DEMON44
Low-Tech Redneck
Got them from Josh at the diesel cartel.com
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LED & HID driving light positioning
- Thread starter K20Chevrolet
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DEMON44
Low-Tech Redneck
The H13s that is.
K20Chevrolet
1/2 ton status
Hella just released a nice new LED driving light, the smaller compact version of the big fullsize one. It looks nice and they make an HD version of it too. And the light distribution looks nice as well.
http://www.hella.com/MicroSite/offroad/EN/pdfs/J00712_KI_Luminator_Compact_LED_GB.pdf
Not sold in the USA yet, but I´ve seen it in Germany on an expo.
http://www.hella.com/MicroSite/offroad/EN/pdfs/J00712_KI_Luminator_Compact_LED_GB.pdf
Not sold in the USA yet, but I´ve seen it in Germany on an expo.
K20Chevrolet
1/2 ton status
So I decided to keep the OnX combo bar and the wide cornering squadrons on the bumper and also keep 4 or 5 of my Hella 4000 HID´s for the over roof light bar. Just not sure if I´ll add some compact HID driving or pencils or one each on the bumper as well, since I can´t legaly run the top lights on dark back roads...
K20Chevrolet
1/2 ton status
I actually will run the compact xenon´s on the bumper and switch the OnX bar to amber, to ahve some nice light for bad weather and dust. The cornering lights will stay white and the HID´s are anyways.
That should be plenty of light for the truck....
That should be plenty of light for the truck....
DEMON44
Low-Tech Redneck
Swapped my dodge and superduty over to LED headlight inserts. Equivalent output to HIDs. Love em so far.
K20Chevrolet
1/2 ton status
Swapped my dodge and superduty over to LED headlight inserts. Equivalent output to HIDs. Love em so far.
how´s the cut off and light pattern on this setup? I´m sure they are bright, but is the LED in the good focal point of the reflector to not blind everyone driving at you?
DEMON44
Low-Tech Redneck
Pretty good actually. On low beam I've only been flashed once. In about 8 months of total driving with them.
K20Chevrolet
1/2 ton status
Do you have any shots with the lights against a wall?? To see the cut off they produce? Do these also have a high beam with a LED facing down on the reflector?
DEMON44
Low-Tech Redneck
The high beam faces up. There's two eyes on each bulb. I can get some night pics in a few days.
DEMON44
Low-Tech Redneck
Low beam
High beam.
High beam.
DEMON44
Low-Tech Redneck
Low beam
High beam
High beam
K20Chevrolet
1/2 ton status
Low beam
High beam
they do look bright, but there is no cut off anymore, like there used to be stock. I can imagine they are quite intense on oncoming traffic...
DEMON44
Low-Tech Redneck
Not really. They are bright yes. But focused. Look at the low beam on the garage door. Those spots are at the light intensity. It just drops off around it.
DEMON44
Low-Tech Redneck
May I should go to an open parking lot to show better. On the ground. But the pictures don't actually portray reality very well.
Let me put it this way. I drive highway a LOT. I know immediately when a guy with HIDs or Leds have their lights correctly focused. When they are the light is brighter than normal no question. But it does not burn your eyes in any way.
Let me put it this way. I drive highway a LOT. I know immediately when a guy with HIDs or Leds have their lights correctly focused. When they are the light is brighter than normal no question. But it does not burn your eyes in any way.
DEMON44
Low-Tech Redneck
Edited
K20Chevrolet
1/2 ton status
This is what my true/factory HID low and high beams look like....
low:
high:
That is what a beam pattern and cut off should look like!
low:
high:
That is what a beam pattern and cut off should look like!
Ned Kelly
1/2 ton status
I just saw VisionX has a 90 watt 8.7" LED light out.
http://www.visionxusa.com/p328/07-2...hieve_1000m/3280ft_of_Usable_Light/pages.html
It will be interesting to see some pics or reviews on this light.
http://www.visionxusa.com/p328/07-2...hieve_1000m/3280ft_of_Usable_Light/pages.html
It will be interesting to see some pics or reviews on this light.
K20Chevrolet
1/2 ton status
I´d also be interested to see how the light output is. Especially since this is a reflector light, so it should provide more distance than the LED light bars. The only draw back on this one is the 90W. Sure they are brighter than a halogen light that has 100W, but the amp draw is almost the same. And if you look at HID´s being 35W or maybe 50W and still putting out the most light of all lights, that is still the best option in my eyes.
I´ll actually run a combination of HID´s and LEDs on my truck. I´ll post some pics and night shots of the entire setup once it is mounted and wired on the truck.
I do like the spread of the led bars but for distance you still can´t beat a quality hid light.
