LED Headlights

[tvrmallorca]

I just bought these for spot lights on my tvr Tarmac racer...21,000 lumens in total.. Should light up the road.

[tvrmallorca]

I just bought these for spot lights on my tvr Tarmac racer...21,000 lumens in total.. Should light up the road.

[ChimpOnGas]

tvrmallorca said:

I just bought these for spot lights on my tvr Tarmac racer...21,000 lumens in total.. Should light up the road.

Nice, they'll do it

I've gone for two of these tiny (3500 lumen each) spots hidden in the facelift Chimaera open grill aperture.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2x-3500LM-LED-Light-Volk...

Run at 10% on the sidelight circuit to act as DLRs, with the main beam switch triggering the full long range 7000 lumens.

I'm planning a switch so I can completely turn them off, and I'm hoping their small size and black cases will mean you wont notice them when they're off.

The LED H4 bulb replacement units have already allowed me to more than double the light output on dip, without changing the look of the car and without the warm-up and flash issues associated with HiD systems.

Add in another discreetly hidden 7000 lumens on main beam with these tiny spots, and the setup should be the stealth answer to finally being able to explore the car's performance at night.

It should look something like this...

[tvrmallorca]

Interesting concept. Mine are completely removalable. And I've got halogen headlights too... So no idea the full light capacity...but the aim is to light up everything in front of me. Especially since I will be on narrow lanes rallying a 230hp tiny light car....the lights come from a new generation motorbike lights. So super small and light. Google Clearwater led lights

[SILICONEKID345HP]

I don`t know why you are bothering with all this effort ,why not just have the Mk3 headlamp conversion ,It looks nice and you have sealed units ,job done .

[ChimpOnGas]

SILICONEKID345HP said:

I don`t know why you are bothering with all this effort ,why not just have the Mk3 headlamp conversion ,It looks nice and you have sealed units ,job done .

Agree(ish), however the Mk3 conversion is expensive and I've seen a few that suffer condensation.

But I must admit you do have a point.

[SILICONEKID345HP]

ChimpOnGas said:

You are going to be spending £200 plus just for lights . My mate Rob fitted the MK 3 lights him self and to date no problems .

If i could go back i would of fitted the MK 3 lights . The main reason is the company who fitted the Lupo lights them did a crap job .

[SILICONEKID345HP]

ChimpOnGas said:

Wrong again Plumbo, 60 squids for the 6,400 LED H4 set and another 60 squids for the 7,000 lumen micro spot set.

That's over 13,000 lumens for £120!!!!

And the price is coming down on these LED bulbs every day, when I replicate my setup on my mate's 5.0 litre he'll be paying £100 all in.

Admittedly there are new reflectors on top of that and some 2k lacquer, say another £100.

But can you deliver a Proper Mk3 headlight conversion for £200 and make over 5 times the light of standard pair of Chimaera headlights with perfect reflectors?

I doubt it

How do you know your not pig on coming traffic off ? Nothing worse than being dazzled ,horrible being on the receiving end .

Modern cars have fantastic lights ,can they be copied? They are also within the law .

[ChimpOnGas]

SILICONEKID345HP said:

ChimpOnGas said:

Wrong again Plumbo, 60 squids for the 6,400 LED H4 set and another 60 squids for the 7,000 lumen micro spot set.

That's over 13,000 lumens for £120!!!!

And the price is coming down on these LED bulbs every day, when I replicate my setup on my mate's 5.0 litre he'll be paying £100 all in.

Admittedly there are new reflectors on top of that and some 2k lacquer, say another £100.

But can you deliver a Proper Mk3 headlight conversion for £200 and make over 5 times the light of standard pair of Chimaera headlights with perfect reflectors?

I doubt it

How do you know your not pig on coming traffic off ? Nothing worse than being dazzled ,horrible being on the receiving end .

Err, because I've been testing the lights all winter you plumb.

Read the post, I did need to adjust them down slightly at first but after that there have been no complainers.

[SILICONEKID345HP]

ChimpOnGas said:

Err, because I've been testing the lights all winter you plumb.

Read the post, I did need to adjust them down slightly at first but after that there have been no complainers.

You could get someone to drive your car and you be on the receiving end ,then you can make your mind up .

