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theorangebandit

Member Since: 03 Jun 2013
Location: Stowmarket
Posts: 862

LED headlight bulbs, and other bulbs

Just been nosing around. I have crystal wipacs and osram night breakers running off a boomslang loom.

But.

It seems to me that LEDs may be better. The spot lights and the headlights on the front of the motor seem to disapear completely when the LED roof light bar is on. And when the light bars turned off for a few moments it seems the light output on the headlights isn't there at all. Its almost blinding, the difference.

So... Coz I'm tight I wont buy LED units also I don't like the idea of not being able to renew a bulb at the road side if needed.

So these LED bulbs have caught my eye, some cheap and some expensive the natural assumption Is the expensive are better.

So I'm asking for any experiences with these bulbs.

The question I asked is regarding LED headlight bulbs and other LED bulbing, not sealed LED headlamp units or spots lights

16th Apr 2015 7:58pm

mk1collector

Member Since: 17 Sep 2009
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 6769

They aren't legal fitted to your lights Ray
My build thread
http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic17615.html

16th Apr 2015 8:04pm

munch90

Member Since: 26 Oct 2013
Location: guildford
Posts: 3558

Illegal and wont show a desent pattern

I keep thinking about led headlights ( noldens ), but every time i go out in defender with cystal lights and nightbreakers + loom i made im surprised how good they are !

16th Apr 2015 8:09pm

Dave-H

Member Since: 08 Feb 2011
Location: Surrey
Posts: 1507

2007 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 HT Tonga Green

LED bulbs work very poorly in a 'traditional' headlamp housing owing to the way they emit light compared to a incandescent bulb.

Don't waste your money ............. Guns and Landrovers .... anything else is irrelevant.

16th Apr 2015 8:11pm

theorangebandit

Member Since: 03 Jun 2013
Location: Stowmarket
Posts: 862

I'm not disappointed with the current headlight setup I have, it is a vast improvement on standard. I wasn't aware it was illegal though so I suppose that's the end of that lol but maybe I could use them in the spots. The noldens and other such are tempting but I cant justify that cash on them as my crystals are great .

I'm simply after matching up the output from all light units essentially. I'll leave the headlights and perhaps try some in the spots

16th Apr 2015 8:13pm

bpman

Member Since: 21 May 2008
Location: Oslo
Posts: 8069

2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SVX Station Wagon Santorini Black

Cyclops h4 or h9 work well apparently - off road of course

16th Apr 2015 9:45pm

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