Been doing some research on the Lifetime LED headlight bulbs...they seem to have great output, less power draw than HIDs and the instant on is what I really like. Have any of you tried these or know anyone who has them?? Looking at putting them in my 2013 with the projectors and fogs.
Been doing some research on the Lifetime LED headlight bulbs...they seem to have great output, less power draw than HIDs and the instant on is what I really like. Have any of you tried these or know anyone who has them?? Looking at putting them in my 2013 with the projectors and fogs.
I've used similar in other vehicles and been impressed, but I don't think they'd fit in the projector housing. There is very little spare roomin the back, and you'd have to leave the cover plate off, most likely leading to fogging/condensation issues.
Stumbled across something interesting in regards to LED Headlight conversions, sorry I don't have the domain address, but if you type "VLED" in google it will take you to their site, new LED bulbs that don't require a fan and they are rated at 3000 lumen per light, HHHMMMMMM. I am still waiting for the breakthrough in LED headlights and these are getting close. The newest lights are VX3' s. $200 bucks a pair.
Otterdriver, I would love to believe but it sounds too good to be true - how can 2 LEDs bust out 3,000 Lumens when the big boys (GE, etc.) can't do it?
If they had a killer money back, no questions asked warranty, I'd try them.
Well, all I can say is check their website, I'm certainly not hook , line and sinker either but who's to say, I'm sure there is development going on in this direction. All I'm saying is there will probably be LED headlights out soon that will outperform incandescent headlights. I'm waiting for something full- proof in LED's, love the output with HID's but they just pose too many potential problems with the electronics in these trucks. I bought a set of LED headlights awhile back when they first came out and other than the fact they just didn't throw the light very far, they plugged in and worked perfectly the first time without a canbus connector or wire harness or added resistors, no warm-up for the bulbs, that's what I'm after. In the meantime I'll leave my stock headlights as is and continue down the LED lightbar road, I just picked up another Rigid Industries lightbar, a 10 inch E-series spot to add to my existing 30 inch bar, turns night into day.
Been hesitant on doing an led headlight conversion due to the fan+ heatsink nd fitting without the dust cap. Decided to leave the hid headlights in and tried a set of cree 3600lumen/bulb fog light bulbs and they work amazing and just as bright if not brighter than the 35w hid headlights.
You can not tell the difference between these and HID bulbs. They are the 9005 base so one tab you have to clip in half but other than that these things are amazing. Plus I like the fact I can change the "shades" that come with it and get different color temp within a few min quick change. Little pricey but I made an offer to the seller at $102us and I love these things. Perfect beam pattern to. I may of got lucky but they came in 1week. sorry for the delayed response.
Will get a good night shot tonight, while there out ill get a few shots with the different shades showing the color temp. These in the truck now are 3600lm per led bulb (8*5w cree chips ran at 40w actual input) and I will say they are replacing the 35w hid kit I had In the fogs and they are the same brightness if not brighter than the hid bulbs. wouldn't go back to the HID kit especially with these being plug and play with no ballasts or nothing. Also trying to get a deal at the moment of a set of COB LED bulbs that have driver ballasts and run at 4500lm per bulb. Will keep updated on those. trying for brightest output with an led bulb not trying to get a ticket
I'm pulling my HIDs and complete fog housing off and replacing with LED pods...I'd love to pull the HIDs out of my low beams and replace with LED as well. I have the projectors though, so I don't think these bulbs would fit in the housing with the dust cap???
Wow, I can tell you that these blow my original LED headlights out of the water, in fact my halogen headlights pale in comparison, thanks for the pics, greatly appreciated! Those actually look like HID's against your garage. :Wow1:
I have looked into almost every possible wway to switch over the low beams from HID's to led but the led headlight bulb are without a doubt bright enough they just don't have the dust cap retrofit set up to be compatible with any vehicle that uses these. Plus mot of the high quality led headlight bulbs have a fan and heatsink which is hard to work around in the headlight assembly. Hopefully soon they have these set up to work.
Nice! Well, Like I said above - Im pulling my stock fog housings off as well as the HIDs and replacing them with LED pods. I'll be on the lookout for LED bulbs for the projectors now that will work with the housing.
Well I committed to these today, early Christmas present I suppose, I purchased the H11's though, I'm sure after seeing the 9005's in the fog lights that RamRT has, the H11's will be awesome for the low beams. If they perform well, I'll purchase the 9005's for the high beams. Then all my lighting woes will be over! http://www.ebay.ca/itm/281461351156?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
Did you find a way to make these work with the dust caps on the headlights? There is no doubt these will be plenty bright enough however I have not been able to find a way to install these without leaving the dust caps off to allow the fan to circulate air. You will love the output of these.
I'm going to modify the dust cap by cutting out the centre and building them out with thin gauge wire like a dome and cover and it with good old duct tape! The last set of LED's had enough room, I still had to cut out the centre for the power lead, they had an igniter box though. I think they'll work fine.
Do you think you would be able to get some pictures of these once you get them in. I am interested in seeing how these are done. If you can that would be awesome.
The light source or LED chips are where the filament would normally be on a standard bulb so they don't scatter light like an HID bulb which are design specific for projectors. LED's are specific for reflector bowls.
No I don't, I have the quad lights, H11's for lows and 9005's for highs. I really hope these pan out, seeing the pic that RamRT posted, I can't imagine they would be any different for the H11's. If they do, I'll order the 9006 lights for the fogs. Not sure about the highbeams yet with the DRL's.
I would say take your headlight assembly inside your house and dry it out with a blow dryer and modify your dust cap to fit the application, it can made to be air tight. I'll build mine out to fit and make them work. I also went into the seller's store site, they sell LED' s that are rated as high as 4500 lumen per light as RamRT stated in one of his posts, something is gonna work here!
I would like to see some pics of these installed, pics of the modified dust caps, and clearance behind the light housings. These seem like a great Mod.
I wonder if they would also have a brighter LED tail/ brake light ? I tinted my lens and would love a super bright LED brake light.
Agreed, I'll wait & see how they fit first. I already notched my covers once, I'd rather not take the dremel out yet again. Maybe once the weather warms up again I may get ambitious enough to pull the headlights to see about stuffing one of the LED's in there but from memory it was pretty tight & I can't see the extended length of the current generation LED's fitting in there....
I got in a package today with a 9006 led set of 4500lumen/bulb fogs for the girlfriends car. Should look pretty good, I was surprised with the output of mine at 3600lm so these should really be bright. I tried adding an h11 set to my headlights but found there to b way to much modifying that would nee to be done but I am sure it can be done. If it were easier I wouldn't think twice about putting these in my headlights. From me nothing but great results from these led bulbs.
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