K9F wrote:

Daniele I believe has also 'moved away' from J W Speakers.....

dgardel wrote:

.....the new evo made oxidations after 2 months. I had to put the silicòn grease.

By the way, nolden case quality seems better.....

If you look closer the JWS, in my opinion, the company have quality problems and not all pieces was made with the same precision (eg different beam pattern)

dgardel wrote:

The evo ones suffers from the SS contact but a good anticorrosion grease solve the problems.

I don't have any vested interest apart from the fact I own a set of J W Speakers and wish I didn't. Interestingly my second quote in one of my previous posts was written by yourself was it not confirming there were a limited number with issues?

Regularly inspect your lights including taking them out periodically would be my advice and then you may be able to deliver concrete solid evidence of their improved quality yourself.

I confirm everything

Also my EVO had corrosion in the areas of contact between the case and the ring and the condensation issue.

Another problem was the flickering effect just after the engine start up. true that disappear after a few seconds, but over the time could be cause of problems to the LED string.

Personally I think that the Nolden outweigh the JWS EVO2.

The evo 2 have a pattern that, with the hi-beam selected, illuminate more nearby the "nose" of the defender but Nolden "shoot" at a greater distance (imho, better HI-BEAM).

but this image amplifies this effect and, in my opinion, does not reflect reality

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When "Low beamed" Nolden and EVO2 not show significant differences, may be JWS has a spot well illuminated very closer to the car but with a not well illuminated area just next .


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Last but not least I noticed that these effects (such as photo effect) are very sensitive to the adjustment of the headlights, are sufficient 2 or 3 degrees more or less of difference of inclination. May be related tho the sharper pattern of the LED headlamps Discovery 5 td6 HSE Stornoway Gray Outback Engineering Limited Edition

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ericvv wrote:

Pickles, that is probably not a Hella, but a vintage Marchal light. You can find those on the internet.
Rgds, Eric

ken wrote:

I also think Nolden might come out on top tomorrow

Don't follow the logic here!

You're implying that because they are fitted to the last Defenders they are the best???

Is that because they are fitted to a vehicle that doesn't rust?
Is it fitted to a vehicle that is going out of production?
Is fitted to a modern vehicle with a pants alarm system
Is fitted to a vehicle with a dubious build quality?

Or did LR just get a great group buy and found them at a mega cheap price.

Just asking like  110 D250 SE HT
110 USW SOLD
RRE HSE Dynamic Gone, wife killed it
VOLVO XC60 R Dynamic with some toys

Polaris RZR 900XP SOLD

bpman wrote:

There are some video demos of various LED headlights on here

http://www.headlightrevolution.com/LED_Headlights_s/1822.htm

And some familiar photos... Of Eric's truck on this website

Here is a comparison of jws evo vs jws evo 2

http://www.headlightrevolution.com/JWSPEAK...tion2b.htm

dgardel wrote:

It's really curious how we take the parts with one or the other type of lights almost fighting ......

haa human nature .......