jwmustang

I found this. The ZES looks to have a more defined cutoff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIrFDlBltb8

BlackBoost, so you only changed the driving lights? I love not having fans. I am sure the reason its heavy is because the metal is also a heat sink.
Since you have no DRL and flashing problems I would like to use the same stuff you got.
Can you send me links to your canbus and resistors?
Looks promissing.
THX

02fx4dude

I wasn't thrilled with the whiter/bluer bulbs in wet/snowy/foggy conditions. So much I decided to pull the morimoto XB fogs out and put the stock fogs back in, with 9011 bulbs. Now debating pulling my CBI's(5500k) and replacing with nightbreakers(4200k). As much as the whiter light has a certain cool factor my eyes tell me the yellower light is considerably better for seeing what's down the road.

BlackBoost

Posted the pictures I was able to take in post #3. Will have to take more another night when it's not foggy....

BlackBoost

Yes the cutoff is better than anything I've tried. And the "hotspot" is much stronger too.

Here's the canbus modules, it's all you'll need : https://www.amazon.ca/Car-Rover-Head...rds=canbus+H11

I agree, a yellower color is definitely better! Our eyes don't see blue very well, especially dim blue... I'm hoping to get my hands on some warmer LED's like this. I've also been thinking of a slight yellow tint, maybe a spray-on kind to try it out. I'll see how they do in the next couple of days. I have a long dark drive to work in the morning so I'll post up how it goes tomorrow.

Summers22

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For those that dont like the blueish tint with LEDs this is what I did. I have LED headligts with LED foglights that you can add film onto a glass tube that surrounds the LED. So I have yellow film (comes with the LEDs). Of course this is on my 2007, but I am sure they have the 2015 up fog bulbs as well. This combination is great in foggy/rainy/snowy conditions.

02fx4dude

The downside to films and other filters is you end up losing some of your light output by blocking the unwanted wavelengths. "White" LED's are mostly blue and yellow light, so a yellow filter would just block the blue light resulting in less overall light. Similar to the idea behind blue coating halogn bulbs but reversed.

BadAV

The beam intenisty and cutoff looks pretty good. I had a similar set, including the same type of heat sink ribbons, in my high beams but was not impressed with the light output for high beams. I had a set of 9011 bulbs from a previous vehicle and dropped them in. I rarely get a chance to use my high beams so I just decided to go back to halogen. I'm still waiting on the SL1 bulbs from Diode Dynamics but like everyone else am frustrated by the delays. If they don't get them to market by the end of February I will likely pursue other alternatives.

BlackBoost

Fog was really bad again this morning, but I was happy with the visibility I had considering. I still need to bring the lights down a notch or two again.



Yeah, filters do reduce output. I'd like to try a temporary film just to see the results, something very light. Until I get my hands on a warmer LED. But I think that these are bright enough that even a slight loss in output to get a better color would still result in a big improvement over halogens.



Yeah it's a good cutoff, but because of the snow and icy roads, it reflects a lot off of the ground. And because they're so bright, they reflect a lot of bright light. So far I was flashed once, but I was coming over the top of a hill and it was a car coming uphill that flashed me.

ricky81

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That's what I noticed when I lamin-X the morimoto fogs with yellow film. It looked like I lost a bit of output but maybe it's my eyes. I also lamin x my OEM leds with a blue film to match my truck and output seems the same.

It's been crazy foggy this morning blackboost. Just wait til the weekend, gonna see +7/8 degrees Celsius. Great day to take headlights apart

OEFVETF150lover

thanks for the post