LED Headlights?? (Page 1/6)
kgoodyear JUN 03, 10:49 PM
I want to convert my 87 GT headlights to LED lights. I've gone on eBay and there are a lot of different ones. Some, I am not sure are legal. Who makes the best. Any ideas?

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Crasian JUN 03, 11:15 PM
Oh boy, here we go again.... but seriously, I put a set from Ebay that was NOT dot approved and quite frankly quite illegal as they blinded the holy heck out of oncoming drivers. I took them off within a week. So hopefully others will chime in on what works very well and does not cause others to be blinded.
*I can tell you for certain that those LED ones with like 15 little LED’s are not the ones to get*

-Crasian

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IMSA GT JUN 03, 11:31 PM
The top rated lights would be OPT7 Fluxbeam lights. They are just the LED cartridge and you would have to buy the light housings separate.
Domtech JUN 03, 11:40 PM
For LED, these are the ones you want: http://a.co/0SCBh70

Direct fit, correct wiring, wont blind people, nice and bright...
Little pricey, but worth it.
kgoodyear JUN 04, 10:45 AM
Thanks guys!
theogre JUN 04, 11:09 AM
Buy Trucklite 27450C for US use, GE and other big name companies or expect problems...


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Originally posted by IMSA GT:
The top rated lights would be OPT7 Fluxbeam lights. They are just the LED cartridge and you would have to buy the light housings separate.

Most H4 shells aren't legal to start with.
LED and HID "bulbs"/cartridges in H4/HB2 shells is crap for many reasons and shells can't focus them correctly.
LED "bulbs"/cartridge have big problem because can't move Heat from LED themselves and often dies in 1-3 years. Even faster. Even w/ Fans working. High RPM Fans often plug up w/ crap or break either way quickly kills LEDs.

Quick example of a dead unit... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX_uFs5vKc0 Just one of Typical failures and shows crap sold thru Ebay Amazon etc.
While saying "nice machining" for Al body, Doesn't begin to cover problems except dead low beam because of high heat.


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Originally posted by Domtech:
For LED, these are the ones you want: http://a.co/0SCBh70

Direct fit, correct wiring, wont blind people, nice and bright...
Little pricey, but worth it.

Sorry but Is yet another Counterfeit and saying DOT SAE (E) on lens is still not legal. If you bought them, you got conned.

see http://www.fiero.nl/forum/F.../HTML/141265.html#p2 and links there too.

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kgoodyear JUN 04, 12:08 PM
So now I am confused. I thought it would be a pretty simple choice. Solid state, less heat, longer life, less amperage--good idea. It doesn't seem so. I don't have the electronics knowledge the guy in the video has but it sure seems the LEDs have been put through some pretty rough stresses.
Domtech JUN 04, 01:01 PM

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Originally posted by theogre:

Sorry but Is yet another Counterfeit and saying DOT SAE (E) on lens is still not legal. If you bought them, you got conned.




While I didn't buy those specific ones several people from the local club have and all seem very happy with them.
They have a nice cutoff that gets lower on the driver side, and properly adjusted I don't think you would ever get in any trouble over them missing a dot number.
Look thru the customer images and you can see what they look like on a Fiero.
copperhens JUN 04, 05:12 PM
Some other Fiero folks have gotten these. I planned to purchase them as well. https://www.genssiled.com/p...ht-black-2-lamp-set/
Patrick JUN 04, 05:46 PM

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Originally posted by theogre:

Quick example of a dead unit...



Just one of Typical failures and shows crap sold thru Ebay Amazon etc.
While saying "nice machining" for Al body, Doesn't begin to cover problems except dead low beam because of high heat.



Even though I have no interest in converting my headlights over to LED, I found that video to be quite interesting.