LED or HID for Windshield Lights?
#21
I am running the hid in my hella housings. With 4300k 55w hid units, they respond great to my high beam switch. On initial fire up there is about a three second warm up, after that, its instant. With regards to "matching" you high beams, once my hella lights are on, you don't see the high beam lights. I'm guessing your used to seeing 6000k hid lights which are stupid blue. Horrible lighting. 4300k are white and brighter than the 6000k. My hid are not finicky at all.
I have been looking at LED fog lamps and 6000k seems to be the standard.
#22
JK Enthusiast
I tried several set ups & ended up going with a spot/flood combo on the bumper & spots on the windshield. If your wanting distance the spots on the windshield are perfect & get you the most distance. Mine are aimed slightly outward so where my light bar leaves off my spots take over. I say LED all the way. Better light displacement & less power.
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#25
JK Junkie
I tried several set ups & ended up going with a spot/flood combo on the bumper & spots on the windshield. If your wanting distance the spots on the windshield are perfect & get you the most distance. Mine are aimed slightly outward so where my light bar leaves off my spots take over. I say LED all the way. Better light displacement & less power.
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If you'd like a light comparison of HID to LED based on what I have here you are:
20" SR light bar 4.8 AMPs @6400 lumens
50" SR light bar 12.1 AMPs @16,000 lumens
2 Dually spot 2 AMPs @2600 lumens
2 Dually D2's 5 AMPs @5200 lumens
Total AMPs 23.9 AMPs
Total Lumens. 30,200 lumens
Here's a HID equivalent
1 35 watt HID 2.92 AMPs @ 3000 lumens
So if you ran 10 HIDs
Total AMPs 29.2 AMPs
Total Lumens 30,000 lumens
So with my 4 LED's & 2 light bars your getting more light & drawing less power than 10 HID lights.
#27
JK Junkie
ItsMekO3 that started the thread asked about windshield lights and a light bar on the bumper. That's all I gave my opinion on. He started this thread to get help on deciding what setup to go with, not have somebody bash a fellow JK'r.
If you'd like a light comparison of HID to LED based on what I have here you are:
20" SR light bar 4.8 AMPs @6400 lumens
50" SR light bar 12.1 AMPs @16,000 lumens
2 Dually spot 2 AMPs @2600 lumens
2 Dually D2's 5 AMPs @5200 lumens
Total AMPs 23.9 AMPs
Total Lumens. 30,200 lumens
Here's a HID equivalent
1 35 watt HID 2.92 AMPs @ 3000 lumens
So if you ran 10 HIDs
Total AMPs 29.2 AMPs
Total Lumens 30,000 lumens
So with my 4 LED's & 2 light bars your getting more light & drawing less power than 10 HID lights.
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LED lighting in just about every industry is not only taking over, it is the future. They have come a long way in the past several years and will continue to improve. They may not be there yet out performing other lighting but are moving along at a good pace. I am not saying they put out more usable light but they are a great choice for many reasons.
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I'm pretty sure on the flood or flood/spot combo for the bumper, but still can't decide on the windshield lights. Do any of you guys have any output pics of your windshield lights?