Installed some new LED strips!

[bunnywunny1]

Installed some blue H7 bulbsw along with LED city lights and some LED strips.......these bad boys are BRIGHT! The daytime shots don't do them justice hopefully I will get some night time shots soon, enjoy:

 

[-Virgil-]

Where to begin? Your blue H7 bulbs are dangerous and illegal and nowhere near as bright as bulbs with proper colorless glass. Your sidemarker reflectors are missing (perhaps you want someone to hit your car?). Your photos in this post are too large.

 

[bunnywunny1]

Also no front plate...dont forget about that being illegal as well!

 

[Alaric Darconville]

I'm sure everyone at the VFW post are duly impressed, but those blue H7 bulbs are a joke. The LED strips probably are, too. And not having side marker reflectors just adds to the overall fail.

Maybe if you're lucky you can scavenge a compliant set of turn signals/side markers from a nearby scrapyard...

 

[Alaric Darconville]

Also no front plate...dont forget about that being illegal as well!

Not every U.S. state or Canadian province requires front plates.

 

[bunnywunny1]

Maybe if you're lucky you can scavenge a compliant set of turn signals/side markers from a nearby scrapyard...

Nope there all out can you belive that?......

 

[bunnywunny1]

Not every U.S. state or Canadian province requires front plates.

Well mine does....sorry to burst your bubble......

 

[Alaric Darconville]

Well mine does....sorry to burst your bubble......

No bubble to burst over here. You should, though, attach a front license plate before you put the vehicle on the road or right-of-way, lest you receive an "improper display of tag" citation.

 

[bunnywunny1]

No bubble to burst over here. You should, though, attach a front license plate before you put the vehicle on the road or right-of-way, lest you receive an "improper display of tag" citation.

I did get a ticket for it when it was in my front windshield now I always drive with it on the front bumper....I just took it off for the pics.....

 

[Alaric Darconville]

I did get a ticket for it when it was in my front windshield now I always drive with it on the front bumper....I just took it off for the pics.....

Carry on, then. Still doesn't absolve you of the ridiculous blue H7s you have -- try these for a real upgrade (or use these to stay with the stock wattage--they are still an upgrade over factory bulbs and definitely superior to those blue ones).

 

[bunnywunny1]

Carry on, then. Still doesn't absolve you of the ridiculous blue H7s you have -- try these for a real upgrade (or use these to stay with the stock wattage--they are still an upgrade over factory bulbs and definitely superior to those blue ones).

I know the blue H7s are horrible for output but I bought them because I liked the look......I dont use my high beam very often anyway so it doesnt really bother me.........I might switch back in the future....

 

[AnAppleSnail]

I know the blue H7s are horrible for output but I bought them because I liked the look......I dont use my high beam very often anyway so it doesnt really bother me.........I might switch back in the future....

I suspect Alaric and Scheinfeinerman are about to post this exact thing, but...

High beams aren't just for you. Here's the test to do. Go to an empty road. Spray it with water so it's wet (or do this after a good rain). Put your hazards and high beams on. Walk 100 yards down the road with a chair in hand, then plonk down in the other lane (keep an eye out for a car!). How well can you see? Not well, if there's an awful ice blue glare bouncing up off the road. Think of the other poor drivers having to stare at that.

Secondly, filament bulbs produce mostly yellow photons. A blue filter removes mostly yellow light. There's a problem here, and it's that you're cutting your light output a lot, and swinging the average towards more-glaring colors. I understand that you want your car to look neat, but I don't get why you'd degrade performance and safety to do it. And why are cheap cellophane-wrapped bulbs still in style?

 

[Alaric Darconville]

I suspect Alaric and Scheinfeinerman are about to post this exact thing, but...

High beams aren't just for you. Here's the test to do. Go to an empty road. Spray it with water so it's wet (or do this after a good rain). Put your hazards and high beams on. Walk 100 yards down the road with a chair in hand, then plonk down in the other lane (keep an eye out for a car!). How well can you see? Not well, if there's an awful ice blue glare bouncing up off the road. Think of the other poor drivers having to stare at that.

Well, you ARE supposed to turn them off when traffic is approaching, however, it can still cause irritation for the drivers ahead of you even if you think you're far enough back.

A blue filter removes mostly yellow light. There's a problem here, and it's that you're cutting your light output a lot, and swinging the average towards more-glaring colors. I understand that you want your car to look neat, but I don't get why you'd degrade performance and safety to do it. And why are cheap cellophane-wrapped bulbs still in style?

Pretty much (Daniel Stern gives the numbers for those wanting all the numbers, see a quote from him below). "Filtering removes light" is pretty much the lesson here-- but even worse, as you've indicated, is that the light left behind is the light the human eye can't deal with very well.

From Daniel Stern Lighting
To put very rough numbers on the matter, a 9006 bulb produces 1000 lumens, of which approximately 250 are red, 250 are orange, 250 are yellow, 175 are green, 50 are blue and 25 are violet.

 

[-Virgil-]

I know the blue H7s are horrible for output but I bought them because I liked the look.

