LED Headlamps for Cars? Someday...

[cac313]

EDIT:this probably should have gone in the Automotive subfolder, sorry Mr. Mod

Found an interesting article over at Wikipedia. I've been wondering about this topic for awhile and it gives some interesting insight.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headlight#LED_light_sources

Enjoy!

Craig

 

[mds82]

I'm using LED's as marker rings for the 2006 BMW 3 series, but not as the actual projection system. Stock Left - My kit Right

 

[Oznog]

Well we can throw 3x Luxeon Rebel 100's in a cluster, there's even a lens for it. If we could keep it cool, it can do 180 lumens (in theory).

A headlight is 800-1500 lumens. Two of the 3x clusters on a side is over 1000 lumens.

So yeah, it's in the ballpark.

 

[cac313]

I'm using LED's as marker rings for the 2006 BMW 3 series...

That is Soooo sweet! :twothumbs

 

[mds82]

That is Soooo sweet! :twothumbs

Thanks. thats a bit older version, i have some newer Crees in there now. always looking for ways to make em brighter

 

[alexlockhart]

Halogen car headlights on new cars produce around 1,000 lumens on low beam and 1,300 on high beam, and HIDs on cars produce up to 2,000 lumens. Cree Q5, SSC U-bin, and the latest Luxeon K2 and Rebel are all rated for over 200 lumens each max. So to get the same amount of light, you'd need 6-8 of them on a side, which is not at all unrealistic. Elektrolumens makes an 8-SSC flashlight with 1,440 lumens.

mds82, your LED marker ring lights are SO COOL! How hard was that mod?

Alex

 

[mds82]

It was just a little kit i built and developed. Original design took a while, but now its pretty easy to make

Still waiting on the Cree R2's

 

[tino_ale]

I'm using LED's as marker rings for the 2006 BMW 3 series, but not as the actual projection system. Stock Left - My kit Right

The effect is AWESOME. Congrats

 

[Phaetos]

There should really be a night time shot of that to get full effect.