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08-04-2009, 10:12 AM
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Friends: 4 |  Re: Halogen -VS- LED Headlights with pictures Quote:
Jim, Agree with you completely. The LEDs are fantastic, but the cutoff is dramatic. I don't do much night driving on dark roads, but when I do it's very noticeable. Have to believe it would be a problem on a very dark road driving 40+ - easy to outdrive the illumination. And the high beam difference is dramatic. Would be interested in the specs from a safety standard standpoint. And wonder if Hacks will figure out a workaround adjustment... | |
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My impression is that the vertical aiming of the LED's is actually withing spec but I would prefer that they they were adjusted a tiny bit further up which still shouldn't annoy other drivers but would reduce the radical change between the high and low beams.|
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Friends: 3 | Re: Halogen -VS- LED Headlights with pictures Great pictures. Nobody can accuse this thread of this:  |
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Friends: 6 | Re: Halogen -VS- LED Headlights with pictures Makes me wish even more that the LED headlights were an option with the solar package |
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Friends: 0 | Re: Halogen -VS- LED Headlights with pictures You did a GREAT job with these beamshots. Thanks a lot. While the cuttoff might be very visible against a close target, these pictures are very clear in showing how it is not a problem at all in real life. Halogen do not allow us to see any more detail or subject far away, that's all I need to know. |
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08-04-2009, 01:14 PM
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Friends: 1 | Re: Halogen -VS- LED Headlights with pictures Thanks for posting those; I was wondering about the difference too. Now if we could get Halogen, HID and LED all next to each other that would be very cool. |
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08-04-2009, 04:54 PM
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Friends: 9 | Re: Halogen -VS- LED Headlights with pictures I'll toss my camera back in the car and take some pics tomorrow morning on the way into work of the cutoff. IMO, it is VERY well defined, much more defined than the HID's that were in my 2006... I'll also try and take pictures again jsut like I did last night but have the photos with the car in the exact same spot somewhere, so one is not a little further back than the other.  And then for the hell of it, I'll take a picture of the LED's with my foglamps on as well. They are stock foglamps but not stock bulbs... Stream and I both have the PIAA's in our cars, and they are amazing.
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Friends: 23 | Re: Halogen -VS- LED Headlights with pictures Very nice. Thanks for taking the time to do it! That's the thing about halogens. No matter how bright they are, they're quite yellow. It's a nice softer light for sure but the LEDs give off a more natural light |
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08-05-2009, 02:47 AM
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Friends: 1 | Re: Halogen -VS- LED Headlights with pictures Is it possible to just simply swap out the lights to the LEDs? I'm sure we will see some used parts down the road, just have to wait, and get them to replace. |
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Friends: 5 | Re: Halogen -VS- LED Headlights with pictures Quote:
I wonder if having two projector lenses in each housing produces a sharper cutoff compared to only having one lens in each housing. Do the two lenses cause the sharpness of the cutoff to run longer horizontally? On single projector lensed headlights, isn't the "middle section" of the horizontal cutoff usually where it is sharpest? Since there are TWO lenses in each housing, is that simply widening the sharpest, "middle" section of the cutoff? Quote:
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