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Led park lights

  • 12-05-2017 9:35pm
    #1
    honda boi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,756 ✭✭✭


    Just fitted blue and green LED park lights in two friends cars.
    Just wondering if they legal?
    Can't see the blue ones being legal.


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  • #2
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,361 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    honda boi wrote: »
    Just fitted blue and green LED park lights in two friends cars.
    Just wondering if they legal?
    Can't see the blue ones being legal.

    No. White or yellow visible at the front only.


  • #3
    honda boi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,756 ✭✭✭honda boi


    Thought so meself. What are the consequences of being caught? Fine/penalty points or just a warning and to change them?


  • #4
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    With the blue ones they could do you for impersonating a police vehicle if they wanted.

    It will also make the driver look like a knob.


  • #5
    Del2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,102 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    honda boi wrote: »
    Thought so meself. What are the consequences of being caught? Fine/penalty points or just a warning and to change them?

    The chances of being caught are so low that it's not worth considering. The amount of vehicles with dodgy lights is a scandal.


  • #6
    LariToper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 137 ✭✭LariToper


    Resurrecting a slightly old thread here... As regards upgrading from conventional bulbs to white LEDs for parking lights, seems they should be legal but may be questionable for passing an NCT. Can anyone comment on their reliability? My car has separate parking lights which look a bit stupid being yellow beside the xenon dips


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  • #7
    mikeecho
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,267 ✭✭✭mikeecho


    LariToper wrote: »
    Resurrecting a slightly old thread here... As regards upgrading from conventional bulbs to white LEDs for parking lights, seems they should be legal but may be questionable for passing an NCT. Can anyone comment on their reliability? My car has separate parking lights which look a bit stupid being yellow beside the xenon dips

    As long as they emit white or yellow light, it doesn't matter if they are led or conventional bulbs.


  • #8
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,363 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    The cheap ones from the likes of China on ebay don't last that long, probably less than 12 months. I've also seen them flicker intermittently too.


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