LED Fog Lights
So I did a little searching on the internet and found these led fog lights. I have HID's and need something to match. Has anyone had any experience with these or something like these and what does everyone think?
http://www.mazda3forums.com/index.php?topic=69935.0 |
interesting, i wonder how bright they actually are
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they're a sweet looking upgrade, but that thread is originally from february, have you talked to them?? do they still have them? ill gladly be a test subject to see if they're any decent
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you might PM mkulrey13 & see if he can get ahold of some for a good price...
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Ummm... No!
LED's are good for bight accute angle light, or dimmer more dispersed light. Signal lights, park lights and taillights are great to convert to LED, but not driving lights. LED's have a projection problem over a large angle. Being that driving lights have to light up a large area, you can easily see the problem. A great example is this -> would any of you guys with projectors rely on the LED's to light up the road for you? I thought not. |
Originally Posted by Omega_5
(Post 1362388)
Ummm... No!
LED's are good for bight accute angle light, or dimmer more dispersed light. Signal lights, park lights and taillights are great to convert to LED, but not driving lights. LED's have a projection problem over a large angle. Being that driving lights have to light up a large area, you can easily see the problem. A great example is this -> would any of you guys with projectors rely on the LED's to light up the road for you? I thought not. |
^--exactly. I tried the LED H3 replacements in a set of fogs with no luck, LEDs are crap for light output on fogs but if all u want is color match.. get them.
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IDK guys have you seen the new LED flashlights? They're bright as shit! These may just work.
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I'd definitely like to see how these look in person.
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ummm i definitly agree with jackalope here.. i bet you buck that they are worth it and bright as fuck...does anyone have a price or anything?
actually guys if u read that link the guy says i would not rrecommend them for driving lights as you will not get enough light out of them... |
Originally Posted by SilverLSJ
(Post 1362363)
they're a sweet looking upgrade, but that thread is originally from february, have you talked to them?? do they still have them? ill gladly be a test subject to see if they're any decent
Originally Posted by Omega_5
(Post 1362388)
Ummm... No!
LED's are good for bight accute angle light, or dimmer more dispersed light. Signal lights, park lights and taillights are great to convert to LED, but not driving lights. LED's have a projection problem over a large angle. Being that driving lights have to light up a large area, you can easily see the problem. A great example is this -> would any of you guys with projectors rely on the LED's to light up the road for you? I thought not. |
Originally Posted by stealthy1ss
(Post 1362726)
I am only using them to help color match my HID's so they are going to be strickly for looks purposes only.
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why don't you just get regular aftermarket halogens?
I have 7500k nokya artic white and they have that HID blue tint to them! |
Pretty cool idea . They definately have light cast evenly to reflect off the housing to cast light to the ground . I could see them working much better in a projector style fog over the traditional reflector the Mazda 3 uses . I see they used a "ultralux" LED on the amber version . If they used a ultralux as the top bulb and the surface mounts around the perimeter , I bet it would be as bright on the ground or brighter than our stock halogen in the projector fog light housing . That ultralux led bulb has a 130* viewing angle and is as bright as incandesnt . 1 of those could evenly light an entire taillamp housing if positioned and diffused properly .
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