 What’s the Latest on LED Headlight Conversion? |
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| Unpretentious |
 Feb 17 2021, 11:03 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 158 Joined: 23-June 14 From: Calif. Central Valley Member No.: 17,532 Region Association: Central California 
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These are the headlights I installed on my ‘73 1.7 a couple nights ago. They’re certainly a cleaner, brighter beam. OEM fog lights seem to work just fine, though they look pretty dingy compared to the LED’s. They were a simple “plug and play” with no rear clearance problems or “bulging” in the front. Manufacturer quality control isn’t the best. When adjusted the best I could, the left low beam was slightly higher than the right, but on high beam, it was slightly lower?? They’re just fine for my daily driver, but when I replace the headlights on the Creamsicle and the Six I’ll likely go for a more authentic look and pay much more too!
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| VaccaRabite |
Feb 18 2021, 12:04 PM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,479 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
QUOTE(FRUNKenstein @ Feb 17 2021, 11:33 AM)  QUOTE(horizontally-opposed @ Feb 17 2021, 10:18 AM) For those of you who have installed LED bulbs (not complete LED units)—and particularly those of you who have driven significant miles at night with them—do any of you have regrets? It doesn't seem like it, but trying to square the comments below vs. the almost universal praise… https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c4-tec...-code-lens.html That's a good topic to discuss. I would think that, given the wide availability of complete replacement units at a very reasonable cost (under $250 for the set), it would be best to replace the entire headlight unit rather than just installing an LED bulb in the existing housing/lens. I'm no expert, but it would avoid the problem that the Corvette guys are discussing in that thread. This is exactly right. You have to go with a housing that was designed to be used with LED bulbs. This is fairly easy on a 914 since they use a standard 7 inch bulb that is still common today. For other vehicles (like my 4Runner) there are not housings that are made for LEDs readily available (and the ones that are cost over $1000). That is the situation where people are putting LED bulbs in H4 housings and getting dangerous light patterns as a result. With the 7 inch bulbs we use, we can even get heated LED housings since these things are meant for daily driven vehicles that need heat to keep the headlights clear in shitty weather. Zach |
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| Mikey914 |
Feb 18 2021, 01:25 PM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,684 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None
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The LEDs that fit into housings do require alignment. They have defined light patterns (at least the ones we have tested and sell), this is also why we sell the housings that we have tested.
The complete units are no exception, improperly aimed they are just as dangerous. The key is proper installation WITH alignment. No way around that. |
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