Me too... I started with the headlights, now they're all LED's.. ;)
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Late post here, does this LED produce blinding effect like HIDs do in a reflector housing? Do you more pictures of your high and low beam? How does the beam look like - as in projection on the road, compared to halogens? Cover more or similar area?
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Exactly.
You cannot take an HID or LED and install it in a halogen reflector housing and think it's OK. They all give off different intensities and patterns of light. There are cars with reflector and HIDs, but they were designed that way, just like some new cars with LEDs factory. Almost every make uses projectors for both HID and LED.
You may get a brighter light, but with the expense of the other drivers. There will be some that say there's little or no glare, but they're fooling themselves.
Do the right thing, leave halogens or install a projector.
I ordered and installed these soon after I got my car about 9 months ago. They are great, but the one on the left, drivers side, always seemed a little bit less bright than the one on the right. I had one hell of a rough time getting that one in, also. After about four months of driving we were on a trip, and I got out and examined the dimmer headlight. I noticed that one of the emitters was not working. I figured at some point I'd touch base with cyclops and have it replaced, since it is under a one year warrantee.
Fast forward to a few weeks ago. I was behind a coworker in traffic, and later he told me that the headlight was dead. Apparently the other emitter gave up, however when I turned on the high beams those emitters were still functional. Bottom line. I called cyclops and the lady I talked to was totally cool about it. She told me to mail it back and they would repair it, or replace it.
I pulled out the light tonight and it looked pretty bad. I'm thinking the emitter was dead when I got it and I further damaged the bulb by running it for so long. I hope they will still honor the warrantee. We shall soon see....
Howdy! Just adding my experience here. I got my LED headlights installed last Saturday. This guide is 100% spot on and I have nothing to add to it. But I WILL say this part is an absolute MUST:
I was able to force the passenger side in but the driver side was a real pain in the ass. I detached the fuse box and pulled it up and out a little which gave me a bit more working space, but I never thought to lube the dang rubber before fitting the light. I sprayed some WD-40 on my finger and wiped it in there, then wiggled it in. Also recommending some caution as the lights have some pretty sharp fins.Quote:
Lube that rubber (*snerk*) with WD40 or some kind of light oil, around the hole (giggity) before inserting the LED or it will be very hard to get it to turn and seat.
Here are the ones I ordered. I didn't grab any before/after pics but the light output is nice. There is a good cutoff to them with only very very slight bleeding above the beam which isn't noticeable unless you shine it on a wall and look real close. They do both low and high beam and the difference between beams is very nice. I'll grab some pics when I can.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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*Edit - I believe these ones are canbus error free. I noticed no flickering of any kind.