"atfsgeoff" (atfsgeoff)
02/01/2020 at 22:25 • Filed to: None
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"atfsgeoff" (atfsgeoff)
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Picked up some LED replacement headlights for the truck, took it out and got them adjusted and aimed so as to not blind oncoming drivers. The ones I got are Hikari 2020 updated 9007-style (dual beam) modules, which were pretty much plug & play after figuring out how the removable lock mount worked in conjunction with the factory headlight lock ring.
These use
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LEDs, which are rated at ~2600 lumens per. Each Hikari module has four of them, two for low beam and two more for high beam. They face side to side when inserted into the headlight housings. The low beams have little metal pockets
surrounding half of the LED which, when oriented correctly, the pockets
are underneath the LEDs inside the housings.
Anyway, some video of them in action. They start in high beam, I switch to low beam
around the 11 second mark, and then back to high
at 29 seconds.
Overall I’m very pleased, makes a big difference on dark rural roads.
SmugAardvark
> atfsgeoff
02/01/2020 at 22:47 |
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No issues with blinking or flashing? I looked into LED taillights for the Corvette, but you have to run a certain type of relay or they will flash intermittently.
Thisismydisplayname
> atfsgeoff
02/01/2020 at 23:00 |
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I’ve got those in my wife’s Pacifica, very nice upgrade. Next up is for my Dakota. Halogens are not up to task after seeing how much nicer the newer LEDs work. And so much simpler than HID installs.
Yours look like they work really well.
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atfsgeoff
> SmugAardvark
02/01/2020 at 23:00 |
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Not in my truck, but this truck has a pretty basic electrical system that uses a simple relay to send full, uninterrupted
juice to the headlight bulbs when they’re switched on. Newer cars might have issues, but from what I understand you can put a capacitor module between the car’s harness and the LED module to mitigate that.
facw
> atfsgeoff
02/01/2020 at 23:52 |
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I’d like to upgrade my lights, but the way they mount isn’t really conducive to those big cooling blocks, so I think I’m in halogen land at least as long as I have this car.
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atfsgeoff
> facw
02/01/2020 at 23:56 |
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The heat sink/fan does stick out a little bit, but the electrical connector is on its own separate short harness so you can move it around to wherever there is space and slack to connect to the car’s existing headlight connector.
duurtlang
> atfsgeoff
02/02/2020 at 03:52 |
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I understand they produce a lot more light, but do the low beams blind traffic at all? Do people flash their high beams at you?
I don’t believe you can pass inspection with those LEDs where I live , but I am looking for an upgrade.
AMGtech - now with more recalls!
> atfsgeoff
02/02/2020 at 09:26 |
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Does the beam have a cut line on top? If not you're just diffusing light everywhere and blinding other drivers. LED/HID bulbs in a halogen housing is almost universally a bad idea.
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atfsgeoff
> duurtlang
02/02/2020 at 10:05 |
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No they do not blind oncoming traffic. The low beams have a pretty clean cutoff just like the halogens they replaced. Here is a pic of one led and one halogen installed at the same time, to compare beam cutoff.
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atfsgeoff
> AMGtech - now with more recalls!
02/02/2020 at 10:09 |
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The low beams have a pretty clean cutoff just like the halogens they replaced. Here is a pic of one led and one halogen installed at the same time to demonstrate beam pattern. Those metal pockets I was talking about, work pretty well to emulate the half-opaque low beam halogen bulbs that are OEM.
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AMGtech - now with more recalls!
> atfsgeoff
02/02/2020 at 15:21 |
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Ooh nice! I figured you would be one to make sure it's done right! So many people just throw them in housings with no cut line and don't even bother checking adjustments.