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Has anyone changed the interior lights with LEDs?

do it, with white ones

http://www.uk-polos.net/view ... terior+led

quick search brought this up. He's changed all interiors to LED's

I'm not sure which LEDs I need they come in all shapes and sizes

joelburbidge wrote:I'm not sure which LEDs I need they come in all shapes and sizes

i know the two small ones on the roof are the 501/push wedge type. The big middle one in the bulb that has connections on both sides...a bit like a fuse. im not sure what theyre called

36mm festoons are whqt they are , if you're unsure of any others, used the search function and the topic below lists them all

http://www.uk-polos.net/view ... st#p461488

thank you just ordered some should be here on tuesday

I got leds allround for my interior bit never fitted them due to hearing that the front centre interior bulb is always slighty on when driving , anyone had this problem?

someone needs to make a bulb list for interior, wouldn't mind changing mine to this as well.

Whats the word on these making the dash light come on?

JayW wrote:someone needs to make a bulb list for interior, wouldn't mind changing mine to this as well.

Whats the word on these making the dash light come on?

This is the bulb list again as mentioned above, along with what is Canbus and what isn't.

http://www.uk-polos.net/view ... st#p461488

mattymdm wrote:I got leds allround for my interior bit never fitted them due to hearing that the front centre interior bulb is always slighty on when driving , anyone had this problem?

Yup I have Damn annoying too, seems quite common.

I only have a base model so no map lights just one interior light which is a festoon bulb, switched it for this led http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271002947539? ... 1439.l2649 and it stays slightly on and Im not happy with that.

So I've bought a different one with only 3 leds in it and am waiting on it's arrival to see if it's any different

Just to let ye know my outcome and hopefully help anyone new (like me)

Anyway, this was the first one I tried which had 8 leds and there was a trickle of light when it should be switched off.

This one is the type I ordered to replace it with only 3 leds and it works perfectly So, Im a happy bunny

I know ebay links will eventually disappear when sellers change what they are selling but the one I bought the one that works from is http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300706398310? ... 1439.l2649

Moving on to the boot light and it's the same T10 / W5W push in as the number plate lights and the sidelights.

Now I've already fitted these to the number plate lights


But also needed one more for the boot light, theres only one though in my model and I thought it wise to up the leds so plumped for this type with 24 instead of 5



However, the problem is, it works, but they are too long they wont fit fully within the lamp. So, thought I'd maybe make use of them in the front sidelights.
However while they work and theres room, they flickered so didnt work right.

While I had the headlights out though I've swapped the ones I had in the number plate (the small 5 led ones) into the sidelights and they work lovely. You need the hands of a 3 year old mind to fit them in the holder!

So, back to square one now, I'll need to order another pair for the number plate lights and was thinking of one of these for the boot light as they are single sided, though as I type this a thought occurs!

LEDs only work one way, what if that one only works facing away from the boot! Maybe I'll steer clear of that one after all!