FUNTIMENOW
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Headlights - wanted to replace OEM halogens with LED headlights lights for better visibility, safety, etc. During my 2 days of googling, installing, checking, etc .... gees!! I learned that LED's are not totally cool and get hot. The back side can get up to 160 degrees and its in a small closed plastic shell (back of headlight housing). So, that area is probably going maintain a temperature equal to the heat output of the LED heatsink. The melting point of wires is around 190 degrees. Over time the plastic, wires, housing would probably get brittle and possibly fail.
I opted to remove the LED's and go with a Philips H7 Longlife Ecovision 1500 lumens, 3100k, 1500 hours expected life. There are brighter, special halogens but life cycle on some of them drops, sometimes to 200 hours. Give me longer life cycle, less hastle. Amazon hasn't delivered them yet so I can't say how the will work but reviews were good.
Why did I do that? Heat build up, I try to not ride at night getting off the road no later than 5:00 and I don't like problems. I hear of many successes but this was my choice .... Here is an interesting article I just ran across.
https://www.autolist.com/guides/halogen-vs-led-headlights
I opted to remove the LED's and go with a Philips H7 Longlife Ecovision 1500 lumens, 3100k, 1500 hours expected life. There are brighter, special halogens but life cycle on some of them drops, sometimes to 200 hours. Give me longer life cycle, less hastle. Amazon hasn't delivered them yet so I can't say how the will work but reviews were good.
Why did I do that? Heat build up, I try to not ride at night getting off the road no later than 5:00 and I don't like problems. I hear of many successes but this was my choice .... Here is an interesting article I just ran across.
https://www.autolist.com/guides/halogen-vs-led-headlights