One next Friday but I wont be at that one. they do it every month. Small gathering but it's nice to meet new faces etc. Will always be advertised in the SE England meets section so keep an eye open for it.
Well my Leon LED lights finally arrived from Dectane in Germany for us to test.
These are the latest lights from Dectane called their 'Litec' range. They are designed to look very OE, very similar to the new patterns found on the A4/A5 ranges.
I chose to test the 'red' versions, but there are also some clear/chrome and some smoked versions too.
The only obvious problem for UK cars is that all of these lights are only available in LEFT HAND DRIVE versions, hence the fog and reverse on the wrong side. The reverse is hardly noticable against the rest of the red casing of the lights anyway
I'm all honesty I'm not that bothered, and I've run a wiring loom across inside the boot lid, so the fog and reverse do light up correctly - albeit in theory the fog is on the wrong side for the UK
The lights are full LED for stop and tail plus indicator. Fog and reverse are normal bulbs, but as they fog and reverse us normal sized bulbs I see no reason as to why these could not be changed for LED versions if wanted.
Fitting is simple, as they are direct replacements for the original parts.
Feel free to have a look at the pictures below !
if there is enough interest I might be able to get a batch of UK spec lights done.
Andy
Dectane currently have no plans to do either the rear lights or front lights in UK Spec. My rears are Euro versions and I've swapped the connections around so they still light up properly but the fog and reverse are technically on the wrong side.
Andy