LED Interior Bulbs On a C5

Xantic · Post by **Xantic** » 22 Feb 2016, 20:26

Footwell, door lights, boot etc.

Will it throw up any codes if i fit them ?

Post by **Paul-R** » 22 Feb 2016, 21:16

What year's the C5? If it's all internal lights I don't think there will be a problem anyway.

Xantic · Post by **Xantic** » 22 Feb 2016, 21:21

2003

Only internal yes

Post by **Paul-R** » 22 Feb 2016, 21:30

Can't see any problem then.

Post by **GiveMeABreak** » 22 Feb 2016, 21:55

No they won't cause any errors, I did all mine on both a Mark 1 and 2.

Xantic · Post by **Xantic** » 22 Feb 2016, 22:03

Thanks for the replies, Any idea what bulbs i need, Are they festoon or 501. Do they need to be canbus compatible ?

Post by **GiveMeABreak** » 22 Feb 2016, 22:58

Most of the interior are 501 wedges and they do not need to be canbus bulbs. If you are changing these for standard glass ones no problems, you can get some good coloured ones that give good results and are cheap enough on fleabay. \however if you are replacing them with LED equivalents, you need to make sure they will fit as LEDs do temd to be longer and wider.

Xantic · Post by **Xantic** » 22 Feb 2016, 23:04

Cheers GiveMeABreak.
I keep saying that to my boss.

Post by **GiveMeABreak** » 22 Feb 2016, 23:13

I keep saying that to myself!!

Stempy · Post by **Stempy** » 22 Feb 2016, 23:24

You may also find that they don't dim as smoothly but you could probably remedy that with a ballast resistor somewhere in the circuit.

Xantic · Post by **Xantic** » 22 Feb 2016, 23:29

It's only going to be footwell, door lights and boot lights.

I am not going to put them in the overhead interior lights as i fitted some to my truck and ended up with eye ball ache the next day, Ok i was sat there all night which i wont be doing in the C5 obviously but the rest should be ok.

Post by **GiveMeABreak** » 22 Feb 2016, 23:38

No, never had any dimming issues at all on the interior, whether fitting filament or LEDs. LEDs on the X7 are great. I have them fitted everywhere in the interior and in the door sills and no issues at all. In fact they run a lot cooler than the glass bulbs and the colours are great. I always use the newer flat blade type LEDs which are perfect for the sills and they really light up the kirb when getting in and out the doors. Any exterior LEDs I have fitted have resistors built into the circuits.

Xantic · Post by **Xantic** » 22 Feb 2016, 23:48

Was thinking of some DRL too. Will measure up and see what's available.

Stempy · Post by **Stempy** » 22 Feb 2016, 23:50

Now I think about it, it was the Xantia that didn't dim properly with LEDs

Post by **GiveMeABreak** » 22 Feb 2016, 23:56

Xantic wrote:Was thinking of some DRL too. Will measure up and see what's available.

I assume you mean an aftermarket set as mk 1 & 2s dont have DRLs. Some of these can look quite tacky so think about if first!

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