LED Headlights

[Brett Proctor]

Thinking of changing out my regular oem headlights to LED headlights

Question
Are LED headlights worth the $200 that they're asking for.
I've Seen cheaper ones on ebay but the warranty isn't as good as the $200 ones.
Need just high/low beams, no DRL

Ebay 1-5 years

$200 ones- lifetime warranty

 

[farfegnubbin]

I have seen YouTube videos that convincingly show big differences in the strength and pattern of light put out by various aftermarket headlights. I don’t remember which brands they liked. I just remember that it mattered.

 

[farfegnubbin]

Here’s one of the videos I think I liked. (I didn’t watch it to confirm. I just think I recognize the intro.)

Comparison of 7” LED headlights

 

[Brett Proctor]

WOW!
What a wide range in performance
The light output of some were worse than the oem lights.

Good find.

 

[Brett Proctor]

Looked up the good ones
they're sold individually.

Your looking at close to $500 for 2 LED lights.

 

[farfegnubbin]

I know! I was surprised, too. There are a lot of otherwise pretty cool looking headlights out there that are fairly terrible at being headlights. But there are some winners, too.

 

[farfegnubbin]

Oops, our posts crossed. Yeah, hmm. That seems like a lot for a pair of headlights. On the one hand I am thrifty. On the other hand I don’t mind paying more if the thing really is superior. Tough call.

 

[Brett Proctor]

This is where I got the pricing from.
Both of these scored high.
Because of the high price tag, I'll have to think a little about getting these. Haven't done a search for better pricing. If I did a lot of night driving, they might be worth it, but I don't plan on driving to many times at night (if any)
After seeing how bad the cheaper ones were, getting any of those is not an option.

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/mri-lf267

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/hly-lfrb140-1

 

[Brett Proctor]

Did a search for the Holley LED light.

Every place I checked (speed shops, ebay, amazon) all had the same price of $208 each

Must be some agreement with holley that they have to sell them at retail price or else they can't have them to sell

 

[sector]

Why are they showing with an AC plug?

 

[Brett Proctor]

Yup
If you use these anything past the driveway, you're going to need a real long extension cord.

But really, Its just the angle of the picture I think. It has a standard 3 prong headlight plug.