New LED headlights came in today
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Almost... I'm going away next week on vacation so I've been swamped... I'm hoping maybe Friday or Saturday I can do it. I know you guys are waiting, I just honestly don't want to take my headlights out again lol... but I know I have to do it. I need to replace my blinkers to LED anyway.
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Almost... I'm going away next week on vacation so I've been swamped... I'm hoping maybe Friday or Saturday I can do it. I know you guys are waiting, I just honestly don't want to take my headlights out again lol... but I know I have to do it. I need to replace my blinkers to LED anyway.
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I'm not saying this because you worked with me and sent me this set for review, but I really am not seeing the glare I notice with a lot of aftermarket led headlights.
Sure it's brighter and has a different pattern than a halogen, but it's not producing glare when installed correctly.
Installed incorrectly, sure, it'll produce glare!
Sure it's brighter and has a different pattern than a halogen, but it's not producing glare when installed correctly.
Installed incorrectly, sure, it'll produce glare!
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Kidding... glad I could make you a believer. As I said in my PM, these lights can produce glare if installed in a really bad halogen housing... but that can happen with any light. The fact that they are adjustable is what sets them apart from other lights on the market.
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New LED headlights came in today
It looks pretty dang good! Has a cut off and a buffet hotspot. Is it 6000 lumens, not looking like it from the picture. But it's still brighter. And you lose width. Once again looks like it from the picture.
Biggest problem tho 90% of the people are just going to install them without adjusting them. And it's going to look like his incorrect picture there with glare sadly.
Biggest problem tho 90% of the people are just going to install them without adjusting them. And it's going to look like his incorrect picture there with glare sadly.
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It looks pretty dang good! Has a cut off and a buffet hotspot. Is it 6000 lumens, not looking like it from the picture. But it's still brighter.
Biggest problem tho 90% of the people are just going to install them without adjusting them. And it's going to look like his incorrect picture there with glare sadly.
Biggest problem tho 90% of the people are just going to install them without adjusting them. And it's going to look like his incorrect picture there with glare sadly.
They actually come pre positioned in the correct placement so they do not have glare. The instictions were backwards though and tell you to install the opposite way (which produces glare). But I figured it all out and 4x4TruckLED's knows about this issue, not that's it's a big issue because its easily correctable.
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They are 6000 lumen. At least, that's what the box states.
They actually come pre positioned in the correct placement so they do not have glare. The instictions were backwards though and tell you to install the opposite way (which produces glare). But I figured it all out and 4x4TruckLED's knows about this issue, not that's it's a big issue because its earliest correctable.
I never thought I'd be happy with an out of the box led replacement headlight, but these are much brighter than a stock bulb and actually don't produce glare. He wasn't lying.
They actually come pre positioned in the correct placement so they do not have glare. The instictions were backwards though and tell you to install the opposite way (which produces glare). But I figured it all out and 4x4TruckLED's knows about this issue, not that's it's a big issue because its earliest correctable.
I never thought I'd be happy with an out of the box led replacement headlight, but these are much brighter than a stock bulb and actually don't produce glare. He wasn't lying.
Didn't know they came right to you in the right position. Figured you had to adjust after you got them.
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They come out of the box, in the correct possition (makes it a little difficult with the instructions saying otherwise, but they'll get that sorted out.)
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Bulbs are 3000 lumen each, total output is 6000 lumen. your HIDs are not 10000 lumen, i'll tell you that. Probably 10k temperature.
HID's won't produce as much lumen output as LEDs.
Temperature on these LEDs are 6500k - pure white
The bulbs don't look bright in his photo because it looks like he took the photos in daylight inside his garage area... not at night yet (he told me it's raining so no night photos yet)
HID's won't produce as much lumen output as LEDs.
Temperature on these LEDs are 6500k - pure white
The bulbs don't look bright in his photo because it looks like he took the photos in daylight inside his garage area... not at night yet (he told me it's raining so no night photos yet)