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Old Oct 9, 2020 | 10:56 AM
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Hello everyone, I am a newbie here. I bought a 2012 LR4 HSE about 3 weeks ago and absolutely love it. I want to upgrade the reverse lights, rear fog lights, front turn signal, and maybe front fogs. I have been reading about CANBUS systems and I was wondering do I need to be worried about that with my vehicle? Do I need to purchase a certain bulb type that is specific for CANBUS? I have been searching this form and the other Land Rover forum without success. Also the YouTube videos I have found do not specifically put anything like that in their description.

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Old Oct 9, 2020 | 09:17 PM
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umm no one knows?
 
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Old Oct 12, 2020 | 10:53 AM
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Check this out...

https://www.precisionled.com/land-ro...ube-track-pled
 
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Old Oct 13, 2020 | 09:29 AM
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Thank you so much. This does help.
 
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Old Oct 14, 2020 | 10:22 AM
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Also check this guy out; he did a nice write-up too
Link: Tech Notes: March 2019

I don't think interior bulbs are monitored by canbus; but have not checked myself yet

Cheers,
Tom
 
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Old Oct 15, 2020 | 11:19 AM
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Adding LEDs to turn signals can sometimes cause a hyper flash/strobe light effect when indicating.

Also Be careful adding LED bulbs to the brake lights. It stops the cruise control from working.
 
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Old Oct 23, 2020 | 11:02 PM
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Good to know about the brake lights. I have another vehicle I was going to do that on since my LR4 has LED brake lights already. I bought the reverse lights and license plate lights from precision LED. should get them soon.
 
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