Has anyone changed the interior lights to LED, if so what lamps do I need to purchase.
LED cabin interior lights
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Thogg
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I have. And the step lights. Just waiting for the "festoon" light to arrive. The others look great though.
Cheers gents
Got some new festoon leds for the rear roof lights - before I go out and tear a hole in the ceiling, can anyone tell me how you remove the lights? Is it just a matter of teasing out with trim removal tool?
Did you also order some sunglasses?
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@mhill Are these round ones the same ones that Stagecoach fit in their buses because you might find bus stops having a strange effect on the Stop-Start? 
Seriously though, light is like space in a van - you can only have too little and never too much - so as long as you can switch them independently to give light where you want when you want and to the level you require then it's job done. 
Seriously though, light is like space in a van - you can only have too little and never too much - so as long as you can switch them independently to give light where you want when you want and to the level you require then it's job done.
I find this to be a problem with most LED lights, too many shadows. There seems to be a problem building a light from LEDs that can diffuse the output rather than be extremely directional. Even the very bright portable work lights are the same.
So I picked up some LED bulbs off eBay (10 of them) and have tried them in the rear ceiling lights but none of them work - am I missing something? Should they work by simply swapping them? Does it look like I have bought 10 duds?
Picture shows original bulb on left and LED type on right
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LEDs have polarity so if they don't work flip them 180 and try again, if they still don't work they are mega cheap and don't play nicely with the canbus, I have some small LED panels we use inside my work transits but put them in T6 and 2 or 3 of the 15 LEDs just flicker and don't work at all
OK thanks @Pauly I will give them another try tomorrow. The radio is also displaying a message saying I've got low battery voltage, could that be a reason they are not working? Maybe I'll try with the van running and alternator charging tomorrow
Does anyone have a link to some that they know work and don't play up the Canbus?
I have two different (brightness) festoon ones in stock at the moment that im going to compare over the weekend, can do a set next week if you want
Im thinking two nice and bright map lights and two brighter ones in the load area and a slighter lower one in the cab area central light as has map lights either side so dont want to make it crazy bright when all three are on in front but ok when map lights are used individually when driving ??
Im thinking two nice and bright map lights and two brighter ones in the load area and a slighter lower one in the cab area central light as has map lights either side so dont want to make it crazy bright when all three are on in front but ok when map lights are used individually when driving ??
Definitely would be up for some of those @Pauly
Gave the van a run to make sure the battery was fully charged and then retried the LED's - they worked today! So I can only guess they don't work if the battery is run down or I fitted them all round the wrong way yesterday??!!
