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LED Low and High beam
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- Ronan.Butler11
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LED Low and High beam
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
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
"When I Grow Up, I Wanna Be An Evo! (9 MR with a filthy BOV)
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- lancerdarryl
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Re: LED Low and High beam
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.
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Re: LED Low and High beam
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!!!
As an aside, how about rear, tail lights! There certainly are some great looking ones!!!
- lancerdarryl
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Re: LED Low and High beam
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.
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Re: LED Low and High beam
ADR approved! The big word! Oh Yes. Thanks
- lancerdarryl
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Re: LED Low and High beam
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- Ronan.Butler11
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Re: LED Low and High beam
Damn, guess i might go for arctic halogens haha
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'09 Lancer VRX
Modifications:
De-Res Then a 2.5" Dual Exit X-Force Axle back Exhaust
18" King Rims
Ralliart Snorkel
LED No. Plate lights and interior
*insert further useless modifications to make it seem like i'm good at this*
'09 Lancer VRX
Modifications:
De-Res Then a 2.5" Dual Exit X-Force Axle back Exhaust
18" King Rims
Ralliart Snorkel
LED No. Plate lights and interior
*insert further useless modifications to make it seem like i'm good at this*
- lancerdarryl
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Re: LED Low and High beam
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
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Re: LED Low and High beam
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
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Re: LED Low and High beam
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?
"When I Grow Up, I Wanna Be An Evo! (9 MR with a filthy BOV)
'09 Lancer VRX
Modifications:
De-Res Then a 2.5" Dual Exit X-Force Axle back Exhaust
18" King Rims
Ralliart Snorkel
LED No. Plate lights and interior
*insert further useless modifications to make it seem like i'm good at this*
'09 Lancer VRX
Modifications:
De-Res Then a 2.5" Dual Exit X-Force Axle back Exhaust
18" King Rims
Ralliart Snorkel
LED No. Plate lights and interior
*insert further useless modifications to make it seem like i'm good at this*
- lancerdarryl
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Re: LED Low and High beam
Ronan.Butler11 wrote:
are parkers illegal as well?
They should be OK
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Re: LED Low and High beam
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
Parkers are fine as they don't have the mirror in the back of the bulb to reflect the light on the road
- Ronan.Butler11
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Re: LED Low and High beam
Possibly a stupid question but would the same regulations apply for putting LED's in tail lights
"When I Grow Up, I Wanna Be An Evo! (9 MR with a filthy BOV)
'09 Lancer VRX
Modifications:
De-Res Then a 2.5" Dual Exit X-Force Axle back Exhaust
18" King Rims
Ralliart Snorkel
LED No. Plate lights and interior
*insert further useless modifications to make it seem like i'm good at this*
'09 Lancer VRX
Modifications:
De-Res Then a 2.5" Dual Exit X-Force Axle back Exhaust
18" King Rims
Ralliart Snorkel
LED No. Plate lights and interior
*insert further useless modifications to make it seem like i'm good at this*
- lancerdarryl
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Re: LED Low and High beam
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.
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