Accrete's Chevy AWD & Ram Promaster projects

[daveb]

What do they look like straight on?

[accrete]

Here you go... it was raining out so this is not ideal :

[JWA]

Oh wow---I was curious about your comments regarding Truck-Lite LED H/L's looking odd---those are indeed "unusual" !

Living near the Ohio snow belt another thread here on SMB gets me thinking how these would fare in snow. Wondering if they would generate enough heat to keep ice etc forming while driving in freezing much etc.

I love the idea of an LED H/L !

[accrete]

On the LED H/L in snow...

I recall reading during my pre-purchase due diligence that an owner stated they did fine on low beam in snow and that he was still considering adding a pair of fog lights to help in the real adverse weather (he mentioned snow).

On the heat? I'll have to check tonight when my wife returns home. She has about a 15min drive so i don't know how much they would heat up in that time...but i'll check anyway, and report back.

Yea the looks do get peeps to comment in parking lots when they see us get out.

Thom

PS note on LED headlight operating temp...
This is not scientific by any means, but Cari's ~10-15 minute drive home tonight left the front face of the bulbs not even warm to my hand. Don't know if that was the answer anyone was looking for, but that's what i found tonight at ~55 degrees outside-temp when she arrived home.

[daveb]

I think they're cool looking. I'll bet they also run much cooler but one thing I'm not a fan of are those blue looking lights. Everybody is installing them out here and I don't get it. They throw a blue beam that is hard to see and also blind oncoming drivers.

Those look different. Do they produce a white light?

[Spoolin]

They look cool...but I don't understand why they are in a Halogen housing. That just scatters the light everywhere and even though you can adjust it somewhat, there's still a lot of light scattering that blinds oncoming traffic and people that are being followed. I would say LED would work better in a Projector housing but I'm not a lighting expert.

The LED light bar I have on my Express is blinding...but that's kinda what it's meant for!! lol

[JWA]

I'm guessing regardless how the LED H/L's look their housings are designed to "fit" the nature of the LED light. Truck-Lite surely didn't just plop LED elements into any old housing and hope for the best.

Not sure how much faith to put into Truck-Lite's YouTube video but here's something to view:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riAtkFlEO98

If this new type H/L even approaches the ad hype I'd say they do the job very well, don't really scatter light beams at all and doubt projector H/L's would be all that superior.

Another video for vehicles more closely related to typical passenger-types:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxpotjWglrY

If found both to be informative and quite interesting.

[carringb]

Originally Posted by Spoolin

They look cool...but I don't understand why they are in a Halogen housing. That just scatters the light everywhere and even though you can adjust it somewhat, there's still a lot of light scattering that blinds oncoming traffic and people that are being followed. I would say LED would work better in a Projector housing but I'm not a lighting expert.

The LED light bar I have on my Express is blinding...but that's kinda what it's meant for!! lol

That housing is not a Halogen housing. The reflector is LED-specifiec and the lens does not have a diffuser (which is what causes most of the scatter). Because LEDs are already uni-directional, they do not need an external projector. None of the OEMs use projectors on their LED headlights. Usually however, they simply have an array to achieve enough spread. Truck-Light bucked that trend by using a reflector. If you look carefully at the new Cadillac headlights, each LED is angled slightly from each-other to broaden the pattern.

[BroncoHauler]

I contemplated the 7" round Truck Lites for my Bronco a while, but I've seen some mixed reviews of them, though that may have been of the first generation. I'm not sure how much changed with the second generation.

There's a second player in the 7" round LED headlamp market, and that's JW Speaker. I like these better, but the price tag ($800/pr) takes a bit of getting used to.

http://www.jwspeaker.com/products/headl ... filter=LED

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDb4EHB21oY

Herb

[accrete]

Greetings All : )

Continuing observations on the installed 5"x7" Truck Lite LED headlights...

On housing, Truck Lite created this specific housing for LED use. Trust me, the bulb/housing puts out a very (un scattered) usable beam.

On Color, WHITE! Blazing, but not blinding, to oncoming (tested by me in our second vehicle) and following (same test). There is not even a hint of any color. On low beams no one "flashes" us, on high, well...that would just about be cause for some road rage.

On Temp, yup, as stated, no real heat sensed by palm of hand beyond a Luke-warm.

On 7" Round... yes there is now a second gen bulb according to their website (and some Jeep 4x4 supply house' YouTube comparison i saw).

Thom