GSA fog light - cheap LED upgrade?

[pympster]

Also interested in this! I'm converting my low and high beam to HIDs and want my fogs to match the "whiteness" Trying to work out if I should put one of these led "bulbs" in the fog light (since it's much cheaper than another pair of HIDs! I'm pretty sure having high and low beam HID will be enough light. Any more advice?

 

[Andy B]

Also interested in this! I'm converting my low and high beam to HIDs and want my fogs to match the "whiteness" Trying to work out if I should put one of these led "bulbs" in the fog light (since it's much cheaper than another pair of HIDs! I'm pretty sure having high and low beam HID will be enough light. Any more advice?

Please see post #5 above. If you just want white lights you could paint them with emulsion!

 

[Bendy toy]

A lamp is designed to focus light from the tiny spot emitted by the bulb (halogen or HID). LED "bulbs" emit light from a much larger area so the mess up the lamp focus.

You could fit HID burners to the standard fog lights but they already give enough foreground light to be dazzling. HID in there won't help at all on unlit A and B roads.

The issue I have is poor beam separation between dip and main beam. The main lights a small area only marginally further down the road than the dipped light spread. I don't see how HIDs however excellent are going to solve the headlight design issue.

The easiest option is some long range spot lamps. The latest LEDs look good, but these would be a lot cheaper - http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=350268659459

 

[Flipfly]

Also interested in this! I'm converting my low and high beam to HIDs and want my fogs to match the "whiteness" Trying to work out if I should put one of these led "bulbs" in the fog light (since it's much cheaper than another pair of HIDs! I'm pretty sure having high and low beam HID will be enough light. Any more advice?

LED bulbs are wankety wank and spred no light at all (see Bendy toys response), they just don't work with the reflector.

A lamp is designed to focus light from the tiny spot emitted by the bulb (halogen or HID). LED "bulbs" emit light from a much larger area so the mess up the lamp focus.

You could fit HID burners to the standard fog lights but they already give enough foreground light to be dazzling. HID in there won't help at all on unlit A and B roads.

The issue I have is poor beam separation between dip and main beam. The main lights a small area only marginally further down the road than the dipped light spread. I don't see how HIDs however excellent are going to solve the headlight design issue.

The easiest option is some long range spot lamps. The latest LEDs look good, but these would be a lot cheaper - http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=350268659459

Come and have a look at the ones fitted on mine if you want to see LED spots in action (I'm only in Stoke on Trent).
I still have HID on the main beam as the standard reflectors will give a centre spot slightly farther down the road than the LEDs, when fitted with HID. The LEDs will light everything else up to daylight levels
The only downside is massive reflection from road signs, but I can live with that.

 

[pympster]

LED bulbs are wankety wank and spred no light at all (see Bendy toys response), they just don't work with the reflector.



Come and have a look at the ones fitted on mine if you want to see LED spots in action (I'm only in Stoke on Trent).
I still have HID on the main beam as the standard reflectors will give a centre spot slightly farther down the road than the LEDs, when fitted with HID. The LEDs will light everything else up to daylight levels
The only downside is massive reflection from road signs, but I can live with that.

Thanks for the offer! I guess since I won't often be going out in the dark out of town and I don't really need very bright LED lights, especially since I'll have the HIDs. Hmmm I'll have a think thanks for advice

 

[Flipfly]

Thanks for the offer! I guess since I won't often be going out in the dark out of town and I don't really need very bright LED lights, especially since I'll have the HIDs. Hmmm I'll have a think thanks for advice

Trust me, when you see em, you'll want them

 

[Bendy toy]

My main complaint is the std head light does not lift the main beam high enough. Set it to get a decent main beam angle and the dip becomes too high. Set the dip to mot rules and main beam is like dip and a half. I can't see HID burners helping very much.

I've checked the headlamp and everything seems to be working properly.

So mega bright LEDs seem an ideal if not the least cost fix.

 

[pympster]

Bendy toy, I think you're right, LED spots will give a very good light output! Since I'll be in town the majority of the time, I'm going to go down the replacement LED bulb route instead: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/H11-Xenon...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item4856df5463

Probably these ones But flipfly I totally agree with you that LED spots are the best way to go to get the brightest light, but with HIDs on I think the morning commuters will be totally blinded if I put on LED spots!!

I've got bikevis bullets on at the moment which are pretty good for bling, apart from the fact that they constantly break... Although as searches on the forums will show, they have great customer service i.e. they keep sending out replacements! I can't tell what the problem is but I think they aren't waterproof enough

I'll post back here how I get on with LED bulb replacements in case anybody wants to know!

 

[Bendy toy]

I checked out the 1200 headlight. The main and dip are on one reflector mounding so there is no way to lift the main relative to the dip.

I'm therefore planning to fit powerful LED spots to switch on with the main beam so no worries about dazzling folks. The 15 degree beam angle should avoid too much light in the mid distance.

For daylight I'll be keeping the standard fogs, but LED "dimmers" are available. They don't change the light colour but they do calm the intensity and might be fine as daylights. The main beam switch can bypass the dimmer to throw full power down the road.