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Old 14 July 2015, 01:36 PM
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Default Led headlights/tail lights.

Seen a few on ebay but wondered if anyone on here knew of any UK outlets that do good quality Angel eye projector led headlights and there rear counterparts, clear/smoked.
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Default Led headlights/tail lights.

In a word
No don't do it
Old 14 July 2015, 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by SwissTony
In a word
No don't do it
Whilst I agree with the sentiment, this does not answer the OP.
Google it and you shall see places selling them https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=an...FcpZPgoduNMJ3g

But I would repeat SwissTony's point and say dont do it.
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Originally Posted by SwissTony
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That's all you needed to say
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Originally Posted by Lunchmoney
Whilst I agree with the sentiment, this does not answer the OP.
Google it and you shall see places selling them https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=an...FcpZPgoduNMJ3g

But I would repeat SwissTony's point and say dont do it.

Everyone has their own taste but we have to draw the line somewhere. Imagine a car with led front headlights and lexus rear lights .mmmmm

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Thanks for your replies. So brighter bulbs for those that suggest don't do it ?
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Better bulbs from Osram, Phillips, Bosch etc can be a great improvement and at a fraction of fubaring a set of lights.
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I bought a set of these recently, after reading pretty positive reviews on the Pistonheads forum, by TVR owners.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/371240806098

They claim to mimic a traditional H4 bulb in the way they they operate and shine at the reflector, so should (in theory) provide a good beam pattern and not dazzle in the same way that HID bulbs do when fitted to cars that weren't intended to have them (i.e. reflector lights rather than projector). However, while very bright, and providing adequate light on the road, the beam pattern from them was terrible! Consequently they were removed again straight away and I'm currently waiting for some Philips Xtremevision H4 bulbs to arrive to replace the Osram Night breakers that i had had fitted previously. (The Philips are supposed to be a step up again from the Osrams).

Just posting this here, to try and prevent others from wasting their time trying this type of LED headlight bulb. The technology is there as far as brightness goes - just not there from a retrofit perspective.
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