The Great Quest for Headlights

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Nope, not to my knowledge. LED accents/DRLs, sure, but not LED bulbs/optics, which are still fairly new tech.

There are no cars on the road anywhere in the world that have led "bulbs" as oem. The only correct way for led is a purpose designed optic based around an led chip array, so far they are in a projector in most cases with some having reflectors for led high beams.

You can retrofit some versions of these if you like or just retrofit the new morimoto M-Led projectors which are actually quite good.

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[XanRules]

There are no cars on the road anywhere in the world that have led "bulbs" as oem. The only correct way for led is a purpose designed optic based around an led chip array, so far they are in a projector in most cases with some having reflectors for led high beams.

You can retrofit some versions of these if you like or just retrofit the new morimoto M-Led projectors which are actually quite good.

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Yeah, seeing all these people cramming LEDs into halogen reflectors and saying "it's just as good!" reminds me of the HID kit craze a few years back. I don't see as many of those anymore, for whatever reason.

 

[KKaWing]

Yeah, seeing all these people cramming LEDs into halogen reflectors and saying "it's just as good!" reminds me of the HID kit craze a few years back. I don't see as many of those anymore, for whatever reason.

I'm sure stricter law enforcement has a part in that.

Oh and an update on the CSP LEDs... yeah no. I believe our reflectors is just so crap that any increase in brightness will make the hotspot all weird. My beam pattern is pretty much a sq. root sign for whatever reason. Aim the hotspot right, and it'll throw light to oncoming traffic. Aim it so it won't blind people and it turns into a fog light. The stock halogen bulbs does this too but to much less of a degree. Ah well... Overdriven filament bulbs every 2 years it is... until I find a cheap set of headlights to crack open anyways.

Edit: Yes I've been flashed with H9's too on rural 2 lanes. Maybe it's just my headlights, who knows.

 

[KKaWing]

I was bored again, and was also itching to try out the "sensors multitool" app where it uses the phone's sensor to measure lux. I tested the halogen bulbs I have in my garage with the only lightsource from the car (headlights + position/signal lights). The bulb is about 7 ft. from the wall. There's a white wash basin (laundry sink type thing) beside the driver's side hotspot so light might be reflected/concentrated. That might be why the drivers' side is brighter... that or I have weird headlights as I mentioned before. The bulbs I tested are the stock Osram bulbs that came with the car, Philips H9 used for 2 weeks, and Osram Night Breaker Unlimiteds, both brand new, and 2 years old. Not sure how accurate the sensor is, but it's all tested from the same spot and location, time stamped too!