I am looking to convert my 1987 Chevy Silverado's headlights to LED. I know this is a challenge to say the least, but from what I have seen some of you guys do on here with the flashlights, it should not be too hard. Seeing as how they don't need to be anywhere near as bright as some of the flashlights I have seen yall post up lol. Anyway, here are the lights. Pretty basic shape.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HEAD...ptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories
They are 6"X8" rectangular. So what do yall think? Perhaps a cluster of 8 or 10 of these? (300 Lumens output)
http://www.cree.com/products/xlamp_xpg.asp
Or maybe a cluster of 6 of the more powerful P7's? (900 lumens potential output)
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.12721
I don't think it would be all that hard to wire up. Just the proper driver/resistor in place to slim that 12v way down and get the proper juice fed to the LEDs. The only real problem I can think of, would be blinding oncoming traffic. But I think I can rig up a projector lens out of an Acura headlight (that I get out of the junkyard or something) to focus the beam downwards a little. I know there is some bias/nay saying against LED's as vehicle headlights, but the new cadillacs and audi's seem to be doing fine with them. And if they can do it, I can do it. Thoughts, opinions?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HEAD...ptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories
They are 6"X8" rectangular. So what do yall think? Perhaps a cluster of 8 or 10 of these? (300 Lumens output)
http://www.cree.com/products/xlamp_xpg.asp
Or maybe a cluster of 6 of the more powerful P7's? (900 lumens potential output)
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.12721
I don't think it would be all that hard to wire up. Just the proper driver/resistor in place to slim that 12v way down and get the proper juice fed to the LEDs. The only real problem I can think of, would be blinding oncoming traffic. But I think I can rig up a projector lens out of an Acura headlight (that I get out of the junkyard or something) to focus the beam downwards a little. I know there is some bias/nay saying against LED's as vehicle headlights, but the new cadillacs and audi's seem to be doing fine with them. And if they can do it, I can do it. Thoughts, opinions?
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