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[ataraxia]

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I do see now why you would think it would look odd. The Vintage LED's have more of a white color than a halogen, but when they are off, they look no different than a Hella shell with an H4 bulb. I guess if you had the odd looking ones on your concours show Oval, then yeah, that would look odd. I'm still of the opinion, if it helps me see, I really don't care how others view it.

[Erik G]

Ok, but you are primarily drag racing your car right? They are fugly - but probably cool on jeeps and mad max or fast and furious type cars.

I have no idea about that Vintage LED brand, I've never seen them, never seen shots of the spread or throw or pattern. The guy is even local to me I think, never posted pics. I'm sure they are just generic e-codes with a commercially available bulb. I would think they would have a problem dissipating heat in a sealed VW fender too


But:

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The Vintage LED's are adequate enough for me. No one said anything about them in the Bus while off at two of the largest local VW shows, so they must not stand out too much. The JW light would look goofy to me in any vehicle, but if they were the head, and shoulders best option on a vehicle that gets driven, I'd put them on a Model T. I mainly thought you were talking about the appearance of something like the Vintage light, which to me doesn't look any different at all from a stock light. Most of our vehicles are trailered, or driven during the daytime. It's those that drive a lot, or all year when the days are short would any better headlight help any. I actually used to race with my headlights off some of the time, so the track visability wasn't any part of the equation for me.

[mark tucker]

I think the googler eyes would look ok in early with the fluted lens....but how that affects the light may be a issue...or may not. I got some low power h4 led's to ty in mine, there cheep, only36 watt I see how they do in my std dead housings then in the projector housings when i get a chance to do some swaping and painting of the bucktes ( early style lights in my bud looken real dinghy)

[vintagecarleds]

[Erik G]

yeah - and last time you said you would post pics that didn't happen

again, none against a wall, none of the spread, none of the throw. They look nice so thats one part of the equation down, 3 more to go...
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[nextgen]

I went the simple LED Strip from Auto Zone. Very Bright, I use them as my dims, gives a cool effect while still using original lamps and signals in the same housing. All under my 1956 Porsche speedster grilles. Nice effect simple stick on to a small stainless steel bar.

Sorry Photobucket screwed me so you have to click on the three links below.
Hopefully you the links will a least work.


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[Erik G]

ahhhh - I was looking through the gallery pics. Definitely good for still looking like a normal headlight

how about some like this for some context?

as for reviews -I don't much care for un-educated reviews. There are still a lot of people that think their HID drop ins are perfectly fine - know what I mean? I have a hard enough time with my personal friends and their drop ins...
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[nextgen]

Looks good and give a nice effect, especially at dusk.

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[theastronaut]

If you're looking to upgrade your headlights, candlepowerforums.com has an automotive lighting section with the most well-educated moderators and members on any type of headlight you could imagine. Check over there to see what those guys recommend. I'm super happy with my Cibie Z-Beams and Cibie e-codes in my daily drivers, both with relay harnesses and high quality bulbs. They perform much better then Dapper Lighting's 7" V2 HID headlights, which turned out to nothing but overpriced low quality chinese halogen projectors.

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?87-Automotive-Motorcycles-Included


VintageCarLED's is selling "DOT" Autopal headlights with drop in LED bulbs, which are illegal to use on the road... Check ebay for the same housings they use, only $27.95. Search on candlepowerforums for those guys opinions/reviews of Autopal "headlights". Also, the DOT doesn't "approve" any aftermarket headlights, so stay away from companies that claim that their lights are "DOT approved"

http://www.ebay.com/itm/7-H6024-H4-DOT-EURO-CONVERSION-HEADLIGHTS-KIT-/230154579474


More info on DOT approval:

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?387801-DOT-approved-headlights
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[Erik G]

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[theastronaut]

Why not post isocandela plots? Pictures aren't a good way to compare beam patterns and brightness (again, spend some time on candlepowerforums). Plots of Cibie, Hella, and Marchal H4 headlights are already available so you'd be able to directly compare the output of your lights to other well known lights.

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[vintagecarleds]

[74 Thing]

The problem I have with a lot of the unapproved LEDs is that they do not have vertical cutoffs and create a lot of glare for other vehicles. I can almost tell right away when someone is running unapproved LEDs at night.

[Erik G]