Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Maintenance & Servicing Bullet Light LED Conversion

I've fitted these. They have been going for a couple of years now.
The bonus is that with fat fingers they are much easier to replace than the conventional ones.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00C285NZK/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Ah what every man dreams of, a woman with small hands that can also fix cars

I have similar LEDs to Mark's in my '93

I have done the same. You can buy different LED bulbs that either have light at the side of at the side. Also you can buy white or red bulbs always use red bulbs behind red lenses.

I have just brought a pair of the ARV6 style head lights of eBay. They have built in led sidelights. They look good value at £45.00, but time will tell.

I have a 1996 +4 and I have fitted extra bright LED bulbs (ba9) in the wing lights.

They are much brighter than the type with LEDs on the sides of the bulb, although physically smaller.

Paste this to open up the e-bay page that sells similar bulbs:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/T4W-233-BA9s-1-High-Power-LED-wedge-car-bulbs-2pcs-/310331949555?hash=item484139c1f3:m:m4Kvlw9fNDp1DVSgCyBUU2A

I have them wired to operate as both daytime driving lights (to be seen by) and normal parking lights as they were originally meant to be. I use a relay circuit to control them and when used as parking lights a series potentiometer is automatically used to reduce the brightness to more or less what it was before.

I'm very pleased with how they work and how they look. Nothing is visually different except that when used as parking lights they give a whiter light than the old filament bulbs. Other than that, I now have automatically operated daytime driving lights.

A purist point - the wing lights don't meet the EU standard for DDLs because the lit area isn't big enough. However, because my car is 1996 the rules don't apply. I guess that DDLs are not standard on any classic Morgans because the model age is pre the requirement to have them. If there is any sort of minor infingement (I don't think there is) I am just pleased to be seen and I'll live with it for now.

A point of caution - check the polarity of the bulbs to suit the installation. Some LED bulbs are dual polarity, some are not.

The arrangement is effective without changing the appearance of the car, which I lke. I didn't have to do much to the existing wiring, other than to intercept the wiring to the lights and pick up a fused feed (I used the spotlight feed) and tap in to get an 'ignition on' signal.

As an increasingly proportion of cars on the road get DDLs it makes sense to have them. Of course, since I did my lights there are now a number of other ways of doing it, including halo headlights. They look modern and are visible, but they are good.

No two Morgans are alike.

That seems an awful lot of work when you can just drive on sidelights..?

The problem with running on sidelights is that you also show the rear red lights, the visual difference between the rear red lights and brake lights is less noticeable that with brake lights and no rear lights on, or so the theory goes.

I'm thinking of installing these rear brake LED lights would appreciate your comments.

http://www.classicautoleds.com/AHMAG.html

Interesting: they would seem to be designed to fill the entire area behind the lens, so if the LED units used are modern the light output should be really significant.

For the price they should be good!

If you fit them please report back!