LED BULB:
Well I took the advice of some of you and decided to purchase and install an LED bulb for my headlight. I do a lot of night driving during the week coming home from work, so upgraded lighting was important to me. I've had poor luck with HIDs in the past on my Dyna so LED upgrade seemed most logical.
This is the unit I purchased, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00RE8J368/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 comes with two bulbs for a car. Figured I could use the second one if the first burns up or whatnot. If it works well then I guess I could just sell this for half my total cost.
THE INSTALLATION:
The install was almost seamless, basically plug and play. Took five minutes for the replacement. The light comes with a small ballast the size of a matchbox, which most the time I would install outside the headlamp enclosure but is so small it fit inside. The rubber seal would not stretch past the cooling element so I had to do a little cutting to enlarge the hole. I'm concerned that there is not enough airspace in the enclosure to keep the light cool. We'll see.
THE OUTPUT:
The light is much whiter in color, and at high beam is WAY BRIGHTER. I would say the low beam is a bit brighter than the standard bulb, and has a much sharper look. I'm hoping that it will get drivers attention better at night. The high beam is pretty amazing, it will definitely get everyone's attention. That is the real goal to show people I'm coming.
PICTURES:
I wish I had taken better before and after pics, sorry about that. I was in a hurry to just check it out and make sure everything worked properly. Maybe more when in the future. I wish I had taken same perspective before and after, I know, I wasn't thinking.
BEFORE
AFTER LOW BEAM
HIGH BEAM
Well I took the advice of some of you and decided to purchase and install an LED bulb for my headlight. I do a lot of night driving during the week coming home from work, so upgraded lighting was important to me. I've had poor luck with HIDs in the past on my Dyna so LED upgrade seemed most logical.
This is the unit I purchased, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00RE8J368/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 comes with two bulbs for a car. Figured I could use the second one if the first burns up or whatnot. If it works well then I guess I could just sell this for half my total cost.
THE INSTALLATION:
The install was almost seamless, basically plug and play. Took five minutes for the replacement. The light comes with a small ballast the size of a matchbox, which most the time I would install outside the headlamp enclosure but is so small it fit inside. The rubber seal would not stretch past the cooling element so I had to do a little cutting to enlarge the hole. I'm concerned that there is not enough airspace in the enclosure to keep the light cool. We'll see.
THE OUTPUT:
The light is much whiter in color, and at high beam is WAY BRIGHTER. I would say the low beam is a bit brighter than the standard bulb, and has a much sharper look. I'm hoping that it will get drivers attention better at night. The high beam is pretty amazing, it will definitely get everyone's attention. That is the real goal to show people I'm coming.
PICTURES:
I wish I had taken better before and after pics, sorry about that. I was in a hurry to just check it out and make sure everything worked properly. Maybe more when in the future. I wish I had taken same perspective before and after, I know, I wasn't thinking.
BEFORE
AFTER LOW BEAM
HIGH BEAM