Is there anyone who has a set of LED's installed? Which bulb's are better LED's or HID's? Is the DIY installation difficult for either one?
I have these in the ftp and main beams - they are awful for dipped beams as they chuck the light all over the place:
http://www.meeknet.co.uk/e31/timms_b...Main_Beams.htm
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Where's you get the LEDs from and what is the part number?
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These are the ones I just installed.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Interested to know too.
Would like to use them for the FTP and pop-up high-beams if they are not too obtrusive to install...
They are from Ebay - Neverland Lighting or something like that - but, they are Chinese and are available from all sorts of sellers - the important bit is you match the pictures to those on the advert as you must get the exact model for the FTP's as nothing else fits, and I've tried tens of the blooming things!
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Lots of light - everywhere! The FTP's can cause confusion when flashing to let people out - they are a bit like a camera flash....
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For the FTP's you need H3's, and the exact one I specify - for the main beams you need H1 and there are loads of braided versions that fit.....
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Oh, sorry, you're right, they're H3 not H1.
I've found these, they look like they're short but there are no dimensions:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/New-M-039...MakeTrack=true
They certainly look to be the right ones - but, as I have found out, sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and see what you get!
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Have a lot at the 'How To' there's about 20mm behind the seating surface of the bulb:
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But how is the lumens output when comparing HID system to LED?
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What Lumen output is claimed by the Xenon lights?
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Timm, a 35w, 4,300k, H1 bulb will put out about 3,200-3,400 lumens
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That's more than you will get out of the LED units which I estimate to be around 1800 Lumens - I found the datasheet for the Xenon:
https://www.osram.com/appsinfo/pdc/p...pe_eCat&lid=EN
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The real problem is the projectors were intended for the original halogens, so the only proper way to do it is with new projectors.
Moutine had a post about this somewhere where he added a bi-xenon. Only thread I have seen were someone actually did it right outside of 8er.org.
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My point was in reference to being used as high beams.
While the projectors aren't designed for halogens, the cut off is actually very crisp, at least on the euro headlights (I don't know whether the USA spec vehicles have different projectors, given you have different lighting assemblies it's possible).
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Yes, I think that's the point - the LED's are great fun for main-beams, but for the dipped beams the projectors can't fully control the spill of light, the same is probably true for the Xenon dipped beams - lots of light but not necessarily in the right direction.
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Currently (August 28) these LED lamps are on sale at Amazon using code K6QRX9 for $31.89. Normally they sell for $54.99.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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