When I still had my Grande Punto I bought some super bright LED number plate lightbulbs that look like the new style BMW ones. Now as you might know, the Grande and the EVO have bulb failure detection systems for the lights meaning your unable to use LEDs as the cars CANBUS computer system thinks that there is no bulb because LEDs use very low power compared to a standard halogen. It cuts the power to the lightbulb and your LED bulb doesn't work.
However the ones I bought were designed to fool the CANBUS system into thinking their is a normal bulb and the bulb should work fine. On my Grande Punto they lit up but activated the light on the dash and the warning message when you turn the engine on, and that annoyed me so I took them out.
Thought I'd try them in my EVO just incase the newer Fiat CANBUS system which was designed for the series two Grandes, mine was a series one, would allow them to fully work. THEY DID . No error no nothing. Work completely perfect.
This means if I can find some for sale, we could all start having LED DRLs that would have the bright white look that other manufacturers use on higher end models, with no errors at all. They would be brighter too than those of us who have mtec DRLs
Thank me later
EDIT: Ok I've found the bulbs that I think will work and they are £7 including P&P
However the ones I bought were designed to fool the CANBUS system into thinking their is a normal bulb and the bulb should work fine. On my Grande Punto they lit up but activated the light on the dash and the warning message when you turn the engine on, and that annoyed me so I took them out.
Thought I'd try them in my EVO just incase the newer Fiat CANBUS system which was designed for the series two Grandes, mine was a series one, would allow them to fully work. THEY DID . No error no nothing. Work completely perfect.
This means if I can find some for sale, we could all start having LED DRLs that would have the bright white look that other manufacturers use on higher end models, with no errors at all. They would be brighter too than those of us who have mtec DRLs
Thank me later
EDIT: Ok I've found the bulbs that I think will work and they are £7 including P&P
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