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LED Low and High beam
Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2017 10:16 pm
by Ronan.Butler11
Hey guys, today my parker light decided to die on me, i had spare LED lights that worked so i changed both sides
after seeing the difference in brightness at night im keen to do LEDs for low and high beam, ive seen the bulb list that Zero put together, but im struggling to find the right bulbs with half decent product reviews. - all the good ones are either wrong size or 100/160w
i found one for the low beam on ebay but looked dodge as hell.
Anyone else done the LEDs? or if anyone knows of where to get them on a slight budget? and any addition info, such as if i need resistors etc.
Thanks in advance
Re: LED Low and High beam
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2017 7:06 am
by lancerdarryl
LED globes apart from physically being too big to fit in the headlamps do not work with halogen reflectors.You will find they will be worse than the halogen globes.Also I believe it is illegal to retro fit LEDs to standard headlight.
Re: LED Low and High beam
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2017 9:39 am
by sarusa
does this mean all aftermarket full LED headlight units aren't legal?
As an aside, how about rear, tail lights! There certainly are some great looking ones!!!
Re: LED Low and High beam
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2017 11:59 am
by lancerdarryl
No I'm only talking about putting LED globes in halogen reflectors. I would think a purpose built LED headlamp would be OK as long as they are ADR approved.
Re: LED Low and High beam
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2017 3:51 pm
by sarusa
ADR approved! The big word! Oh Yes. Thanks
Re: LED Low and High beam
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2017 4:27 pm
by lancerdarryl
Try getting these into a CJ headlamp body.......
Re: LED Low and High beam
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2017 8:43 pm
by Ronan.Butler11
Damn, guess i might go for arctic halogens haha
Re: LED Low and High beam
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2017 9:41 pm
by lancerdarryl
Ronan.Butler11 wrote:Damn, guess i might go for arctic halogens haha
Probably the best idea,a good set of halogen globes is your best bet
Re: LED Low and High beam
Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2017 10:41 pm
by SEB15
LED bulbs in low/high beam are illegal unless the car came fitted with them from factory or the headlight unit has been replaced with an ADR approved headlight, they are in the same class with the HID's
Re: LED Low and High beam
Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 9:11 pm
by Ronan.Butler11
SEB15 wrote:LED bulbs in low/high beam are illegal unless the car came fitted with them from factory or the headlight unit has been replaced with an ADR approved headlight, they are in the same class with the HID's
are parkers illegal as well?
Re: LED Low and High beam
Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 9:30 pm
by lancerdarryl
Ronan.Butler11 wrote:
are parkers illegal as well?
They should be OK
Re: LED Low and High beam
Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 7:38 am
by Lancer1993
I've used LED in the parkers for over 2 years, since they are not a projected light they are fine but it is weird we haven't seen more use of them in headlights considering many now opt for a LED based spot light or light bar instead of traditional spot lights.
Re: LED Low and High beam
Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2017 6:58 pm
by SEB15
Parkers are fine as they don't have the mirror in the back of the bulb to reflect the light on the road
Re: LED Low and High beam
Posted: Wed May 03, 2017 12:23 am
by Ronan.Butler11
Possibly a stupid question but would the same regulations apply for putting LED's in tail lights
Re: LED Low and High beam
Posted: Wed May 03, 2017 7:01 am
by lancerdarryl
Ronan.Butler11 wrote:Possibly a stupid question but would the same regulations apply for putting LED's in tail lights
No,you can fit LED tail light globes but you will have to fit resistors to the globes.This will ensure your cruise control will still work and the indicators flash at the required speed.
