LED headlights
10-21-2014, 06:02 PM
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LED headlights
Hey guys. So i looked into getting every bulb on my cherokee switched to LED and while its gonna be pricey, i think it will be worth it. anyway, i was looking into LED headlights as well and i only found the trucklites which are WAY too expensive and the black mamba ones which ive been told dont have a good beam pattern. So i looked around and found the LED bulbs off of olympus offroad and they arent too bad. I know ill need a new housing but i am unsure of which one to get. I know about hella, IPF, autopals, and the such but i dont know which will be best. if someone could help my out that would be great. and also if you have any experiences with the LED bulbs to share that would be great as well. Thanks!
heres the link for them: http://olympusoffroad.3dcartstores.c...air_p_161.html
heres the link for them: http://olympusoffroad.3dcartstores.c...air_p_161.html
10-21-2014, 09:09 PM
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Yeah all of the LED lights are wayyy out of my price range. I will probably be going with olympus LED bulbs and get the hella e code as that seems my best bet.
do the olympus bulbs put out a white light or is it blue ish?
do the olympus bulbs put out a white light or is it blue ish?
10-22-2014, 12:34 PM
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Best to check to see if they are legal in your state. Here in De they been knocking off those blue colored ones
10-22-2014, 01:40 PM
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yeah i had the bad HID lights that were really annoying but in jersey no one bothered me. I looked up the olympus LEDs and they are pure white
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Just some cheap ones from Amazon. They don't spread light well but I don't blind people. I get maybe one person every now and again flash me but they are usually older folks in older cars. I never get flashes from cars with projectors or high output lights. And mind you those pics are with low beams
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I have the TruckLite LEDs and they've got a nice bright light spread and they're DOT approved. Can't go wrong with the plug and play too.
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Check to see what the published color temperature of the light is. The higher the color temperature, the bluer they are. 4300 Kelvin is ideal, as that is about halfway between the color of household light bulbs and normal daylight. 5000K is a little more blue, but not bad. That's closer to the color of daylight fluorescents used in hospitals.
If you go above 5000K, the light will be noticeably blue and will start to annoy oncoming traffic. The reason it's so annoying is that light in the blue end of the spectrum overloads our color receptors in our eyes and impairs our night vision, whereas light shifted toward the red end does not. Those ridiculously blue lights look even brighter than they are because of the effect on our vision.
Most lights (of any type, not just headlights) will have a published Kelvin temperature, usually right on the package or on the lamp itself. You should be able to find out the color temp of the lamps you're considering.
If you go above 5000K, the light will be noticeably blue and will start to annoy oncoming traffic. The reason it's so annoying is that light in the blue end of the spectrum overloads our color receptors in our eyes and impairs our night vision, whereas light shifted toward the red end does not. Those ridiculously blue lights look even brighter than they are because of the effect on our vision.
Most lights (of any type, not just headlights) will have a published Kelvin temperature, usually right on the package or on the lamp itself. You should be able to find out the color temp of the lamps you're considering.