBS_W0QQitemZ310187585696QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item48389ef0a0#ht_3870wt_941"]Sidelights[/url]

Thinking the 'bluevision' ones in sidelight, dipped and main beam with the yellow ones in the fogs- would that look rubbish or good?

right for the fogs i would pic the ones you have(yellow)
headlights--i cant recomend hid's enough(i have them in my headlights and full beam)
side lights--i cant recomend led's enough they are so much brighter than bulbs and last longer.