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Originally Posted by Classic11
Frank that looks great. What LED's did you end up using?
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Those were Euro JW Speaker IIs, sourced from John Audette. Humorously enough, I didn't end up running them. I didn't even mount the drivers side lamp. I didn't like the look. I loved the idea of LEDs on these cars from a low current draw / high light output perspective, but once I was intellectually honest about my use case for the above pictured '88 Cab (less than 5% nighttime driving) they didn't make sense.
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Originally Posted by Mr. Merk
If LED "looks" are what you're after; John uses the best 7" LED light on the market by JW Speaker.
I too, think they're ugly and my natural response is to cover them with a fluted lens, but then you're screwing up the focus of a great headlamp.
Headlamps, by the way, are safety devices. They are not fashion accessories.
The best performing option would be sugar scoops JW Speaker lamps installed. |
This^^! So much this. You and I are 100% on the same page.
On my '87 & '89 coupes, I opted to keep things simple, efficient, cost effective and lightweight by going with the tried and true Euro H4 + JWest relay solution.
If you're gonna do it, I agree that the drop-in 7" round LED units, like the JW Speakers, are the way to go for sugar scoop cars. I don't respect the idea of running a fluted lens over projector beam units. I just can't bring myself to do that.
As an aside, I hated that most (all?) of the early custom LED housing designs (i.e. not the 7" round drop ins) required removing and reinstalling the housings in order to aim the lamps.That's lazy engineering, at best, and seems like an enormous PITA.