I have a set of h7 LED from philips - stupidly expensive compared to other LEDS, but if you think of them in the same way as HID kits then they are more comparable....and better quality for sure. I like them, but I find them slightly too blue, they are 6000K as philips didn't do a 5000k.

A faff to fit because space is at a premium, but perfectly doable. They have a heat sink/fan built into one and a separate control module thing but its all straight forward and powers directly from the existing h7 electrics.

I'm not 100% sold on them purely because they create a slightly streaky pattern around the halo lights I have fitted, but thats not relevent if you dont have halos

I toying with whether to keep them or try and sell them on because of the streakiness which I dont get so much with halogen

 

Not got them in an Alfa but I recently fitted some to my x type (H1) and in all honesty I will probably be swapping them out again for night breakers or similar.
The light they put out is a nice bright white but they don’t seem to have the range of decent halogens,on unlit roads it’s almost like driving blind. cannot for life of me remebrr the make but they cost £70 so not cheap ones I don’t think.

 

Aren't all the rear bulbs in the Brera/159 P21/5W?

Even though they only use one of the twin elements, the bayonet connects need
to be compatible for that one, no?

 

I've switch driving lights and main beam to H7 LED's now and they are fine for everyday use.

The best H7 LED's are still not as bright as 55w HID's though, but they are brighter than any halogen I have ever tried, including night breakers and I don't get any streaking or broken beam patterns even with Halo's. I may yet switch main beam back to HID's but I kept blowing HID ballasts on my off side light so wanted to switch them out for a while to debug the issue.

For driving lights I am using these:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01I4MROB8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

For main beam I am using these:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/55W-6000...Lamp-Lights/272865644767?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

The driving light H7 LEDs I bought are quite long and just foul the dust caps on the back of the headlights so I had to cut 3" holes in the caps and fit large flexible grommets to allow a little extra space as well as allow for the cooling straps to come out of the headlight. I am going to try another set of the LED type I bought from China for main beam in the driving lights as they are a little shorter but according to the specs a little brighter.

No issues since moving to LED and everything works as expected.

 

hmm, wonder what's causing my streakiness then...they radiate out from from the light source visible on the road so I assume maybe the edges of the halos or something but perhaps not!

 

Different styles of led have different beam patterns by design as they are not like a traditional halogen bulb that is a 360 degree beam. I found that the LED orientation, i.e. horizontal vs vertical bulb alignment has a big impact. I personally align horizontally so the >< beam pattern fills out the light in front of the vehicle and doesn't streak :thumbs:

The LED types I linked to are both able to be orientated either way in the H7 holder bracket.

 

yes I noticed that.

I bought some (expensive but comparable to slightly pricer HIDs) philips ultinon H7 LEDs so definitely a good make and claim to have the right beam pattern etc (although tagged not for road use to cover their back). The instructions there say the 'blade' of the LED should be alight side to side, so that the LEDs chips face sideways...

I'll investigate with turning it and seeing if that cures the streaking...it is very odd and annoying as otherwise I'd love them. That said, got some HID in my dipped beam now and they look very nice.

 

thanks for the replies guys, appreciate the help.

In some respects its got me thinking even more, as i like the halo rings but figured its a difficult job but seems a few of you have done this.

 

Halo's are not that difficult to do. There is also a guy called Chris who will make sets to order and part ex with your original lights. check out the main site and the facebook pages:

https://jabawoki.com/projects/project-halo/
https://www.facebook.com/ProjectHaloUK

 

I fitted this reverse light :

https://tinyurl.com/yckdjwdq

I'm happy with it.

 

With decent Bosch 30% brighter halogens the dipped beams are good enough for me. What is completely useless is the reversing light.

Maybe there’s an LED for it, maybe I just need to replace it with a new bulb - after all it has done 6 years and 50k miles.

 

I’m looking to upgrade the bulbs on the 159, tried already the Philips Xtreme Vision H7 but I’m not impressed at all, yes better than stock but nothing much.
I just came across these:

https://www.powerbulbs.com/product/philips-x-treme-ultinon-led-headlamp-h7

And I’d like advise if they can fit on the 159 and how. How and where would the ballast be fitted ? Can it go inside the headlight housing ? Or should it go outside, in which case what do you do? Drill the headlight back cover? Or?

Thanks in advance for your input.

 

I’m looking to upgrade the bulbs on the 159, tried already the Philips Xtreme Vision H7 but I’m not impressed at all, yes better than stock but nothing much.
I just came across these:

https://www.powerbulbs.com/product/philips-x-treme-ultinon-led-headlamp-h7

And I’d like advise if they can fit on the 159 and how. How and where would the ballast be fitted ? Can it go inside the headlight housing ? Or should it go outside, in which case what do you do? Drill the headlight back cover? Or?

Thanks in advance for your input.

Outside the headlight housing yes, ive a HID kit on, i guess its the same thing, drill through the plastic housing cover amd attach the ballasts to the cars wing or tie wrap to something if the reach isn't enough

These look amazingly expensive by the way

 

The powerbulbs.com site runs currently a 25% discount on everything that’s why I’m considering them.
I searched around but I get overrun by millions of different led kits and don’t know which one would be good to get, anyone that has tried one on their 159 that can point me to ?
As for drilling the headlight rear plastic cap (in case the ballast doesn’t fit inside it), doesn’t it affect the water tightness of the headlight ? Or can you use for example some hot silicone glue to close it off after you pass through the cables ?

P.S: when you fit LED headlights with ballasts, do the can bus give you error or not ?

 

Hi sorry to bump up an old post but I am also looking at upgrading the halogens in my 159 to LEDs. Has anyone experienced any canbus errors since going to LED?

 

I've had cheap Led lights from China via Ebay. They work fine with no canbus errors. Everything is self contained and fits within the light unit. It's a tight fit the rear cap just fits although someone was selling modified one.

 

I'd like LED's as headlights as I haven't found a halogen yet that's got a good range or a good shade of white to them, all yellowy and look awful. I don't think LED's will fit will they? They look too long for the rear cap as you said

 

Is there not an MOT issue with non standard headlight bulbs (leds as well as Xenons)?
Something to do with the reflectors not being designed for them?

 

You're right Oldie but as we have projector headlights we should be fine :smokin:

 

They need to be LED or HID specific projectors (not halogen like we have ….they are NOT the same) and they need to have headlight washers fitted to pass the new MOT.

 

Thanks for pointing that out, I didn't realise they were different I assumed all projectors were the same regardless of having halogens or xenons behind them. Good to know though.

 

i am sure its jabawokjayuk who is making the extended headlight covers

 

They fit with standard caps but only just.