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Originally Posted by famoroso
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.
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.
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Just recently saw these in action at the Porsche meet in Socal. The output is insane and the light 'color' is just like stock, with the yellow tone to it, not the blue LED lights. They look just like stock and I personally just do not like the 'modern' look in an air cooled Porsche.
https://www.vintagetraderaz.com/product-page/12v-vintage-white-led-headlights