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How-to led reverse light - tucpal - 25:th-Apr-2014



THIS IS A HOW TO AND REVIEW OF THE SMD LED REVERSE LIGHT BULB
FOR THE ASTRA J 5 DOOR.

So here are the SMD LED Bulb
that is a Direct Replacement for the Standard Bulb
it looks very well made and it is also Really Bright
and also Error Free.







STEP ONE.

Remove the Plastic Cover from the Tailgate
to gain Access to one Screw and Remove it
then Remove the Two Plastic Caps
and Remove Two more screws
be Careful not to Brake the Rubber Grommets on the Screws.  









STEP TWO.

Remove the Light Unit from the car
and undo the Connector from the unit.



Now that you have the Unit out
turn the Unit over and Push the White Tab
and lift the White Holder out
Remove the Old Bulb
and Fit the New SMD LED into Position
then Refit the Unit and the Job is Done.  







Here are the Results Day and Night.











This is a Super Bright SMD LED bulb
and the Standard Bulb looks real naff in Comparison with this
the Bulb is also Error Free
so no Problems at all with the Canbus
i can Highly Recommend this LED it looks fantastic

They can be Picked up on ebay, H21W, LED.
here is an Example Link but shop about

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/141191988703?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

AS WITH ALL ELECTRICAL HOW TOO,S.
you do this at your own risk if you follow the how to correctly
there should be no problems thank you.  



How-to led reverse light - Cameron UK - 26:th-Apr-2014

How much are these then and what bulb type are they?

How-to led reverse light - Kevin - 26:th-Apr-2014

You don't need a reversing light, just use your super bright No. plate lights!

How-to led reverse light - tucpal - 26:th-Apr-2014

with both the LED number plate lights and the LED reverse light they do make seeing whats behind you possible for the first time ever
Cameron Riza will have the prices as this is a new product he is now selling

How-to led reverse light - cornishtaz - 26:th-Apr-2014

This is the reverse led I've got in the VXR
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=171237762764&altz=web
Here's a daytime pic no nighttime pic at the mo



I'm really impressed with the look well worth the price

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How-to led reverse light - tucpal - 26:th-Apr-2014

looks good mate

How-to led reverse light - tucpal - 26:th-Jul-2014

also if you want to do the rear fog and reverse lights i found these
on ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/141191988703?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

both fog and reverse lights are not on the cambus monitoring so you wont have any problems.

How-to led reverse light - heftyclive - 6:th-Nov-2014

Cheers m8

RE: How-to led reverse light - DNT - 24:th-Oct-2015

Ok, tried to fit led reverse light. I managed to broke 2 clips and glued one of them back





fitted led light



and the result!!!!!!!


Didnt bother to take any other photos, I immediately fitted back the old yellowish bulb

RE: How-to led reverse light - Rusty2009 - 24:th-Oct-2015

Where did you get the bulb?

It could be a faulty bulb.

RE: How-to led reverse light - DNT - 24:th-Oct-2015

(24:th-Oct-2015, 19:04:21)Rusty2009 Wrote: Where did you get the bulb?

It could be a faulty bulb.

ebay. Bulb was ok. I thought reverse light wasnt on the canbus monitoring anyway

RE: How-to led reverse light - tucpal - 24:th-Oct-2015

no i did not as my car was not on canbus
may be a bad bulb there try lush lighting

How-to led reverse light - Rusty2009 - 24:th-Oct-2015

These bulbs have loads in them and that could be faulty.

I don't get any error up using the LED bulb.


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RE: How-to led reverse light - DNT - 25:th-Oct-2015

Hmm, I ll try another set then

RE: How-to led reverse light - tucpal - 25:th-Oct-2015

the set from lush will work for sure
tell him we sent you

RE: How-to led reverse light - DNT - 26:th-Oct-2015

Ok, thanks

RE: How-to led reverse light - Doraemon02 - 18:th-May-2016

Do you guys think that the link for the LED's that are in the first post are still good to this?

As I'm from Portugal if they aren't the return would be a little expensive...

They sell two LED's for the price, but they say in the description that in some cars the system will not detect the lamp anyway and that we have to buy a resistor... What do you think?

RE: How-to led reverse light - Lars - 13:th-May-2017

(18:th-May-2016, 02:25:48)Doraemon02 Wrote: Do you guys think that the link for the LED's that are in the first post are still good to this?

As I'm from Portugal if they aren't the return would be a little expensive...

They sell two LED's for the price, but they say in the description that in some cars the system will not detect the lamp anyway and that we have to buy a resistor... What do you think?

Did you do it? And did it work?

How-to led reverse light - zdravo - 2:nd-Dec-2017

Hmmm
Reading this thread and watching the photos, I got one idea.
As all cars in my country are RHD reverse light is placed on right side of trunk lid.
On UK cars its on opposite side.
So if I get an UK reversing light and put it on my astra I will get two reversing lights right?

But will they both work?

I can find some UK astra here on scrapyard

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RE: How-to led reverse light - jw021979 - 3:rd-Dec-2017

I don't think you will have 2 reverse lights. You will have 1 reverse light and 1 white fog light.

How-to led reverse light - umognog - 3:rd-Dec-2017

@Rusty2009 has a nice how-2 where he converted the reflectors to have red LED strips in them for fogs & added a LHD cluster for dual reverse lights.

Something I hope to repeat next year

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RE: How-to led reverse light - Rusty2009 - 3:rd-Dec-2017

Have to run a wire across.

RE: How-to led reverse light - Kiel0777 - 16:th-Feb-2020

Where are those number plate lights from?

RE: How-to led reverse light - Rusty2009 - 18:th-Feb-2020

(16:th-Feb-2020, 07:30:14)Kiel0777 Wrote: Where are those number plate lights from?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/18-LED-Number-License-Plate-Light-White-Lamp-fit-Opel-Tigra-B-Vectra-c-Astra-J/163933978882?hash=item262b3a0102:g:tJkAAOSwJYVdw5yh