blue sidelight bulbs

[Dave84]

ok got sum blue sidelight bulbs for the astra lil present

an i quite like em when they lit up

prob is when i turn dipped beam on they stay on so i have a blue tinge to my lights which is illegal

any1 else done sumthing so lights work and are just white to stop this??

[LEE69]

any1 else done sumthing so lights work and are just white to stop this??

yeah,i used white led bulbs

[Dave84]

thanks lee that didnt really help me, lol if they jus hurried up wid angel eye lights i wud be fine

now seriously any1 done anything to these to make em work fitted them to a seperate switch or something

[Sparkybabe]

yeah,i used white led bulbs

Me too...

[Dave84]

ok were missing the point now aint we i dont have white i have blue

and im asking for advice from people who have got blue or had BLUE

not white not normal bulbs


BLUE

lol thank u please ,

i got flu too thats sucks at xmas dont it

[LEE69]

Put a switch in line,showing blue is illegal,you'll be fined a guy down here did.

[Dave84]

cheers lee jus i need to know what to do ive been told by my old man not to drill another hole into the back of the headlight as it may not pass the mot if i do and if condensation or water gets in it messes the reflector up then i need new headlights

also if i put a new switch for my sidelights so wen dipped beam on the sidelights turned off wud this pass an mot as the sidelights wud operate off a diff switch

the only other idea i had was to drill the indicators an put a switch to them for there as there no reflector to mess up in the indicator

[shakey1975uk]

well my argument is if red blue lights r illegal on front then y do cars have headlights with the blue tint to them also white is illegal at back so why r the number plate and reverse white also why r indicators orange then

[LEE69]

the only other idea i had was to drill the indicators an put a switch to them for there as there no reflector to mess up in the indicator

yeah seen that before generally with strobes though.

Best idea i think,in the indicators.

[Dave84]

guess so then it has to be in tinticators i know what u mean bout the blue tinted lights seen em behind me b4

[astrav6]

fit a relay so that it switches on when the dip beam is on. this will then switch the blue off. also it will fail the MOT with blue in . put a fuse in the feed to the relay so you just change the blue over to white and pull the fuse at mot time

[Dave84]

write lets see if i got this right

if i put a relay in while the blue leds in when i turn to dipped beam the sidelights will turn off so that the headlight jus appears white and when im on sidelights they will appear blue

then at mot time i put the normal sidelight blubs back in pull the fuse from the relay ive made so that the sidelights will come on with main beam an everything will function as normal

[shavenwookiee]

either that or you could get rid of the connections to the side light bulbs and just wire your own powersupply to them, using a switch wired into the car. When mot time comes, just fit back the original connections. less effort, but probably in the long run the other way is better.

[bigtomcat]

wood'nt worry abot it if you like the blue builbs then leave them in, ive been running blue sidelight & headlight builbs for around three years in my cars now & never had a problem been pulled over loads of times by cops for checks & stuff thay dont seem to care

once forgot to take them out for a mot & it passed fine.

[Nobbie]

I just used brighter, slightly higer wattage, white headlight, that then makes them look like xenon bulbs, i got no problems, apart from when i drove home with only sidelights, and fogs on, but then again, it was asking for it!

[Terry]

I've got blue led side lights on the gf's 206.
They are seperate from the headlight casing so show up all the time.
I even drive with just sidelights on when it's not dark.
Seen a few New fiestas driving round Rochdale with the same.
I've never been pulled with them before.
The 206 will show the blue a lot more then the Astra will ever.

[DaveB]

..apart from when i drove home with only sidelights, and fogs on!

chav chav chav

[GSiJane]

Cough, Flamer Kit, Cough!

[Ste_nova]

how did the copper spot the fogs??? they are in the headlights on callys!!

[DaveB]

Cough, Flamer Kit, Cough!

chavs dont drive cars with enough overfuel to have a flamer kit so //finger

fogs are generally the first mod on a small engined car however.

chav chav chav

ps. got fix your ftp

[Dave84]

thanks for all the advice i mounted them in the indicators in the end look nice wen parked up at shows jus summit diff