[K4TRV]

tvrmallorca said:

Interesting concept. Mine are completely removalable. And I've got halogen headlights too... So no idea the full light capacity...but the aim is to light up everything in front of me. Especially since I will be on narrow lanes rallying a 230hp tiny light car....the lights come from a new generation motorbike lights. So super small and light. Google Clearwater led lights

Just google'd Clearwater LEDs...................cough!!

North of £300.......a bit like oil prices, soon they will cost more like the 'real" cost of silicon & plastic...........about £30 to manufacture???

I'll stick to "Ole gas bags" investigations, LOL!!

T

Edited by K4TRV on Sunday 8th February 19:57

[magpies]

I'm also very interested in the micro spots...........when do you hope to fit them?

[ChimpOnGas]

magpies said:

I'm also very interested in the micro spots...........when do you hope to fit them?

I'll probably be fitting them in a few weeks when they turn up from China, perhaps that's when I'll also pull my finger out & finally fit my nice new shiny reflectors

The 3500 lumen spot/driving lights are £145 on Ebay, but the same thing can be had for £93 a pair from Ali Express:

http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Free-shipp...

Or better still buy two here for £60 delivered to the UK.

http://www.lightmalls.com/moto-led-work-spot-light...

If you keep in mind two standard Chimaera headlights with brand new reflectors and H4 halogen incandescent bulbs will serve up 2,000 lumens at best, then 7,000 lumens from two little driving lights for £60 represents a fantastic value for money upgrade. Especially when paired with the 6,200 lumens my LED headlights are already shoving out.

2,000 lumens vs 13,200 lumens, that's an improvement you're going to notice.

And these micro spots really are tiny, mounted discretely in the grill aperture I'm hoping they'll be very unobtrusive, until that is you turn them on

With any luck they'll also give me the long range full beam light to match the excellent dip beam performance of the 3200 lumen H4 bulb replacement units.

Best of all the car won't end up looking like a Christmas tree, just perfectly standard which you certainly can't say about Lupo headlights.

You can get a feel for how small (and bright) they are in this clip, you can also see how I'll be wiring them up with the 10% DLR function, the full power 7,000 lumen mode only being activated when you switch to full beam. At which point there will obviously be no one ahead to be troubled by the additional light.

http://s198.photobucket.com/user/2allbuyer/media/s...

Hopefully the setup will work well, watch this space

[magpies]

ChimpOnGas said:

With any luck they'll also give me the long range full beam light

This is the part I'm interested in as up to new (well a year or two ago) the reflectors were not good enough to give a decent long throw, just very good but close light. Obviously reflector design has come on leaps and bounds since then.

[jonmurch]

Hi all

I just fitted the H4 LED bulbs into my 911 964 after reading the review by London 964 Owners. I sourced them from Steve who is a great guy and an absolute pleasure to do business with and was exceptionally helpful.

The bulbs went in no problem. I haven't had chance to give them a proper night test yet on unlit country roads (I live in London) but I can clearly see that they are an awful lot better than the originals.

It's possibly the best investment I have made in the car to date and can thoroughly recommend the upgrade. I will try and upload some pice.

http://www.london964owners.com/#!LED-LIGHTS-THE-EA...

Cheers

[OutlawFlat4]

If only TVR decided that fitting bulbs without taking a wheel off was a good idea........

[Bizman928]

I Have these same bulbs fitted to my 928 and they are great. 3200 lumens per bulb was so "last year" now they are 4000 lumens per bulb! Seems things move very fast in CREE LED bulbs
They are from woodypeck.com

Here is the link...

http://woodypeck.com/?product=new-h4-cree-led-40w-...


I took photos of the new bulb on the right and my old Phillips Ultra Extreme bulb on the left - the difference is amazing & passed my MOT's no problem or quibbles. In fact the MOT guys were very impressed

[bobfather]

I have been trying to get dimensional information for these standard London Taxi headlights but my requests are met with silence



eBay advert

[SILICONEKID345HP]

bobfather said:

I have been trying to get dimensional information for these standard London Taxi headlights but my requests are met with silence



eBay advert

Go to a taxi breakers , pick up a damaged one for a few quid .

[Tyre Tread]

SILICONEKID345HP said:

bobfather said:

I have been trying to get dimensional information for these standard London Taxi headlights but my requests are met with silence



eBay advert

Go to a taxi breakers , pick up a damaged one for a few quid .

Perhaps you could do that for us Daz and let us know the dimensions as you seem to know where the taxi breakers are and how much to pay for one.

Looking forward to knowing the dimensions. When do you reckon you can manage that?