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Great LED dual color fog bulbs.

Discussion in 'Lighting' started by XJfella95, Jun 9, 2020.

  1. Jun 9, 2020 at 7:40 PM
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    XJfella95

    XJfella95 [OP] Product Developer

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    I found these on Amazon and wanted to recommend these to everyone. Plug and play and much nicer pattern than my HID bulbs I had in there. Simpler wiring too.

    To change color you just turn them on and off. Or as you can see in the video, I just flash high beams.

    Headlights are retrofit sources FXR 3.0, Powerhouse 35-50W ballasts and Osram Xenarc 66240 night breaker laser Next Gen bulbs

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07V3GDX9K?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

     
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  2. Jun 9, 2020 at 11:48 PM
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    crashnburn80

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    I'm sorry you fell for this scam of a product. The way these multi-color LED products work is by placing multiple emitter sets on the LED blade. In order for an LED retrofitted into a halogen assembly to even attempt to work properly the LEDs must be at the very center of the halogen housing to try and replicate a halogen filament. Placement of the emitter is absolutely critical. LEDs are already paying awful projection and glare tax by not accurately replicating a halogen filament size and position. Unfortunately if you have multiple emitter sets, to support multiple colors, neither one can actually be on center located in the correct location because you are trying to fit two emitter sets where there should just be one. Instead they stack them vertically placing both sets in the very wrong location, causing massive glare to oncoming drivers and significant loss of projection performance. This causes the LED to fail in matching all 3 axis of geometry compared to a halogen. Good modern LEDs manufactures will match 2 of the 3 axis, but to completely fail all 3 dimensions demonstrates a complete lack of understanding of how lighting works, or prioritizing your marketing BS above building actual functioning products.

    Literally no credible manufacture on the market supports these types of products. They are promoted by low end manufactures that do not understand or care about lighting optics and the hazards they cause to oncoming drivers while creating a poor performing product. A proper SAE LED fog assembly will easily put these to shame with massively higher intensity output while maintaining SAE compliant cut offs to not blind other drivers while also being street legal, unlike these LEDs which are illegal for street use. You can see some more factual information in this post here.

    Edit: And putting HIDs in your fogs is about the most egregious lighting offense possible in terms of dangerous blinding glare to oncoming drivers and ineffective cut offs for actual poor weather use possible. I suggest reviewing this thread below for your fogs:
    https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/the-led-sae-j583-fog-pod-fog-light-review.554813/
     
  3. Jun 10, 2020 at 10:41 AM
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    XJfella95

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    yeah, i saw your previous thread and wanted to get the KC Hilite fogs. but a new set of factory reflectors and these bulbs serve my purpose

    These were a good option. and i disagree with you. there is very little glare, if any with these and the cut-off is really close to how the halogens are.
     
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