H9 High Intensity LED
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LED's don't tend to work that way. They are very different than incandescent or HID light sources. It's not a matter of replacing the bulb you have currently with a new LED bulb, it's a matter of designing a new projector that can efficiently utilize a high output LED, while heat-sinking the LED and the various electronics effectively.
http://www.twosrus.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=22_30&products_id=463
I will be putting the Bi-xenon into the inner housing. I just wanted an LED to put on the outside ones for a DRL look, bright enough in the day, but won't blind oncoming traffic. Is there an LED kit or guide to make what your saying?
Thanks,
Mark
I will be putting the Bi-xenon into the inner housing. I just wanted an LED to put on the outside ones for a DRL look, bright enough in the day, but won't blind oncoming traffic. Is there an LED kit or guide to make what your saying?
Thanks,
Mark
tay
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If you want a dimmer H9, then just replace it with a H8 bulb.
Projectors generally would be terrible as DRLs, though. The purpose of DRL is to put a light in other driver's eyes (but not so much that it becomes a safety hazard). The purpose of a projector is to put light on the road, and put almost no light into other driver's eyes.
The plug and play LED bulbs around are just plain garbage. Very expensive, poor build quality, short lifetimes, and very dim.
Why not get a truck LED turn signal module and put it there? Hella 90mm H9 projectors aren't exactly cheap.
Projectors generally would be terrible as DRLs, though. The purpose of DRL is to put a light in other driver's eyes (but not so much that it becomes a safety hazard). The purpose of a projector is to put light on the road, and put almost no light into other driver's eyes.
The plug and play LED bulbs around are just plain garbage. Very expensive, poor build quality, short lifetimes, and very dim.
Why not get a truck LED turn signal module and put it there? Hella 90mm H9 projectors aren't exactly cheap.
Random Guy
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Just making sure- you are using a actual bixenon projector module that was designed to have a HID light source, not a incandescent one, right?
I bought a pair of E55 Bi-xenon projectors. I then had some work to do so they fit into the quad headlamps mentioned above.
http://store.theretrofitsource.com/product_info.php?products_id=92
I then bought a pair of 55W D2S 5000k HIDs for them.
http://www.ddmtuning.com/index.php?p=product&id=101&parent=85
Everything will be installed this summer.
http://store.theretrofitsource.com/product_info.php?products_id=92
I then bought a pair of 55W D2S 5000k HIDs for them.
http://www.ddmtuning.com/index.php?p=product&id=101&parent=85
Everything will be installed this summer.
Alaric Darconville
Flashlight Enthusiast
Send them back to ddmtuning (who really don't even TUNE anything). Both the wattage and color temperature are out of spec for legal HID headlamps.
Maximum nominal HID wattage is 35; maximum color temperature is nominal 4100-4250K.
You'll get a higher luminous efficiacy with a lower color temperature, and you'll be able to see by it better (and blind fewer oncoming drivers with them).
I can't speak to the quality of "the Retrofit Source", or to their legality, but I notice they produce "replica" lenses and also speak of "chrome finish inside the reflector bowl", which seems odd to me as I would assume that even in projector lamps, any reflectors have a sputtered aluminum coating, not chrome. (I could be wrong on that part... where's Scheinwerfermann when we need him?)
I've had the kit from DDM tuning since since February, I've tested them and they work fine. A few of my friends and people I know use them.
The projectors are from CL, the seller had said he bought them from that website. If they are bad I don't really care all I paid was $30 and that was like three months ago.
If I really need to get legit Bi-xenon projectors I already know about rallylights.com, its the $$$ for a single projector scares me lol. The thing I don't like about it is it already comes with bulb and ballasts. I would just like to buy E55 Bi-xenon projectors and source my own ballasts/bulbs.
The projectors are from CL, the seller had said he bought them from that website. If they are bad I don't really care all I paid was $30 and that was like three months ago.
If I really need to get legit Bi-xenon projectors I already know about rallylights.com, its the $$$ for a single projector scares me lol. The thing I don't like about it is it already comes with bulb and ballasts. I would just like to buy E55 Bi-xenon projectors and source my own ballasts/bulbs.
