Chris Green
Torque Junkie
Just got a brand new Leon, so I'm not thinking of anything too outlandish yet (just wait till the three years are up!) but I figure a few modest lighting upgrades can't hurt.
I notice that according to the manual, the stop and tail light is a single filament bulb 'electronically controlled'. By this I take it to mean that it's ballasted to look like a 5 watt light when operating as a tail light, but the ballast gets bypassed when used as a brake light. Right?
If so, am I right in thinking that there'd be no point in changing this for an LED version, since it probably wouldn't come on at all when in '5 watt' mode?
Would I experience any other problems like 'bulb fault reports' on the dash if I do a wholesale swap-out for LEDs where possible?
I notice that according to the manual, the stop and tail light is a single filament bulb 'electronically controlled'. By this I take it to mean that it's ballasted to look like a 5 watt light when operating as a tail light, but the ballast gets bypassed when used as a brake light. Right?
If so, am I right in thinking that there'd be no point in changing this for an LED version, since it probably wouldn't come on at all when in '5 watt' mode?
Would I experience any other problems like 'bulb fault reports' on the dash if I do a wholesale swap-out for LEDs where possible?