Caterham Bulb Types - All in one place

[Gregs79]

Hi,

 

As I haven't got my car at the minute, I was wonder if someone could provide me with a list of bulb types/numbers (not Caterham Part Numbers) for the Caterham as I am looking to replace some with LED's and would like to order them all at the same time.

 

I believe this post may also be helpful for people who would like to have details on bulbs required for travelling aboard.

 

Off the top of my head the lights are as follows (please feel free to add any I have forgotten):

 

Front

Headlight Bulb - Low Beam & High Beam

Side Light Bulbs

Front Indicator Bulbs

Side Repeater Bulbs

 

Rear

Rear Lights & Brake Bulb

Rear Indicator Bulb

Number plate Light

Reverse Bulb

Fog Light Bulb

 

Interior

Dashboard Switch Bulbs

Dashboard Dial Bulbs

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Gregs

 

 

 

 

 

Edited by - Gregs79 on 27 Apr 2014 14:14:59

[Stationary M25 Traveller]

Headlight bulbs are H4

 

Rear stop/tail are 382 ..... be wary of the LED bulbs with LEDs all over, as they really aren't much good. Problem is our bulbs face sideways

 

Front sidelights are 501 ..... I got some fab Cree LED to replace these ... they have a projector lens over the LED chip

[cj247]

LED rear side/stop lights are as good as standard tungsten bulbs as long as you get the ones with LEDs all round & at the end. You can also get good LED sidelamp bulbs for the front which show up well as daylight running lights & avoid the need to use the headlights. I've been running this combination for 2 yrs.

 

http://www.autobulbsdirect.co.uk/LED-Car-Bulbs-c-1337/

 

have a good selection

[Guest]

Changing over to my rear LED tail lights on Friday, I tried them with one half LED and one half standard tungsten, and the LEDs are noticeably brighter.

[John Vine]

Quoting CJ247: 

LED rear side/stop lights are as good as standard tungsten bulbs as long as you get the ones with LEDs all round & at the end. You can also get good LED sidelamp bulbs for the front which show up well as daylight running lights & avoid the need to use the headlights. I've been running this combination for 2 yrs.

 

http://www.autobulbsdirect.co.uk/LED-Car-Bulbs-c-1337/

 

have a good selection

That's interesting. Which particular LED sidelamp did you choose?

 

JV

[cj247]

I think it was something like this

http://www.autobulbsdirect.co.uk/501-Long-LED-Extreme-Power-2W-360-degree.html

but it was a while ago I fitted them. Go for the 360 long ones so the bulb clears the holder & sticks out into the lamp bowl for maximum light output

[John Vine]

Thanks CJ247 .

 

JV

[7 wonders of the world]

Problem with LED bulbs is the viewing angle they are often brighter than tungsten whilst inline but not when viewed at an angle which is why many fail to meet the requirements and therefore could land you in hot water if rear ended in a shunt.

 

Remember lens are designed to work with certain type of bulb swapping either can affect the performance - and not necessarily in a positive way.

 

Same is true for putting mega output bulbs in a headlight too only to find you now have a mass of stray light.

 

 

 

Many have no 'E' mark either

 

 

[Superwhite R283]

Would really like to find someone that has some electronic/circuit board making skills to make some of these type rear LED UNITS. A club member made some (side/brake and indicators) ones a while ago but is no longer making them ☹️. I know they wouldn't be E marked ext but i could live with that.

[7 wonders of the world]

have you seen these

 

SVC LED lights

 

the footprint is nigh on the same as the CC OE ones and they are E marked too.

[Superwhite R283]

I would like to keep the standard lenses (clear in my case), i do like the idea of getting something like that thou and stripping/modifying it and putting it under the normal lenses.

 

The length is ok (170mm LED unit vs 190mm ish internal standard lens) but unfortunately its wider (90mm LED unit vs 70mm ish internal standard unit) but i wonder how much of that could be lost/modified