EricV
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Don't get the $70 pair. They are $70 because of the right angle housing, which is nice for some auto applications that use that style of housing and don't have a lot of extra space. It's not the 'normal' configuration for a H7 base bulb, thus the higher price. They likely will make things more difficult with the Super Ten's tight housing.So I'm about to undertake this task having decided that $180 for cyclops is a no go especially after so many talking about failures. I was about to order these "silver ones in the pic" after seeing several people use them. Then I saw these "black ones with an angled head and internal fan".
Which ones should I use silver heatsink, black built in fan, neither? Is there a club favorite if so what I'm looking for best light output with durability? I'm confused in my tiny pea brain they're both supposedly 10k lumens, 50w, and 6500K color temp one is $70 the other is $40 WHY?
The $40 pair will work just fine, as will the internal fan style that Helimark linked to that are $35. (I used these myself). Both styles will require longer caps. If you're replacing Cyclops, you already have longer caps. If you're starting fresh on the LED conversion, order up some from deftoner on this forum. There is also an ebay seller that sometimes shows up. deftoner's caps fit perfectly and clear the forks. In both cases, you re-use the o-rings from your oem caps, or hit the hardware/auto parts/farm supply store and buy a couple of generic o-rings for a few bucks to use on the longer caps.
Heatsink or fan, your choice. On one hand, no fan to die and the lights are in sealed compartments. On the other hand, at least the fan is moving air around inside the light housing and no one that we know of has had a fan die. Heat is part of what kills LEDs. Neither choice is ideal with the enclosed housing.
@Blind Squirrel - You will need larger caps with any LED conversion. They all have a larger 'head' out the back than the oem halogen bulb. Helimark already had larger caps from the Cyclops kit, which work fine with the Chinese bulbs too.