(OPINION!) LED Replacement Headlamp Bulbs
No instruments...merely stare and compare. Where I drive there are no goose-stepping over-regulatory restrictions about bulb replacements I have as of this morning ordered and replaced 13 sets o...
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SCVJeff wrote:
H1 LED
THIS is what I'm using in the Explorer. Same lamp, different mount
Yeah, well, they "work" for YOU but not so much for the poor sap coming towards you..
I wish I had bookmarked it but either For Truck Enthusiasts (FTE) or The Diesel Stop website someone did a pattern test on some of this style of LED "bulbs"..
The result was the LEDs had more scatter than the correct incadescent bulb..
MOST folks who have tried this style of LED retrofit end up going back to the standard incadescent bulb due to highly mixed results..
One side of the LED lights for low beam and the other side for for high beam.. This messes with the pattern considerably creating uneven lighting and a poorly focused light leading to a lot of the light directed at other motorists and even the sky!
Yes, I really want to try these but my "common sense" tells me not to waste money or time on these, they are not ready for prime time..
I don't wish to be one of those jerks that are constantly blinding OTHERS every day of my morning commute.
I also am not a fan of the 6,000K color temps, that is simply to high of a color, pretty much blue which also is not a good color for night vision..
As noted by someone else, HIDs are much lower on the color spectrum (4,300K-5,000K) which is more inline with good vision resulting in less scatter and potential blinding of other motorists.
