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Has anyone tried the LED headlight conversions?
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Led headlights are difficult because an led bulb is very difficult to focus. You can get small light bars that would fit in the factory head light location. But in terms of a factory replacement led bulb, you won't find one for headlightsOriginally posted by Studebaker View Post
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I have LED bulbs in my stock housings, The glare is higher but not terrible. They are much wider and brighter than stock. However, since they are not properly focused, they do not have a very good distance. I alleviated this by adding spotlights to the bumper. I use them like high beams.
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PLENTY of drop-in LED headlight bulbs out there now. I think they're in the same boat as HID retrofits though. Terrible beam pattern.Originally posted by bhearts View Post91GL BP/F3A with boost
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Yeah, leds are super directional and that doesn't work well in a stock incandescent housingOriginally posted by bhazard View Post
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I installed HID's. Only complaint was they screwed up the daytime running lights on my car and they will probably self destruct if you dont always have them on while driving
They were way brighter and if you aim them properly they dont annoy other drivers. Expect to only see twice as far as mid grade halogens. If you aim them to see 5x as far youll blind everyone else. I have not tried LED's though, sorry. Maybe its different on other cars with HID's but they work alright in the stock festiva headlamps. They dont shine all over, they shine in the same areas as halogens, you just have to actually aim them.
LED's are probably a lot different though, depends on the bulb design and how long it is, but they could work.
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even factory xenon, HID, annoy me especially on cuv/suv n trucks. guess my eyes are getting old but doesn't help when some ricer plugs the latest wonder bulb from pep boys into a halogen reflector and fluted glass/plastic with no intention or clue to at least re-aim. wish law enforcement would start cracking down on these illegal mods.Comment
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We don't want law enforcement cracking down on car mods. There's literally no stopping that ticketing train once they start.Originally posted by F3BZ View Post
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Any updates?
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Has anyone tried just replaces the entire glass piece with something similar to these?
They make a bunch of different sizes. I figure with a little welding or something maybe you could make it fit and still be adjustable. Thought?"The White Turd" 1993 Festiva 144k miles. (Winner of FOTM November 2016)
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Funny you mention those, I've been looking at doing the same thing but with a Harley road glide assembly.Trees aren't kind to me...
currently: 2 88Ls (Scrappy and Jersey), 88LX, 90L(Pepe), 91L, 91GL (Skippy) 93 GL Sport (the Mighty Favakk), 94 (Bruce) & 95 Aspire SEs, 97 Aspire (The Joker),
94 Justy 4WD, 87 Fiero GT, plus 2 parts cars. That's my fleet.
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I'll Pioneer it for everyone. I like that 5x7 shape. Anyone with a guess how big the factory housing is
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