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Re:Headlight Info 10 Months, 2 Weeks ago  
When buying halogen bulbs a couple of things to look for,
where it is made and Bulb Life.
The Chinese stuff does not last long, and if they cannot tell you where it was made, forget it.
I do A/V work and lighting. I bought what I thought were good bulbs for MR16 Spot lights. Man, some of those lamps failed the next day. Bought name brand, no more problems. And the name brand did not cost much more.

The lower power lamps will last longer. The higher wattage lamps burn out faster because of more amperage used to light the filament.

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Re:Headlight Info 10 Months, 2 Weeks ago  
DK on your bulb issue, but I ride with my high beam during the day and save my low beam for night, which I rarely do.
 
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Re:Headlight Info 10 Months, 2 Weeks ago  
rginsbtx wrote:
When buying halogen bulbs a couple of things to look for,
where it is made and Bulb Life.
The Chinese stuff does not last long, and if they cannot tell you where it was made, forget it.
I do A/V work and lighting. I bought what I thought were good bulbs for MR16 Spot lights. Man, some of those lamps failed the next day. Bought name brand, no more problems. And the name brand did not cost much more.

The lower power lamps will last longer. The higher wattage lamps burn out faster because of more amperage used to light the filament.

rg


Oh boy, don't even get me started on the whole, bulbs have gone to $#!T compared to what they used to be. Even the name brand bulbs are no guarantee anymore. And while I too avoid the Chinese made stuff like the plague, the non-Chinese bulbs aren't much better. Used to be household bulbs would last YEARS! Now is a matter of month's ...if you're lucky!

Now get off my gall-dang lawn!
 
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Re:Headlight Info 10 Months, 2 Weeks ago  
I run sealed beams in my 68 F100 and my one on my Roadie. Works just fine.....Nope not as bright as some but then I jsut slow down a bit.
 
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Re:Headlight Info 10 Months, 2 Weeks ago  
I have the Trucklite set as well. Wouldn't trade them.



The thing to remember with LEDs is that they are a directional light. Look at one from the side and then rotate it to head on and you'll know once you're dead straight with it. The stock lenses do not direct the light anywhere, just all over. They look bright when head on but the reality is that you just made it worse for yourself. Not only will you not get as much forward light but you've now blinded the cars coming at you. You really need to step up to an Adjure style lens if going to led. They need the proper rear reflector bucket and lens to be efficient. Think I'm bluffing you? Look at a led bulb that you can buy to drop in to your stock bucket. How many LEDs are on it? There will be several usually, especially on the cheap ones. Sometimes on more than one side. Now on the same token,my Trucklite operates on one single LED per light beam. The proper housing and lens does more with one led than a bulb does with several. To me, there's no way I'd run just the bulb.


 
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Re:Headlight Info 10 Months, 2 Weeks ago  
Bigrigme wrote:
I have the Trucklite set as well. Wouldn't trade them.



The thing to remember with LEDs is that they are a directional light. Look at one from the side and then rotate it to head on and you'll know once you're dead straight with it. The stock lenses do not direct the light anywhere, just all over. They look bright when head on but the reality is that you just made it worse for yourself. Not only will you not get as much forward light but you've now blinded the cars coming at you. You really need to step up to an Adjure style lens if going to led. They need the proper rear reflector bucket and lens to be efficient. Think I'm bluffing you? Look at a led bulb that you can buy to drop in to your stock bucket. How many LEDs are on it? There will be several usually, especially on the cheap ones. Sometimes on more than one side. Now on the same token,my Trucklite operates on one single LED per light beam. The proper housing and lens does more with one led than a bulb does with several. To me, there's no way I'd run just the bulb.





Does the trucklite fit with no spacers or modifications to the stock bucket?
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Re:Headlight Info 10 Months, 2 Weeks ago  
MaiRoadie wrote:
Bigrigme wrote:
I have the Trucklite set as well. Wouldn't trade them.



The thing to remember with LEDs is that they are a directional light. Look at one from the side and then rotate it to head on and you'll know once you're dead straight with it. The stock lenses do not direct the light anywhere, just all over. They look bright when head on but the reality is that you just made it worse for yourself. Not only will you not get as much forward light but you've now blinded the cars coming at you. You really need to step up to an Adjure style lens if going to led. They need the proper rear reflector bucket and lens to be efficient. Think I'm bluffing you? Look at a led bulb that you can buy to drop in to your stock bucket. How many LEDs are on it? There will be several usually, especially on the cheap ones. Sometimes on more than one side. Now on the same token,my Trucklite operates on one single LED per light beam. The proper housing and lens does more with one led than a bulb does with several. To me, there's no way I'd run just the bulb.





Does the trucklite fit with no spacers or modifications to the stock bucket?
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The headlight itself fits with no problems. The passing lights fit the older sealed beam buckets perfectly except you have to remove the switch as it hits the light housing. If you have the H3 replaceable bulb style passing lamps, you need to add rubber around the trim ring to secure the light. The sealed beam buckets are 4.5" and the newer H3 buckets are 4.7".
 
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Re:Headlight Info 10 Months, 2 Weeks ago  
Bigrigme is that pic while driving with high beams? Man that is bright!
 
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Re:Headlight Info 10 Months, 2 Weeks ago  
Jclevesque wrote:
Bigrigme is that pic while driving with high beams? Man that is bright!

Yes, it is high beams. They are bright but that's only 50% of the benefit of led. The color is the other 50%. These are pure white, not the fake blue color. When I line up next to halogens, they are extremely yellow in comparison.
 
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Re:Headlight Info 10 Months, 2 Weeks ago  
Nice. Thank you.
 
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