JimmyP
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Would like to know if they are still working well for you? Any issues with overheating?Mikeybikey57 said:Just returned home from a brief and bloody cold night-time ride on my S10 and here's the lowdown on the new LED headlight bulbs.
They're really nice and bright with a surprisingly consistent and wide spread of light across the whole width of the road. No discernible dark patches or drop outs were seen and the distance penetration on dip beam is superb. The dip beam cut off is really sharp too and with no light bleeding over it either. On main beam, the light doesn't seem to penetrate along the tarmac quite as far as the high performance halogen bulbs that I had in before but the difference looks to be negligible. A minor downer is that any light reflected back from large road signs can be a little glaring but given the bulbs 5000K (2500K each) output, I expected it to be much worse. I'd previously had both Osram Night Breakers and Philips X-treme Vision bulbs in my S10 and both brands lit things up really well but for only 8 to 12 months, before conking out. I'd rate these LED's as equal to any high output halogens in all respects, apart from being very slightly poorer in lighting up the far distance.
All they have to do now is to last the 30,000 hours that the manufacturers believe they will and i'll be well pleased. ::008::
Thanks.