Anyone running LED headlights?

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by paul 1052, Nov 13, 2013.

  1. 281ric

    281ric Road Train Member

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    what brand and how much is that thing? no prob with the law huh?
    I know those things are super bright
     
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  3. Dice1

    Dice1 Road Train Member

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    Bought it off of E-bay from somebody in AZ that sells them for around $500 a couple of years ago. It is 44" long LED light bar with 80 - 3 watt LEDs. Do a search on E-bay and you should find several.

    Been DOT inspected a couple of times with no problem. Just don't act like a fool and blind everybody with it and you should have no problem.
     
  4. Lilbit

    Lilbit Road Train Member

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    How about the nimrods with their fog lights on all the time too?:biggrin_25513:
     
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  5. Semi Crazy

    Semi Crazy Road Train Member

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    You want projectors, not reflectors. Most of the modern reflectors create glare IMHO. My HID projectors have the straight horizontal cutoff line which I aim just below the side view mirror of your average passenger car. Same height as regular van trailer floor.

    I've had the same as those Starr HID for over 10 years and the only drawback is Xenon bulbs will lose brightness over the years.
     
  6. paul 1052

    paul 1052 Heavy Load Member

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    You mean the ones that should be horse whipped?
    Some are worse than others but I've survived 900K miles on my truck w/o fog lights and really think that anyone running them should be cited and fined.
    To me the only ones worse are pickups hauling a trailer heavy on the back with their foglights on because their headlights don't stay on the road blinding everyone they meet, but both shine too high from hauling.
     
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  7. Caterpillar Cowboy

    Caterpillar Cowboy Heavy Load Member

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    I wouldn't go to Iowa 80 for em, your local Pete or KW dealer should sell United Pacific brand stuff. I run their crystal style headlights on my Pete 378 and they are BRIGHT. They've got a couple styles of em some have little LED position they call em. They also sell LED headlights but I have no experience with em.
     
  8. sdaniel

    sdaniel Road Train Member

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    I ran a test set for trucklite . They are what you are seeing in the Penske cascadias . Love them ! They took the test ones back , and gave a production set! Only iced up once where they got dim. If running in that hard freezing rain , you going to have to stop and clear the wipers , wipe the head lights off. All told ran two years between the two sets. Should last 12 years?
     
  9. Oscar the KW

    Oscar the KW Going Tarpless

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    I am thinking Rain-X or a real good wax on LED headlights could prevent most ice and snow from building up on them.
     
  10. Crazy D

    Crazy D Medium Load Member

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    So with all of these fancy HID kits you all are discussing. What exactly do you do when a ballast burns out? In the middle of nowhere. I dunno I'll just keep good ole Halogens laying around.
     
  11. 379exhd

    379exhd Road Train Member

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    Yea and then the idiot 4 wheelers that don't want to kill their brights will litter ally be "blinded by the light". If a herd bumper goes on my right. 6 8" KC pods are going on it as well...that's...5.4 MILLION candle power staring somebody in the face with the KC pods alone. Anything worth doing is worth overdoing. I can remember when k had 800,000 candle power on the roof of my truck...nobody really decided they were going to play bright games with me when I kicked them puppies on.
     
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