Your priorities may differ from those of the engineers who set up the regulations that ban blue bulbs, but that doesn't make your priorities any less valid. Have a phenomenal day!

 

[ama230]

You're in the wrong place. None of us is going to be impressed with your kiddy-kar modz. We're busy having grownup conversations, so you run along now. Try here.

Bye!

That's a sweet car as I love the wheels and how you dropped it, it sits very clean.

As for the led strips,
Great mod as you don't need to have an audi R8 to have those sick lights. Plus you saved yourself a $100k.

Where dis you manage to get those led strips also how did you hook it up? Did it come with a straight 12v hook up or did you have to do some modding?

As for the h7 bulbs, I have not seen anyone get a ticket or even get in trouble with a stock bulb replacement. Yellow and purple bulbs are the ones that are questionable as they stick out...

If you get a HID kit or change the existing ones, then the rule applies as those are annoying if they are purple.

Also I have seen a lot of luxury vehicles have a way more dangerous output and it's still street legal.

Whats with the :mecry: as you can always got to the wamburger and french crys forum....:nana:

 

[f22shift]

looks like a clean install. good job.

 

[Alaric Darconville]

As for the led strips,
Great mod as you don't need to have an audi R8 to have those sick lights. Plus you saved yourself a $100k.

"Sick" as in "sickly". And you (or your insurance company) will be out $100K as part of your property and bodily injury liability coverage should it be determined they materially contributed to a bodily injury accident.

As for the h7 bulbs, I have not seen anyone get a ticket or even get in trouble with a stock bulb replacement. Yellow and purple bulbs are the ones that are questionable as they stick out...

YOU have not seen anyone get such a ticket, but that doesn't mean that those tickets aren't given out, and certainly does not mean that haphazard enforcement of the law translates to immunity from that law.

If you get a HID kit or change the existing ones, then the rule applies as those are annoying if they are purple.

Actually, the law applies if you get an HID kit for a lamp assembly not designed for HID, regardless if they are purple, pink, white, selective yellow, or teal.

Also I have seen a lot of luxury vehicles have a way more dangerous output and it's still street legal.

The manufacturers of those luxury vehicles have a vested interest in making sure their lights have light output that conforms to the applicable regulations, as to not do so from the outset would set them up for a massive recall and retrofit of conforming lighting on down the line. What you call "dangerous output" on a luxury car, some lighting engineers may call "jealousy".

 

[deadrx7conv]

Regulations doesn't mean much if there could be so much difference from so many vehicles.
Sure, I could care less about blue bulb headlights. But, without seeing his on the road, how can I complain?

I have seen plenty of blue on the roads and rarely do they bother me when I drive. Actually, when I'm in my car, ALL pickups/SUVs bother the hell out of me with their gov'ment regulated to perfection overly blinding lights, and is one reason why the car sits idle and I waste fuel by driving my SUV. And, when I'm in my SUV, all those lowered ricers with their blue bulbs always flash thinking I'm using high beams. I'm not. Its my perfahctly govahmently regulated, guaranteed to blind all lowered vehicles, low beam.

I've seen those 9x1w and 9x3w LED strips on ebay. Honestly don't think there is enough heat sink for the 27w ones, unless you're moving and its cold out. I think that they'll make good temporary backup lights, or maybe add a little light when off-roading, or in place of high beams. Definitely don't see any need to run them always as they shouldn't be. And during the daytime, they're all but useless like gov't regulated daytime running lights...

 

[-Virgil-]

Regulations doesn't mean much if there could be so much difference from so many vehicles.

False. The regulations do allow a broad range of performance, it's true, but they specify minimum seeing-light levels and maximum glare-light levels and acceptable color parameters and other design and construction criteria to assure basically safe performance from all vehicles, whether their lights are relatively good or relatively bad.

without seeing his on the road, how can I complain?

Subjective impressions are useless, so seeing them on the road is neither necessary nor relevant. Blue bulbs such as the OP has installed are dangerous and illegal, period.

they're all but useless like gov't regulated daytime running lights...

You appear not to know what you're talking about. It sounds like you personally don't like DRLs, so have decided they're useless. Actual data say otherwise.

 

[deadrx7conv]

If all you believe is what big brother says and regulates, than you are brainwashed.

Who says the regulations are any good? Just having them doesn't mean anything. They're there and obviously aren't too good if many look for better lights to see with.

All that design criteria is useless if it doesn't help, like many government regulations.

I think the laws need cleaning up, rewriting, and the specs that are so highly regulated, need to be adjusted/updated.....

Min/max light levels, color parameters, glare...... are useless if we can't see.

In a free society, subjective opinion and impressions are not useless. Where do you think these regulations actually came from? They were all subjective impressions at one time, until someone bureaucrat appointee picks some out of a hat and outlaws the rest.

I live in a free country. There are laws I'll always abide by and there are laws that don't make any sense and I'll ignore them.

The bulbs/lights may be illegal, and the owner takes that risk. Thats his choice.