ThaJokr
Super Member
Re: LED Headlight experiment
And thats $524 each! Refuse to spend over a grand on headlights.
And thats $524 each! Refuse to spend over a grand on headlights.
LED Headlight experiment
- Thread starter Pau Hana
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12secondSY
Syty Killer :(
Re: LED Headlight experiment
nightvision is cheaper
nightvision is cheaper
Priceless
New member
Re: LED Headlight experiment
I was going to go with the GE nighthawks. They are made in a 5x7 and should fit our trucks.
Heres a review of them in a Miata.
http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=527546
The light output looks to be pretty good. Ive seen them go between $130-180 each.
I was going to go with the GE nighthawks. They are made in a 5x7 and should fit our trucks.
Heres a review of them in a Miata.
http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?t=527546
The light output looks to be pretty good. Ive seen them go between $130-180 each.
Overkill
Member
Re: LED Headlight experiment
Already did this and its definitely better than HID's in my opinion. I will have to check my email to see exactly what I purchased when I did the upgrade.
I haven't driven the truck a ton since making the change, but so far they haven't had any issues at all even in -10 weather here in Colorado.
Already did this and its definitely better than HID's in my opinion. I will have to check my email to see exactly what I purchased when I did the upgrade.
I haven't driven the truck a ton since making the change, but so far they haven't had any issues at all even in -10 weather here in Colorado.
Syclone Rob
Its all ABOOT the SYTY eh
Re: LED Headlight experiment
do you mean HIDs in a stock type headlight or a proper hid with the right cut off. I have just HID bulbs in a stock replacement housing and truthfully I don't really like it. The hids I have on my f150 is way better then the hid I have on the sy.
do you mean HIDs in a stock type headlight or a proper hid with the right cut off. I have just HID bulbs in a stock replacement housing and truthfully I don't really like it. The hids I have on my f150 is way better then the hid I have on the sy.
cloneman315
Active member
Re: LED Headlight experiment
anything cheap in LEDS will fail. Spend the money on something nice not entry level. Cheap bulbs and ballast are VERY common.
anything cheap in LEDS will fail. Spend the money on something nice not entry level. Cheap bulbs and ballast are VERY common.
Pau Hana
"But, officer........."
Re: LED Headlight experiment
OK- update:
The headlights have been in for 10 days. There is good and not so good, of course, but overall I am pleased with the result.
Specs- the replacement housings are polycarbonate, and shave a few pounds off the sealed beam units. Fitment is as easy as replacing standard lamps.
The LED assemblies are 26 watt 1800 lumen hi/lo units. Translation- lower power usage, and about 3x the real world light output of the standard halogen sealed beams. The light is rated at about 5600 on the Kelvin scale, which is about as close to pure white as you can get without getting into the blue tinged crap.
Light install is plug and play- unplug the sealed beams, connect the bulb assemblies to the drivers, and plug the the whole mess into the factory harness. No additional power supply wiring, no drama.
The first photo is a run down the freeway at 70mph. Good clear light output, no blinding of folks ahead of me. There is a hot spot about 30 feet in front of the Ty.
Photos 2 and 3 are low beam/high beam shots about 20' back from a building. The high beams are not fantastic, but are adequate for the job.
So, for very little money, I feel safer driving at night. A worthwhile upgrade until I can find a decent price on the Truck-Lite units.
OK- update:
The headlights have been in for 10 days. There is good and not so good, of course, but overall I am pleased with the result.
Specs- the replacement housings are polycarbonate, and shave a few pounds off the sealed beam units. Fitment is as easy as replacing standard lamps.
The LED assemblies are 26 watt 1800 lumen hi/lo units. Translation- lower power usage, and about 3x the real world light output of the standard halogen sealed beams. The light is rated at about 5600 on the Kelvin scale, which is about as close to pure white as you can get without getting into the blue tinged crap.
Light install is plug and play- unplug the sealed beams, connect the bulb assemblies to the drivers, and plug the the whole mess into the factory harness. No additional power supply wiring, no drama.
The first photo is a run down the freeway at 70mph. Good clear light output, no blinding of folks ahead of me. There is a hot spot about 30 feet in front of the Ty.
Photos 2 and 3 are low beam/high beam shots about 20' back from a building. The high beams are not fantastic, but are adequate for the job.
So, for very little money, I feel safer driving at night. A worthwhile upgrade until I can find a decent price on the Truck-Lite units.
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Pau Hana
"But, officer........."
Re: LED Headlight experiment
I cobbled together parts from a couple of local shops. Total cost under $250 for everything.
I cobbled together parts from a couple of local shops. Total cost under $250 for everything.
Re: LED Headlight experiment
Anyway you can give us some more info for people who would like to buy the same setup like myself? I have an older set of H4 replacement housing with regular bulbs and they are not very bright at all. I don't want to run HID's and would like to put something like this together.
Thanks,
Nick
Anyway you can give us some more info for people who would like to buy the same setup like myself? I have an older set of H4 replacement housing with regular bulbs and they are not very bright at all. I don't want to run HID's and would like to put something like this together.
Thanks,
Nick
atkonkler
Is this your bush?
Re: LED Headlight experiment
I have new style h4 housings in my truck now with sylvania 9003/h4 zxe bulbs in currently.....truck is sitting in storage but I'll do a side by side comparison of a ddm tuning hid kit for low only with 55 watt bulbs that are 8000k. I'll keep you posted!
I have new style h4 housings in my truck now with sylvania 9003/h4 zxe bulbs in currently.....truck is sitting in storage but I'll do a side by side comparison of a ddm tuning hid kit for low only with 55 watt bulbs that are 8000k. I'll keep you posted!