LED head/fog lights?

[Gamble]

Anyone use these and how do they compare to a HID kit?
Just got a Ford Fusion 2012 with oem projector lights and would like to take advantage of some better light output

Also can anyone recommend some really bright yellow lights for the fog?
I swear the fog and rain is by far the worst it has been in a long time.

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[Gamble]

Wow nobody?

 

[Mook]

[MENTION=340]Eagle[/MENTION] loves bright ass leds. But he's in Germany right now so not sure when he'll reply.

 

[Eagle]

Germany doesn't like me looking at tcg! I'm a big fan of OPT7 lighting. They have a bulb for pretty much every application.

Only thing I'll warn about us to check your factory housings to see that the fan assembly on the lights will clear any seals or caps built into the chassis.

 

[DanJ]

My fogs are LED and headlight bi xenon. The fog light is much more crisp and pure white.

 

[torquelover]

I have OEM LED fogs and Zenon Depot 6000K HID headlights. They're not an exact color match but they're close. The OEM LED DRLS are way off though. Looks strange having so many different whites on the front of the car.

 

[Gamble]

Do all LED bulbs have fans?

Wonder how these will work?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MTLKLBG/?tag=tcg21-20

 

[RICH17]

I got a set for xmas. Waiting on a warm day to throw them in. I have regular stock housings and I am interested in seeing how much the light scatters

 

[BeerOrGasoline]

Gamble I tagged you in my FS thread on a set of H11's. Should drop right in to your Fusion.

 

[EmersonHart13]

I have read that LED headlights scatter worse than HIDs do in a regular housing. aka not designed for them.

 

[RICH17]

I've heard that as well.

 

[EmersonHart13]

And I would have to agree due to the street light they replaced by us that is now LED and shines in my windows and lights up my yard.

 

[BeerOrGasoline]

I have read that LED headlights scatter worse than HIDs do in a regular housing. aka not designed for them.

 

[RICH17]

I'll be doing a back to back test when I do them on the Cruze.

 

[EmersonHart13]

I thought you said you had oem bulbs/housing/whatever?

 

[EmersonHart13]

PS

 

[BeerOrGasoline]

I thought you said you had oem bulbs/housing/whatever?

I'm switching to the OEM one's like below, but that output shot is drop-in LED bulbs in the halogen housing

 

[SMRTSS1]

I've had OPT-7 LED's in my low beams and CREE projectors (cheap shit) in my fogs for a while now and I love em. They're ridiculously easy compared to HIDs and I'll never go back to HIDs. Less scatter than HIDs and the light quality isn't as blinding which is odd because the light output looks the same but it doesn't hurt like HIDs do.

 

[SMRTSS1]

Do all LED bulbs have fans?

Wonder how these will work?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MTLKLBG/?tag=tcg21-20

No they don't but it depends on application. Some fog light LEDs will have heat syncs or fans, any LED headlight worth a shit will have a fan or heat sync, signal bulbs etc will not have either since there's no need.

I have read that LED headlights scatter worse than HIDs do in a regular housing. aka not designed for them.

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I don't think the light scatters anymore than the halogen bulbs and the HIDs scatter like roaches when you turn on the kitchen light. At least in my application there isn't nearly as much spread as with HIDs but that's because the emitting light is where it's supposed to be with the LED, the HID bulb sticks out farther in the housing and is longer. You might think that the LED is scattering more but it's more to do with a more pure white light than a dim halogen bulb. I'm in a leveled Silverado on 33's and the only people I'm "blinding" is the person directly in front of me at a stop but that'd happen even with basic halogens because of where the headlight housing is located in relation to their rear view mirror. I did spend a decent amount of time on a very dark level road aiming my headlights in the right spot tho.

 

[EmersonHart13]

I'm switching to the OEM one's like below, but that output shot is drop-in LED bulbs in the halogen housing

No they don't but it depends on application. Some fog light LEDs will have heat syncs or fans, any LED headlight worth a shit will have a fan or heat sync, signal bulbs etc will not have either since there's no need.

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I don't think the light scatters anymore than the halogen bulbs and the HIDs scatter like roaches when you turn on the kitchen light. At least in my application there isn't nearly as much spread as with HIDs but that's because the emitting light is where it's supposed to be with the LED, the HID bulb sticks out farther in the housing and is longer. You might think that the LED is scattering more but it's more to do with a more pure white light than a dim halogen bulb. I'm in a leveled Silverado on 33's and the only people I'm "blinding" is the person directly in front of me at a stop but that'd happen even with basic halogens because of where the headlight housing is located in relation to their rear view mirror. I did spend a decent amount of time on a very dark level road aiming my headlights in the right spot tho.

Some housings are obviously better than others so we could probably argue this all day and get nowhere. I was just stating that I read it.


If you look at your housing with a halogen bulb and there is not good cutoff the led or hid is going to make it umpteen times works. Agreed?

 

[BeerOrGasoline]

I'd say that's probably an accurate assessment.

Ford (as well as every other pickup manuf.) did fail the IIHS headlight testing though lol

 

[EmersonHart13]

lol

 

[Bird1989]

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01H6NZ7BA/?tag=tcg21-20

My brother got me these for christmas, the difference between oem style and these are absolutely mind blowing. I have no reason at all now to use my brights and can easily see an additional 250 feet in front of me. I highly recommend them and will likely put them in any vehicle I purchase in the future.