new lights better then HID's
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On a side note, the beam pattern looks stupid as shit, and people will be crashing all over the place from glare, unless that shot is just the bulb out in the open in his truck.
Ps: A 35W 4300K hid bulb normally puts out ~3200-3400 lumens... so his kit isn't that impressive. Stock OEM hids with projectors will output the above, anyone running a 55w HID kit is around 4,000 or more lumens.
If you buy stupid shit like 8000K or the purple hids (at like 12000K) for looks, then it's much less. 4300K color will be the brightest and closest to "daylight"
Ps: A 35W 4300K hid bulb normally puts out ~3200-3400 lumens... so his kit isn't that impressive. Stock OEM hids with projectors will output the above, anyone running a 55w HID kit is around 4,000 or more lumens.
If you buy stupid shit like 8000K or the purple hids (at like 12000K) for looks, then it's much less. 4300K color will be the brightest and closest to "daylight"
I've done quite a bit with LEDs over the years...There's no way you're going to get a nice beam pattern with that setup.
While, technically, they may numerically put out a lumen count that is similar to HIDs, they're doing it with a very narrow, focused beam coming off of each LED. Whereas HIDs and Halogen/filament style bulbs do it with a very wide(360*) pattern that is easier to manipulate and focus with headlight housings(both traditional and projector).
AKA: not worth the dough.
While, technically, they may numerically put out a lumen count that is similar to HIDs, they're doing it with a very narrow, focused beam coming off of each LED. Whereas HIDs and Halogen/filament style bulbs do it with a very wide(360*) pattern that is easier to manipulate and focus with headlight housings(both traditional and projector).
AKA: not worth the dough.
4300K is actually closer to the standard OEM Halogen bulb color. Daylight is typically considered 55-5600K(High noon on a sunny day). 5000K HIDs seem to be the closest to daylight.
I'm a fan of 6000K bulbs...I like the hint of blue in them.
I guess I was getting more at 4300K is the brightest and most lumen output in the spectrum, which is why it's the color for OEM hids for all auto makers.
I actually like 5000K myself, I had 6000K on my old grand prix but went back to 4300K because it was noticeably not as bright.
I was toying with the idea of adding LEDs to our lineup probably 4 or 5 years ago and bought a bunch of LED lights for the fogs, headlights, etc. They were horrible.
As b00sted said, it's a direct beam so you have this concentrated super high intensity light and then you step a foot over to either side and nothing. That and to retrofit them into anything is not possible because you really need for them to be facing forward to be effective but you can't fit enough of them on a retrofit setup to do anything and still fit through the stock light hole.
So they try to mimic the 360 pattern and let the stock housing do it's thing but it's not a true 360 degree spread. It's just bits of scattered light everywhere.
The fogs I had had something like 40 leds on them and the fogs barely looked like they were on just because all the light was wasted.
As b00sted said, it's a direct beam so you have this concentrated super high intensity light and then you step a foot over to either side and nothing. That and to retrofit them into anything is not possible because you really need for them to be facing forward to be effective but you can't fit enough of them on a retrofit setup to do anything and still fit through the stock light hole.
So they try to mimic the 360 pattern and let the stock housing do it's thing but it's not a true 360 degree spread. It's just bits of scattered light everywhere.
The fogs I had had something like 40 leds on them and the fogs barely looked like they were on just because all the light was wasted.
yes, that guy is a douche bag because the is way to bright.
[MENTION=702]SleeperLS[/MENTION] the bike already has projectors for the low beam, and halogen for the highs.
so everyone complaining about the lights in halogens, your argument is invalid for me. so are these worth the extra money in a projector headlight over a hid?
[MENTION=702]SleeperLS[/MENTION] the bike already has projectors for the low beam, and halogen for the highs.
so everyone complaining about the lights in halogens, your argument is invalid for me. so are these worth the extra money in a projector headlight over a hid?
Not unless it's an LED projector. Otherwise it will just make the issues even more noticeable.
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