LED bulbs for our cars
08-29-16, 06:07 PM
#17
The current problem right now is that all of the LED headlight bulbs out there don't offer 360 degrees of light. You can look at the designs of them and see they have "blindspots" on the sides of the bulbs. So instead of 360 degrees of light being emitted, like HIDs and halogens, you only have 270
08-31-16, 08:04 PM
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Just got myself the HID kit and installed it.
I'm upgrading from 51w Sylvanias to these 35w HIDs and let me tell you.. the difference is insane, visibility on road has increased a ton and the range of the light is also very far. Temperature on these is 4500K, the warm up period is very short however the time it takes going from white to ultra white is around 20-25 seconds or so.
O.G Status helped me out with the whole setup, make sure you check them out!
Also, the cutoff is impressive since my projectors are actually really dirty, I can't imagine how will they look after I clean them up. If LEDs were spreading light in all degrees then I think it would be better, but it seems like with the north & south sides of the LED board the visibility will be poor in these projectors. All in all, I'm a happy kid. Not too shabby for $45.
Last edited by DrAtomica; 08-31-16 at 08:08 PM.
03-03-23, 01:56 PM
#22
As nice as the LED's are nowadays, HID is still king of lighting. And though they plug-n-play to all cars specific sizing, the reflectors in the headlights are still not designed for the light beam LED bulbs have. If you notice, LED headlight bulbs only have a bulb pointing towards north and south, and LED bulbs are directional, meaning the light doesn't spread everywhere, wherein the reflector bowls for the projectors require light 360 degrees. There's really no pros to doing LED's too since our vehicle's electrical system is still analog, it will still draw as much power as the halogen bulbs, unlike HID which only require 35watts (which is also why doing 55watt ballasts is counter productive). HID bulbs don't give out heat too, unlike halogen and LED bulbs. To get the best performance out of any light bulb, you have to stick to 4300-5000kelvin, like every OEM HID kits. Any higher will have a blue hue which is also counter productive and very eye straining.
To be abundantly clear, I’m not questioning your expertise, but instead trying to understand how these nuances come to be, supposing this is totally accurate.
Nick
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