JT95 Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 I was curious about aftermarket headlight kits like these: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/95-01-SUBARU-IMPREZA-LED-HALO-PROJECTOR-HEADLIGHT-96-97_W0QQitemZ160217152961QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item160217152961 Are these types of headlight conversions good? Any problems associated w/ them? Have any of you put them on your cars? I'm curious to hear from anyone who has experience w/ them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 Well someone has to be the first. Cadillac is coming out with LED headlights, so its not unheard of. But for 15.00 I would guess not much engineering went into them aside from "how many LEDs can we fit here"...."I dont know, so hold my beer" nipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartless Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 no personal experience with them, but my 2 cents.... wouldnt waste my money on them - not even at that low price... reason: Blue is the WORST light wavelength for seeing things. read more here: http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/lights/light_color/light_color.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT95 Posted March 15, 2008 Author Share Posted March 15, 2008 no personal experience with them, but my 2 cents.... wouldnt waste my money on them - not even at that low price... reason: Blue is the WORST light wavelength for seeing things. read more here: http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech/lights/light_color/light_color.html Interesting article--thanks for the link. Yeah--I was looking more for something w/ a different styling-look more than a different lighting effect. eBay has a few different styles and so I was curious. I haven't seen any Subes on the road w/ these aftermarket lights, but saw this car listed on autotrader and thought it looked cool. (I don't like the black hood louvers though.) http://images.autotrader.com/images/2008/1/21/237/726/3938131517.237726525.IM1.02.565x421_A.562x421.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aircraft engineer Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 I guess I'm just getting too old - lights are something you look WITH, not AT :cool: (and the blue ones hurt my eyes when they are behind me, too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluestone Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 .....lights are something you look WITH, not AT :cool: My sentiment, too! Lighting EFFICIENCY should be priority number 1. Personally, I don't give a rat's rump roast how cool my headlights look; I just want them to provide me with the best and safest road illumination without blinding other drivers. Period. Function over form, always! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOthis Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 if it was me i personally wouldnt put them on my vehicle....... like everyone else has said "how much quality work went into these things"......good luck though with whatever you try and do...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSRBIKER Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Anyone try these: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=280193486249&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:VRI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Those are illegal too. What condition are your lenses in? When i hit the deer I had to have one headlight lense replaced (with a new one). It made a world of differnce. nipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSRBIKER Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Those are illegal too. What condition are your lenses in? When i hit the deer I had to have one headlight lense replaced (with a new one). It made a world of differnce. nipper Are you sure, if new cars come with HID lights why can't this be retrofitted? Seems easy enough to swap out if I needed to for inspection though, if they are illegal. I sanded and buffed my lenses already, the light output is much better now but no where near as good as my wife's 2002 Sequoia. My passenger side lens has a weird pattern to the light now though, I am wondering if something seperated inside(maybe the reflector)? I buffed it a little more this weekend, so i'll see if it was that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 *starts broken record* HID is so much more then plugging a lightbulb in a lens. They have a differnt light spectrrum, and need differnt lenses and reflectors to properly refract and focus the light. http://www.aa1car.com/library/hid_headlamps.htm nipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSRBIKER Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 I scanned through that, I totally understand my 97 reflectors are not the same as a HID designed one...but my lighting is poor compared to any new car I have driven. I might give these a shot to improve that, I have used Silverstars, etc on another older vehicle with not much change even considering their costs. I'll probably be the guinea pig and report back. *starts broken record* HID is so much more then plugging a lightbulb in a lens. They have a differnt light spectrrum, and need differnt lenses and reflectors to properly refract and focus the light. http://www.aa1car.com/library/hid_headlamps.htm nipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Check and make sure NJ isnt going to snag you on inpection. nipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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