LR4 Halogen Bulb Upgrading - Highly Recommended
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magnumforc
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My 2013 has H7 high beams along with HID headlights. The high beams are, of course, separate and the HID's have high and low beam capabilities. If you have straight halogen headlights, you could have h11 for low beams and H7's for high beams?
my hi beams are h7's
Reviving an old thread that probably helped a lot of owners improve their night vision over the years. I'm running the DDM Tuning HID kit for 4 years (and over 50k miles) at this point. Any sense of how much longer I can expect those HID bulbs to last? Been thrilled with their performance over the years, amazing bang for the buck (particularly considering how long they've lasted). Lately, I can't tell if they seem a bit dimmer that usual, or if it's just my aging eyes...
Here's a new option for the H11 fogs (and lows I suppose). Philips LEDs. They have yellow LEDs coming soon as well, which I'm interested in for the fogs.
Amazon.com: Philips 12834UNIX2 X-tremeVision LED Fog Lamp, Fits Fog H8, H11, H16 (Pack of 2): Automotive@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41-mgaG3ZkL.@@AMEPARAM@@41-mgaG3ZkL
Here are the yellow versions:
http://www.xenondepot.com/h16-h8-h11-philips-Ultinon-LED-12793UNIX2-2700K-p/12793unix2.htm
Amazon.com: Philips 12834UNIX2 X-tremeVision LED Fog Lamp, Fits Fog H8, H11, H16 (Pack of 2): Automotive@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41-mgaG3ZkL.@@AMEPARAM@@41-mgaG3ZkL
Here are the yellow versions:
http://www.xenondepot.com/h16-h8-h11-philips-Ultinon-LED-12793UNIX2-2700K-p/12793unix2.htm
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For my H11 fogs, I tried an LED option (not this specific make) that was quite expensive and had good reviews, but after installing them I was highly disappointed. They had a very nice clean white light, but they did not throw that light very far at all.
They were so bad, in fact, that I removed them and replaced them with these:
Amazon.com: Philips - Diamond Vision H11 Halogen HID Super White 5000K (Pair): Automotive@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51U6gEUD-aL.@@AMEPARAM@@51U6gEUD-aL
I found the Phillips Diamonds were just as white in color, but about 10x the brightness as the LEDs. Pretty happy with them so far.
They were so bad, in fact, that I removed them and replaced them with these:
Amazon.com: Philips - Diamond Vision H11 Halogen HID Super White 5000K (Pair): Automotive@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51U6gEUD-aL.@@AMEPARAM@@51U6gEUD-aL
I found the Phillips Diamonds were just as white in color, but about 10x the brightness as the LEDs. Pretty happy with them so far.
Hm check out the xenondepot link I posted. They show the Philips LEDs putting out almost as many lumens as their HID kits but with way more life. Life is important to me on the fogs because I like to run them as DRLs.
I understand they look nice, but a color temp of 5000k+ is too white for fogs if you care about them functioning as fogs. The higher temps create glare on fog/rain/snow, but I'm pretty sure you're in the Middle East so I don't suppose it matters to you.
However, our eyes are tuned to be most receptive to the color temp of moonlight (making Philips 4300k HIDs about perfect). So between two 2500 lumen lamps, the 4300k lamp is going to appear to be more powerful/effective to our eyes than a 6000k lamp even though they're both emitting identical output levels.
You just plug them into that connector on the end of the harness, it's the same connector that's on a regular halogen H11 bulb. I purchased the yellow ones from a seller in California on eBay, so I'll know here in the next couple weeks.
Cool, let us know how they work out.
