LED bulbs?
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Anyone tried them? Are they needing any other ballast/resistors/ect? I haven’t had any luck searching the net for info...
Any feedback is good...I mean headlight H4 bulbs, not indicators or taillights...
I considered a HID conversion kit, but the only feedback I could find said the reflector fubar’ed up the beam pattern?...
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I have one on my DT. To be completely honest I have no idea how it works, but it works good. Last owner was an electrician and made it work somehow. Ibthink it's one of those chinese LED kits that comes with the adapter thingy. But yeah, works pretty good.
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I was told that the new LED bulbs are a direct ‘plug and play’ replacement? It sounds too good to be true. Also the prices vary so much, I don’t trust them. Especially if they have the same beam pattern problems...
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I think they are integrated COBs now.
So I don't think you need an adapter.
At the end of the day, the DTR lights are horrific. The RE lights are bang on.
Although my DTRE is a little intermittent these days, where I have been riding down a pitch black lane and switched to high beam only for all the lights to be switched off
Less than ideal!
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I used to drive an 850cc Mini that did that. It was the solenoid for the lights playing up. Worse thing was that the switch was on the ‘dashboard’, which meant you were groping around in the dark for a little switch in the middle by the speedo, which was under your knees!. Less than ideal and definitely not fun
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I am sure the switch just has mild corrosion on it.
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@Calum
Do re lights run off of the battery? Dtr lights are so annoying, even with the battery connected the lights still flicker around at low revs. Even the taillight! The only things that seems to work are the indicators, brake light, horn and power valve. I thought the batter would ‘level out’ the lights. I’d like to know if you can run the battery into the lights circuit? Maybe with a diode? I wish I understood electrickery better!... -
@SpookDog Yeah the DTRE runs off the battery
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@Calum
I thought so, it was the only thing that could improve it. Unless the lense is different?...
Do all Dtr lights run off the flywheel?... -
does the re use a h4 bulb
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@dan28
with the ignition on but the engine not running what lights should work on the dtr
all my loom has been cut an extended so just want to ,check -
@dan28
I have an early 1988 type loom, the only lights that run off the battery are brake and indicators...Anyone had any problems with using halogen bulbs? As opposed to the big round old fashioned bulb? (which the early Dtr uses) I just wondered if they can cause heat damage at all?...
