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Hicksbarry94 12-21-2014 02:19 AM

led bulbs in halogen projector headlights
 
Oh will this look and work I know hid are bad for halogen projectors but what about led bulbs?

BrowningSCrew 12-21-2014 02:23 AM


Originally Posted by Hicksbarry94 (Post 3871868)
Oh will this look and work I know hid are bad for halogen projectors but what about led bulbs?

Halogen projector headlights are junk no matter what kind of bulb you put in them.

Hicksbarry94 12-21-2014 02:25 AM

The ones I got have pretty good light output better then the stock headlights that was on it before

blupupher 12-21-2014 09:29 AM

I have some LED's in my wife's halogen projectors (H11 low beams only).

I think halogen bulbs have better overall output than the LED's (and even HID's).
With LED's, the foreground light is brighter than halogen (more forground light is not a good thing) and OK light in mid distance, but low beam distance is worse than with halogen.

Hicksbarry94 12-21-2014 11:30 AM

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Would these bulbs make a deference?

BrowningSCrew 12-21-2014 11:37 AM


Originally Posted by Hicksbarry94 (Post 3872195)
Would these bulbs make a deference?

in the opposite direction. Those are for signal or reverse lights. They won't put out any usable light.

Cmanjr 12-21-2014 12:54 PM

Plus that's the wrong bulb type. You need 9007 for headlights.

BrowningSCrew 12-21-2014 12:58 PM


Originally Posted by Cmanjr (Post 3872327)
Plus that's the wrong bulb type. You need 9007 for headlights.

he probably needs H1's. He's running 1 piece projectors.

Cmanjr 12-21-2014 12:59 PM


Originally Posted by BrowningSCrew (Post 3872330)
he probably needs H1's. He's running 1 piece projectors.

Oh then never mind.

Hicksbarry94 12-21-2014 02:40 PM

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I got these headlights they take H3 and 9005 bulbs

Cmanjr 12-21-2014 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Hicksbarry94 (Post 3872488)
I got these headlights they take H3 and 9005 bulbs

You need these

Hicksbarry94 12-21-2014 04:28 PM

How much was those

Cmanjr 12-21-2014 04:33 PM


Originally Posted by Hicksbarry94 (Post 3872676)
How much was those

The headlights were just under $80, then the retrofit kit inside of them is about $300 give or take a little. So all in all about $400 headlights.

BUT, I had to install the retrofit kit into my headlights on my own. Fairly straight forward, there's a writeup on how to do it on this forum, [MENTION=45175]BrowningSCrew[/MENTION] made it when he did his headlights.

Hicksbarry94 12-21-2014 05:15 PM

That's just to much for headlights tho

BrowningSCrew 12-21-2014 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Hicksbarry94 (Post 3872782)
That's just to much for headlights tho

Being able to safely see, and see a long ways is worth every dime.
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Cmanjr 12-21-2014 05:25 PM


Originally Posted by Hicksbarry94 (Post 3872782)
That's just to much for headlights tho


Originally Posted by BrowningSCrew (Post 3872788)
Being able to safely see, and see a long ways is worth every dime.

^^^^

This is exactly why I did mine. Plus I got the kit with a Black Friday promo code so I only paid $228 for the kit then with shipping it was $242. So I only have just over $300 into all of it.

Hicksbarry94 12-21-2014 05:51 PM

That low or high

BrowningSCrew 12-21-2014 05:52 PM


Originally Posted by Hicksbarry94 (Post 3872854)
That low or high

High. Low beams cut off below eye level on most cars as to not blind anybody.

blupupher 12-21-2014 06:38 PM

HID retrofits are what your Spyders want to be.

Hicksbarry94 12-21-2014 08:29 PM

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Mine are not aimed right but this is what they look like

03f15012 12-21-2014 10:35 PM


Originally Posted by Cmanjr (Post 3872615)
You need these

Or these!

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.f15...1cfd83f8a5.jpg

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.f15...668cb4fbfb.jpg

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.f15...6e26f59a93.jpg

Hicksbarry94 12-21-2014 11:00 PM

I can't afford to buy new headlights along with retrofit kit

03f15012 12-21-2014 11:03 PM

Then here. Perfect replacement for your Spyder headlights internals, and you'll get much better lighting.

http://www.theretrofitsource.com/com...ml#.VJeX314AL8


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