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They're probably just vastly overrating them for sales. The ones I got were 40watt each, and used almost the exact same cooling solution. Could the electrical system even output that kind of wattage without modification? I think somewhere I read the stock bulbs are 55watt.
They didn't have the mostplus bulbs on amazon.ca, but I am sure many of these are similar in construction ( as they all come from the same place), I was looking for the Cree name and lumens/watts and shape/size/build construction to be similar as used in this post by nsogiba.
I will be installing this weekend, I will be back with updates.
Stock/Factory headlight housings or the ACA style housings? I want to say that the ACA housings have the high and low OEM sizes flipped like you are explaining in your post.
Stock factory housing.....plug and play....in minutes. Sorry it took so long for the reply.
Please spare the recommendations for forum vendors.
I have never gone wrong with the Sylvania Silverstar Ultras. Install them in everything. Many times I think the people who say they don't last either got a fluke or touched the bulb. I always wear rubber gloves when installing halogen bulbs.
Have them in my current C5 and it's obvious the lamps went from yellow to white.
HIDs are even worse than LED bulbs. You need to do a proper retrofit to get better lighting. That, or go with Euro headlights.
Can you elaborate? It's my understanding that they are filament-based just like the halogens, and therefore project the same as halogens... except brighter.
Can you elaborate? It's my understanding that they are filament-based just like the halogens, and therefore project the same as halogens... except brighter.
You probably mean HIRs (Halogen InfraRed) instead of HIDs (High Intensity Discharge). In that case HIRs are fine.
The more I look at the LED headlights the wattage seems to be getting higher, some of the lights are up to 980watts
It is just 980 watt equivalent... but equivalent to what? They get to make up whatever definition they want, and the Chinese makers are especially guilty of this because they cater to the ill-informed.
You can only get so much light out of an LED chip. After you hit a certain current through the LED chip, the light output plateaus and all you do is make the LED run hotter (and shorten its lifespan). In actual fact, the hotter the LED is, the less light output it has.
Therefore, the amount of light output LEDs have is determined primarily by the type of LED chip used and the number of LEDs used, not how much power is being put through the LEDs.
A lot of new cars have LED headlights. However, most of them utilize an array of LEDs, rather than a traditional reflector or projector setup. From what I have read, it is hard to get proper light dispersion from just one LED. Even the LED projectors don't have that wide a beam as compared to HID projectors, though they do have a good hotspot.
So I just did an LED conversion, and I'm pretty happy with it. I used Simdevanma 9006 for the low beam, and Simdevanma 9005 for the high beam. They're 40 watts per bulb(80 per set) and 6000K per bulb. They're plug and play, and fit great inside the stock housing. They do have integrated cooling fans, but I've certainly never been able to hear them running. I use twilight sentinel and my headlights almost always close on their own (although not 100% of the time). When they don't, all I have to do is flip the switch on and off and they close. I have noticed a HUGE difference! The light is brighter, whiter, and has a much farther throw. The pattern is pretty good(I have never had anyone flash their lights at me.) I'll admit they aren't HID, but they beat the hell out of the stock bulbs. Also, I had a half off coupon code, so I got them for $25.00 a set off of Amazon. I figured I would chime in since nobody seems to have mentioned the Simdevanma bulbs. Sorry I don't have any pics ATM.
12-19-2017, 04:48 PM
