9007 LEDs

[marauder'10]

I recently installed a LED headlight kit on my car Ill comment again with pics later

[fastblackmerc]

I recently installed a LED headlight kit on my car Ill comment again with pics later

I'd like to know how they work during or after driving in a heavy rain.

[detrailers]

^^^^^^^+1 on that. I cant see how the caps could go back on...

[marauder'10]

Ill take some pictures tonight. Ill agree the hi beam doesnt have a huge difference from the lo but they dont burn anywhere near as hot and i modified my dust covers to allow the wires to come through but they are still sealed.

[detrailers]

I think you installed HIDs, not LEDs....

[detrailers]

as far as I've seen from posts on cvn: there is trimming involved to get the LED bulbs to fit. In the case of CVs, the plastic retaining collar was trimmed down. I know the GMQ & MM headlights are different, though. Hit up pweston, he is running those lights albeit on an Aero GMQ - but he may have some insight on what's needed to run them.

Agreed the plastic collar can be trimmed to fit it's the dust cap thats impossible to fit and like FBM said if you did get it on there it would get a bit HAWT in the housing! I know the 9007s I had had cooling fans on the back of them

[fastblackmerc]

Ill take some pictures tonight. Ill agree the hi beam doesnt have a huge difference from the lo but they dont burn anywhere near as hot and i modified my dust covers to allow the wires to come through but they are still sealed.

The wires aren't the problem. The cooling required by the LED bulbs is the problem as I see it. Every decent LED headlight bulb I've seen has a big cooling fan on the rear end. I'd assume that cooling fan need to be exposed to some airflow out the back of the headlight assembly. If you keep the cooling fan inside the headlight assembly there is no way to keep the bulb cool.

[detrailers]

Post pics...now I gotta see it...

[lifespeed]

Interesting, I was not aware LED headlights were ready for prime time. As far as fan cooling, that is a guaranteed point of failure and not particularly desirable. Unless they do one heck of a job on an automotive-grade fan, and you know how likely that is with the aftermarket

[fastblackmerc]

There are two types of LED headlight bulbs:

This style are the best ones... only ones I'd consider using.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Latest-9007-...f44bea&vxp=mtr

http://www.ebay.com/itm/3200LM-Cree-...c98c25&vxp=mtr

The cheaper ones are like this... I'd never use these.. you'd be better off doing HIDs.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2pcs-HID-Whi...0ba4aa&vxp=mtr

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2xCREE-80W-L...fe315f&vxp=mtr

As you can see the first type has a cooling fan. Eventhough most of the bulbs meet the IP65 weatherproof spec, what happens when the fan dies or some crap gets lodged in the fan? Keep the fan sealed in the headlight housing will cause the bulbs to burn out quicker since you'd be trying to cool the bulb with increasing hot air.