Originally Posted by
Barrman
I had not seen that add. It doesn’t say LED though. I’m to the point that my vehicles that reglarly travel at more than 55 mph have sylvania silver star halogen bulbs.
They were a huge improvement over the regular halogen bulbs. However, they degrade over time and are starting to look dim. Especially compared to newer vehicles next to me in traffic when driving where there aren’t street lights. Replacement is going to around $50 for a set just to repeat in another 4 or 5 years.
HID lights have always been a no go for me because my 30 plus year old vehicle wiring systems couldn’t do it.
Trucklite LED purpose built bulbs are a bit over $300 a set. I haven’t wanted to make that investment just yet. Plus they look like something from some sci-fi movie.
The JK Jeep forums are full of pretty opinionated threads about putting LED bulbs in the stock factory H4 headlight lenses. Most give the impression it doesn’t work well without replacing the lense with one meant for LED bulbs. Back to the $300 admission price.
That $300 gets you plastic lenses. Which besides the cost has been my biggest reason not to get into the LED world. Plastic lenses around here last just a year or so before they cloud up and become useless.
This thread is about glass lenses with none of the links mentioning lack of light focus or anything about problems getting good light patterns down road. All good. Plus, about 1/3 the price of the purpose built ones. Yes, that is still double my current light cost. But I might make the plunge after some more research into light patterns. I haven’t found any negatives yet.