LED or HID for Windshield Lights?
10-23-2013, 02:01 PM
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10-23-2013, 04:03 PM
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i wouldnt wast your money unless you are doing it to say u spend hundreds on lights. if you go wheeling you will have branchs and trees hitting them, and if you break them u loss. i would stick with H4 bulbs and simple hella slim lite. about 120 bucks or u can buy the cheap LEDS on ebay and have the look and it may work well. If you dont do night wheeling i wouldnt spend the money.
At 80 mph, seeing a moose from 1,200m, gives 34 sec' for reaction -- much more than needed, and that much light blinds a driver from seeing an animal that jumps to the road much closer.
Over here, in the north, there are regions where wild boar cross roads. They can weigh 70+kg.
In the south (the Negev desert), Camels cross roads, and they're not smaller than moose.
Never had a problem of not seeing one in time, at 50~60MPH, with the stock lights.
I intend to add lights, but certainly not too much lumen, which I find disturbing.
Over here, in the north, there are regions where wild boar cross roads. They can weigh 70+kg.
In the south (the Negev desert), Camels cross roads, and they're not smaller than moose.
Never had a problem of not seeing one in time, at 50~60MPH, with the stock lights.
I intend to add lights, but certainly not too much lumen, which I find disturbing.
Using hid lights or halogen LONG distance lights during OFF ROAD use? I completely agree that while driving at a high rate of speed it's important to see ahead for obstacles and or animals. But when can these lights be effective while trailing? I'm looking at purchasing lights for my jeep, and would love to hear some feed back before purchasing.
For most people who don't (or can't) use their aux lights on the highways at night, long range HIDs are not a requirement. Up here they're more of a necessity. And while I'm a huge supporter of quality headlights (aka anything other than stock ones), proper auxiliary lighting setup to suite the needs of the driver makes a ton of sense - regardless of what that is (trails, back/rural roads, empty highways, etc). Besides... paying for a set of lights and avoiding 1 deer (let alone anything bigger) is cheaper than skipping out on the lights, and hitting the animal.