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bpman

Member Since: 21 May 2008
Location: Oslo
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2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SVX Station Wagon Santorini Black

XS Pete

I'll pop some photos up when I fit them, if they don't work well, I'll get them replaced.

19th Jan 2012 8:24am

MartinK

Member Since: 02 Mar 2011
Location: Clackmannanshire
Posts: 2682

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Orkney Grey

A good place to look for alternative bulbs is www.autobulbsdirect.co.uk

The bulbs is type 233 or equivalent

These are the rear number plate bulbs recommended for a Defender:
http://www.autobulbsdirect.co.uk/233-T4W/?...p;end=rear Defender "Puma" 2.4 110 County Utility (possibly the last of the 2.4's)

19th Jan 2012 9:27am

XS Pete

Member Since: 13 Jan 2011
Location: Suffolk
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2011 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Stornoway Grey

bp - The other thing that dawned on me this morning when I went out to the car was that assuming you can actually fit them (those are quite long and the enclosure is quite tight on space), the actual position of how the bulb sits, is governed by the two metal pins on the base.

To fit them, you basically put them in and give them a quarter turn, and that engages the two metal pins on the lamp base with a pair of detents in the bulb holder. This means that the lamp can only be fitted in two positions rotated 180 degrees apart, governed by the pins.

On your lamps, if the relationship between the position of the LED board and the position of the pins isn't 'favourable' for our installation, i.e. maybe front to back, you may get very little light output at all.

Reading that back, it all sounds a bit anal, but you'll see what I mean when you come to fit them.

Pete

19th Jan 2012 9:35am

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2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Montalcino Red

DISCO3 site sponsor www.hids4u.co.uk do a wide range of quality LEDs - worth a look if you want to be sure they're not going to fail after a few months.

You can check their feedback on DISCO3 if you like

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19th Jan 2012 10:12am

Paul_1978

Member Since: 08 Nov 2009
Location: South Yorkshire
Posts: 384

bpman wrote:
I ordered 2 of these today, will post up photo of fitting when they arrive

http://www.ultraleds.co.uk/ba9233-anti-bul...brqlm364k4

I fitted these in my number plate light a few months ago, bit tight, but works a treat pal.

19th Jan 2012 10:33am

bpman

Member Since: 21 May 2008
Location: Oslo
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Paul_1978 wrote:
bpman wrote:
I ordered 2 of these today, will post up photo of fitting when they arrive

http://www.ultraleds.co.uk/ba9233-anti-bul...brqlm364k4

I fitted these in my number plate light a few months ago, bit tight, but works a treat pal.

thanks for the feed back Paul, I had the dispatched email from ultraleds today, so should arrive tomorrow ..

19th Jan 2012 8:05pm

bpman

Member Since: 21 May 2008
Location: Oslo
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here we are ...

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20th Jan 2012 7:31pm

XS Pete

Member Since: 13 Jan 2011
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 632

That looks ok doesn't it

22nd Jan 2012 10:14am

landy andy

Member Since: 15 Feb 2009
Location: Ware, Herts
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2006 Defender 110 Td5 USW Zermatt Silver

Personally think they look better if you leave the spacer out, from in between light and the body

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Andy

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22nd Jan 2012 10:29am

dgardel

Member Since: 30 Nov 2008
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Fitted!!!!

Sealed well with black silicon the lamp internal junctions and fixed the lamp base and the plinth with rivnut, this is the results:

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22nd Jan 2012 5:39pm

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22nd Jan 2012 11:04pm

lrmaniac

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2010 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Keswick Green

Re: Fitted!!!!

dgardel wrote:
Sealed well with black silicon the lamp internal junctions and fixed the lamp base and the plinth with rivnut, this is the results:

Is it a straight swap ? Remove the old one and fit the new one ? Regards
Joao

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22nd Jan 2012 11:48pm

dgardel

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Re: Fitted!!!!

lrmaniac wrote:
dgardel wrote:
Sealed well with black silicon the lamp internal junctions and fixed the lamp base and the plinth with rivnut, this is the results:

Is it a straight swap ? Remove the old one and fit the new one ?

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22nd Jan 2012 11:56pm

bpman

Member Since: 21 May 2008
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look good daniele, it will be interesting to see how long they last. maybe there was a bad batch previously ?

23rd Jan 2012 8:01pm

dgardel

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bpman wrote:
look good daniele, it will be interesting to see how long they last. maybe there was a bad batch previously ?

we will see.................

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