Headlight LED.....i've fitted some.....

[britlude]

I've been running HID headlights, in dipped and main, for quite a while now, and with the changes to the MOT (whereby aftermarket HIDs are now outlawed in the dipped beam if it's not in HID specific housings) and the amazing LED lights in the hotrod, i thought i'd do a bit of investigation....

so i bought some, as they are now down to the cheap end of the range and affordable in an experimental way..... going on Prime was no help, as mine, being JDM, has H1 bulbs for dipped and main so i got some of these, with the flexible braid heatsink....

s-l1600 (2) by jon sutherland, on Flickr

all very well... but it turns out they didn't have any pips on the H1 mount adaptor... ok for most of the cars of the world, as there is a 'D' location that has the same purpose..... except on mine it uses the pips, no D location....so it floats around... and so the led moves, so the reflector/lense doesn't do its thing, so pointless.. scrap that one....

whilst reading the nsxprime i was led to the new type of LED setup which uses a more bead like single led that gives better coverage, especially for projector lenses.... (rather than 3 led chips in a line).... worth a punt.....

s-l1600 (1) by jon sutherland, on Flickr

yup, worth a punt, got the pips for H1, but the cap on the end means it don't fit through the hole in the headlight housing!!!

still, narrows down the search, and i'll use them somewhere!

so eventually find these, got the pips, fan cooled, slim body, lumileds led chips....

s-l1600 by jon sutherland, on Flickr

add some 70mm ones of these...
s-l1600 (3) by jon sutherland, on Flickr

and we're good to go!