Any 1st Gen guys out there tried the new LED bulbs??

My thoughts are to not use our housing to reflect the light. Just aim each individual light forward, these have there own house per led and use there own lens.
 
Well I just got a set of the LEDs and I'm going to see how they work ... Got them today ... will have to wait until it gets dark to see how they work ...

Well post later ...
 
Thank you for clearing that up for us, free of charge! If they were what they claimed, they would proudly show the beam that they produced but I could never find any of them that could show this. Is it possible for you to slap them back in and show us what they looked like at least? I'm curious to know if they even had a beam at all. I would estimate maybe a 10 to 20 ft. of blurry looking light in front of the car.

In other words, while setting in the car, seeing nothing really more than two small fog lights would put out.
 
nolimit94VIII said:
Thank you for clearing that up for us, free of charge! If they were what they claimed, they would proudly show the beam that they produced but I could never find any of them that could show this. Is it possible for you to slap them back in and show us what they looked like at least? I'm curious to know if they even had a beam at all. I would estimate maybe a 10 to 20 ft. of blurry looking light in front of the car.

In other words, while setting in the car, seeing nothing really more than two small fog lights would put out.
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Ummm lets put it this way ... I have a 2 year old set of housings. With the LEDs in it the lighting was worse than the old $hitty set that I had replaced.

You can not see ... No beam ... No I tried these in my Low beam position hoping that the cooler temp of the LED lights would save the reflective backing of my housings. It is suggested that the LEDs be used as High Beams ... I'm going to try them there tonight just to take a look ... They do have a cool look when on but they don't project enough light.
 
Well this is what they look like.

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XLRVIII said:
any bulb you put in there, regardless of the source of the light itself is going to depend on the reflective surfaces inside the housing.

I could be wrong but I dont think the LED bulb will solve the first gen headlight dilemma.
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Not a huge surprise, but you are 100% correct, Tommy. This little tidbit often gets lost among GenI rookies that see dim headlights and assume HID conversions will solve the problem. Unfortunately in a housing with no reflective surface, or very little, one could install miniature Suns in there and it still wouldn't generate sufficient light output.

Also, fancy seeing you pop up over in my neck of the woods. Thanks for your input in that chip/tune thread.
 
huh well that answers it.... They LOOK like they have good output, but that's moot if it doesn't make things visible down the road.
 
The housings I'm using are only 2 years old. Car isn't driven a night that much so not enough time to degrade the reflective surface. Also with Halogens in it I have a nice halogen beam which allows me to see good not HID good but halogen good, not like my other Mark VIIIs. I was hoping that the LEDs bening a cooler bulb would prolong the life if the reflective material in my housings.

The LEDs give little beam to no beam and really suck when you are around street lights. On the Hwy ... better hope nothing is in the road as you will not see it.
 
Thanks for the pics. I didn't think they would beam very good. They may look good staring at them but looking good isn't going to help you see. I'll stick with the HID's. Mine also doesn't get driven at night much and the housings are crystal clear. Mine are about 4 years old. Being in the garage for the most part and not driving at night very often has kept them this way.If I do drive at night, I never even worry about bulb heat because the HID's hardly put out any at all. Nothing but super bright light.

Staring at them, they look blue but when behind the wheel, the light really looks more white. Hard to explain.

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I went ahead and bought a new set of HID's before I found these LED bulbs... I'm glad I did. I bought the 5000k set instead of the 6000k like I did last time. I am much happier with them. Plus having a set of housings that can actually be adjusted was worth every penny I paid for them... Now I just gotta rechrome them one day...
 
According to the package the LEDs are suggested as Hi-beam lights.

So after trying them in the Low Beams I tried them in the Hi-Beam ...

Wow what $hit. Low beam halogen much brighter than the LED in hi-beam.

So don't waste any money on these LED headlights .. they suck...
 
mespock said:
According to the package the LEDs are suggested as Hi-beam lights.

So after trying them in the Low Beams I tried them in the Hi-Beam ...

Wow what $hit. Low beam halogen much brighter than the LED in hi-beam.

So don't waste any money on these LED headlights .. they suck...
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lol, I doubt they'll last very long on ebay after feedback ratings start dropping for the sellers.
 
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