LED Headlights
Discussion
Kitchski said:
Either by the colour (because most aren't 'warm white') or by the way it illuminates. LEDs are instant, can easily see the difference when you watch them switch on.
But white halogens are pretty white too and they are also instant. The tester won't care, know or be expected to look at a sealed in the wing bulb in a Chimaera. All he will be bothered about is the aim. Having recently fitted LEDS to the headlights I asked my local MOT guy if I should return the original QI bulbs prior to an MOT his reply:
"We see so many badly adjusted headlights on modern cars as adjustment of beam alignment can be very awkward sometimes involving removing wings that consequently places such as Halfords and the like quite often attempt short cuts resulting in the beams wildly out. If the beam pattern is OK they would have no problem in passing it.
"We see so many badly adjusted headlights on modern cars as adjustment of beam alignment can be very awkward sometimes involving removing wings that consequently places such as Halfords and the like quite often attempt short cuts resulting in the beams wildly out. If the beam pattern is OK they would have no problem in passing it.
LucyP said:
But white halogens are pretty white too and they are also instant. The tester won't care, know or be expected to look at a sealed in the wing bulb in a Chimaera. All he will be bothered about is the aim.
White halogens are nothing like as 'white' as an LED, and they're not instant, either. Certainly not the ones I've seen, unless there is some new technology that I'm not aware of.Loubaruch said:
"We see so many badly adjusted headlights on modern cars as adjustment of beam alignment can be very awkward sometimes involving removing wings that consequently places such as Halfords and the like quite often attempt short cuts resulting in the beams wildly out. If the beam pattern is OK they would have no problem in passing it.
An MoT station willing to put their licence on the line just for a customer's car? Brave!
Kitchski said:
Loubaruch said:
"We see so many badly adjusted headlights on modern cars as adjustment of beam alignment can be very awkward sometimes involving removing wings that consequently places such as Halfords and the like quite often attempt short cuts resulting in the beams wildly out. If the beam pattern is OK they would have no problem in passing it.
An MoT station willing to put their licence on the line just for a customer's car? Brave!
my man is unforiving on beam pattern and alignment and for good reason too 
approaching dazzling/poor lights at night are a demon 
IME owners of vehicles with adaptive lights are a regular culprit because owners dont want to pay the cost of replacment or settings up the calibration/adaptive routine Edited by Zener on Thursday 15th April 11:09
for the last two years I've had good LED lamps fitted to the 7" reflector type headlights in my TVR S1. I spent a little while adjusting them to ensure that the beam pattern and direction were spot on. I've never been flashed and when driving with the lights on, it can be seen in the reflections on the street signs that there would be no dazzling. Unlike a large proportion of new cars with LED's which have not been set up correctly. I did take the LED's out prior to the latest MoT in February and not refitted them.
Ructions said:
I’m thinking of buying a pair of JW Speaker headlights, would anyone recommend any other 7 inch LED over them?
I've looked at the Morimoto Sealed 7 and/or Morimoto Super7. However, I've decided to go the Morimoto Bi-LED route and will have a custom shroud made. More details to follow as I only pulled the trigger this morning so the lamps won't be here for a while. Check out theretrofitsource (other suppliers are available) they have some good videos on 7" replacement headlights.
Oldwolf said:
Please do post pics as well as how they perform!
- I want to change mine at some point but the concern is how they look (modern lights in classic shape).
Mine is Black Green so for looks the Wipac black ones looked like they might work.
Absolutely will do. My car is away for chassis refurb at the moment. I hope to get the summer out of it before starting the bodywork. There will be a small number of minor modifications, fingers crossed I can share some images early next year.- I want to change mine at some point but the concern is how they look (modern lights in classic shape).
Mine is Black Green so for looks the Wipac black ones looked like they might work.
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