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Alaric Darconville
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They may turn on and off, but they do not "work fine" because they are illegal (at least in nations that adhere to FMVSS/CMVSS 108 or the ECE regulations).
tay
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E55 is a decent projector. The ones TRS sells are pull-outs from wrecked cars, so the quality of the projector is exactly the same as it was when it was in a DOT approved housing.
You'd be hard pressed to see the difference between 5000k 55w and 4300k 35w without an A/B comparison, so he is unlikely to be pulled over for them. Is it illegal? Yes. Is it safer to have a 55w 5000K kit in DOT-approved projectors instead of going for the 55w 8000K kit in incorrectly-aimed H4 reflector housings with no glare shields on a lifted pickup truck that most retards buy? Yup.
IMO, though, I would not use anything besides OEM Philips, Osram, or GE bulbs. Aftermarket ballasts are decent (especially since they are significantly cheaper and significantly less of a hassle to install since they're already waterproof), but the bulbs in these kits are pretty crappy, and have been documented to leave burns on the inside of the projector bowl. I wouldn't let aftermarket bulbs anywhere near a pair of projectors that I cared about.
Although, to be fair, I am not sure exactly what the reflective material is. I've seen a bunch of different styles of projector bowls. All are "chrome" (the layman's term for anything shiny, although most of it is probably some form of vacuum-deposited aluminum). Some are plastic (not sure what kind, but it's thick and rigid and turns into white powder rather than melted strings when you cut it). Some are just grey primered metal on the outside and reflective on the inside. A lot of them have what appears to be a highly reflective finish on the outside, sometimes covered in transparent brown glossy paint.
You'd be hard pressed to see the difference between 5000k 55w and 4300k 35w without an A/B comparison, so he is unlikely to be pulled over for them. Is it illegal? Yes. Is it safer to have a 55w 5000K kit in DOT-approved projectors instead of going for the 55w 8000K kit in incorrectly-aimed H4 reflector housings with no glare shields on a lifted pickup truck that most retards buy? Yup.
IMO, though, I would not use anything besides OEM Philips, Osram, or GE bulbs. Aftermarket ballasts are decent (especially since they are significantly cheaper and significantly less of a hassle to install since they're already waterproof), but the bulbs in these kits are pretty crappy, and have been documented to leave burns on the inside of the projector bowl. I wouldn't let aftermarket bulbs anywhere near a pair of projectors that I cared about.
Although, to be fair, I am not sure exactly what the reflective material is. I've seen a bunch of different styles of projector bowls. All are "chrome" (the layman's term for anything shiny, although most of it is probably some form of vacuum-deposited aluminum). Some are plastic (not sure what kind, but it's thick and rigid and turns into white powder rather than melted strings when you cut it). Some are just grey primered metal on the outside and reflective on the inside. A lot of them have what appears to be a highly reflective finish on the outside, sometimes covered in transparent brown glossy paint.
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Well I found these on another thread:
http://visionxsuperstore.com/SolsticeSolo2SquareLEDLight35WideBeamXIL-S1101.aspx
They are really interesting, only if they them in 3" also, then I would jump on them.
http://visionxsuperstore.com/SolsticeSolo2SquareLEDLight35WideBeamXIL-S1101.aspx
They are really interesting, only if they them in 3" also, then I would jump on them.
Alaric Darconville
Flashlight Enthusiast
The problem is that they are illegal. This would be like driving around with red and blue lights on the roof for months without getting pulled over for it. That doesn't mean that "it's fine" or it "works well" or "the cops don't care". It's only a matter of time before it catches up to you.
Haphazard enforcement of the law is not justification to break the law.
I understand what your saying. My friend had H4 35watt 6000K (bulb) inside a halogen housing (240SX), he had glare and it illuminated everything without a cutoff. He was pulled over and issued a fix-it ticket. He purchased an H4 projector with cutoffs, went to court and the ticket was dropped. Yes, I know that certain aftermarket lights are illegal on some applications. In the end, as long as there is no glare, and has a cut off it's "safer".
Plus my Mr2 isn't my daily driver, I bought this car last summer. I wanted to get it as my 16th birthday present, but my parents refused and got me a 2006 Honda Fit. I am currently 19 years old, turning 20 this year. So really the MR2 is just a project car that I drive from time to time. It's been out of commission for the last 3 weeks since, I am doing an engine swap at home.
