In my seemingly never-ending quest for LED auxiliary low and high beams, I recently ordered a pair of the JW Speaker 8631 lights. I had a chance to use them on a night run to the desert in my Bronco this weekend and all I can say is WOW! The low beam had no problem convincing me that I was behind the wheel of an exotic and the high beam was an absolute pleasure to drive with. But there was more to make me say wow. Of course, the JW Speaker marketing team saw me coming with this one: a clever design of a "halo" DRL. The LED ring at the outer edge of the light is illuminated to a low intensity white to serve as a front position light. The ring is illuminated to a high intensity white while operating as a DRL. And to top it off, the light provides a turn signal by turning off the white ring and illuminating a high intensity amber ring.
The only problem I ran into was with the mounting. I originally bought a pair of Grote 64011 housings but these lights just did not fit. It was a case of so close but yet so far, as the lights outer diameter is just large enough to not allow the light to rest on the tabs that a sealed beam would set on. This prevented the clamp from being able to be installed in the right location. If you have any suggestions on a better alternative I would love to hear them. I ended up using the JW Speaker 8200001 single ring mount kit but in addition to the extra work required to fabricate a bracket to mount them to, I ran into another wrinkle. The fit was perfect but one of the three adjuster screws and springs on one mount fell out with all of the off-road action. So if you choose to use these as an option, you may want to consider a jam nut or another locking method for the adjusters once the aim is set. I hope my experience is helpful and again, if you have any suggestions for my wrinkles, please share. Thanks.
The only problem I ran into was with the mounting. I originally bought a pair of Grote 64011 housings but these lights just did not fit. It was a case of so close but yet so far, as the lights outer diameter is just large enough to not allow the light to rest on the tabs that a sealed beam would set on. This prevented the clamp from being able to be installed in the right location. If you have any suggestions on a better alternative I would love to hear them. I ended up using the JW Speaker 8200001 single ring mount kit but in addition to the extra work required to fabricate a bracket to mount them to, I ran into another wrinkle. The fit was perfect but one of the three adjuster screws and springs on one mount fell out with all of the off-road action. So if you choose to use these as an option, you may want to consider a jam nut or another locking method for the adjusters once the aim is set. I hope my experience is helpful and again, if you have any suggestions for my wrinkles, please share. Thanks.
