LED headlights - now cost effective option.

[Tp81]

636 - mine are in the she awaiting fitment.

Yes they are still expensive but safe night-time driving is very important to me as I'm driving it every day

I'm not aware of the self-levelling thing being an issue

Was this via RPM? Keen to get a set and have them sitting ready for my car. There is nothing worse than candles up front when you are staring into the night.

[sladey]

Yes - it was RPM - they've added the offer onto their site now. It's only of use if you've got an early car as these units don't include a sidelight - fine for early cars, not for later cars.

Cheapest I could source them elsewhere was 575 through an off-road company - however that was without any adapters, which i would have had to make up myself. RPM's new price means the adapters are about £60 for 2 which I thought was reasonable value

It's £636 plus delivery, and plus credit card surcharge if you pay by credit card.

I also bought some clear lenses - I got VW ones instead of the Hella ones (schoolboy error) - they aren't fantastic quality. I'll see how I go on these but I want to go clear

[squirejo]

re self leveling / washers etc. A milllion different forum threads but the basic parameter with these headlights is that they are not a replacement for bulbs using the existing reflectors. Instead they are an E marked complete unit of light source, reflector etc. more info on RPM website.

And as ever, given they are about 10 mins to fit, the same is true in reverse for the annual MOT

[mdmax72]

Still interested in these. What's the cardboard tube for, or is just part of the packaging?.

The Mrs followed me home down the lanes last month and said how good my lights were. That's until l said they were on full beam most of the time as l couldn't see shite with the main beam lights on.

[squirejo]

Still interested in these. What's the cardboard tube for, or is just part of the packaging?.

The Mrs followed me home down the lanes last month and said how good my lights were. That's until l said they were on full beam most of the time as l couldn't see shite with the main beam lights on.

Packaging only!

And Ollie at RPM confirmed to me this afternoon that they are fully legal, MOT compliant etc etc.

[Tp81]

Set ordered, just need the car to fit them!

[Ian Comerford]

Do you think they would entertain a group buy?

[sladey]

Do you think they would entertain a group buy?

I bloody hope not now I've paid for mine!

[squirdan]

My car was MOTd last month with these fitted

No comments / no issues from the tester

[Tp81]

Do you think they would entertain a group buy?

I asked the question after having ordered these, still haven't paid so worth a question.

They have came back saying they are willing to offer 10% on them having 10 orders. The rate quoted including VAT plus mounting bracket and shipping is £660. So the group buy would work out at £594 total.

Anyone else interested?

Number so far: 1

[Nine One One]

Re LED’s and washers, self levelling etc.
Just had this issue, with a car I took to France, with full LED headlights and LED daylight running lights, and the silly stickers you have to put on the headlights to make sure you do not dazzle anyone.

As the LED headlight just has a clear lens, with nowhere to actually distinguish where you put the sticker on, I reverted to numerous searches on the net.

It appears that LED lights do not need to be ‘defused’ because they do not cast out an angled beam, the same as conventional bulbs?
The LED lights are positioned so that beam points straightforward so there for you don't need the beam benders.

Never had a problem in France, and no one seemed to flash me travelling in the opposite direction, so assume the assumption is correct re the straight ahead light from and LED headlamp unit.

The BMW dealer said they did not need changing, and did not need connecting to a computer to adjust them for driving abroad.

Shame they do not need to be on the back, might have stopped some twat in NICE from rear ending the car on his kamikaze motorcycle, whilst we were sat stationary at a red set of lights in a line of traffic!!!!

Not sure how these lights shown here work, so could actually still need the sticky on beam defuser? As they would seem to act with the fitted lens/standard headlight lens on the 911?

May be worth questioning especially on travels to Europe.

[sladey]

Update on these.

I fitted mine the other weekend. It wasn't the 25 minutes suggested above but this as entirely due to the state of my headlamp units.

I ended up sanding them down and respraying them. I then had problems with the tabs that the headlamp mounting screws go into - I ended up tapping a new thread on one side and welding a nut onto the other side.

The lights look great but didn't work straight away. One side was on dipped beam, the other on full; when you switched to full beam the dipped side went out and the full side didn't change. I switched the units over and got the same effect on a the same side - I.e. It wasn't related to the units themselves.

I therefore got a sparky in. He sorted them out today.

One side had the earth and dipped beams mixed up - this then managed to cause problems for the other light as well. In addition as mine was an 80s car they'd got some sort of soft light option - so that with the sidelights on it would feed a reduced voltage to the main lights. It took him a while to suss that out and bypass it (it was causing them to flicker on sidelight).

Still not had a chance to drive them in the dark. But concerned about alignment - when I installed them I measured the placing of the adjusters on the old lights and replicated them on the new ones. I could do with getting them checked.

They look great

[jury]

Re LED’s and washers, self levelling etc.
Just had this issue, with a car I took to France, with full LED headlights and LED daylight running lights, and the silly stickers you have to put on the headlights to make sure you do not dazzle anyone.

As the LED headlight just has a clear lens, with nowhere to actually distinguish where you put the sticker on, I reverted to numerous searches on the net.

It appears that LED lights do not need to be ‘defused’ because they do not cast out an angled beam, the same as conventional bulbs?
The LED lights are positioned so that beam points straightforward so there for you don't need the beam benders.

Never had a problem in France, and no one seemed to flash me travelling in the opposite direction, so assume the assumption is correct re the straight ahead light from and LED headlamp unit.

The BMW dealer said they did not need changing, and did not need connecting to a computer to adjust them for driving abroad.

Shame they do not need to be on the back, might have stopped some twat in NICE from rear ending the car on his kamikaze motorcycle, whilst we were sat stationary at a red set of lights in a line of traffic!!!!

Not sure how these lights shown here work, so could actually still need the sticky on beam defuser? As they would seem to act with the fitted lens/standard headlight lens on the 911?

May be worth questioning especially on travels to Europe.

When driving back to the UK in the company Audi (Q7), I just stick a round piece of black Fablon about 5cm diameter on the headlights. I did get the correct stickers once on the Ferry, the instructions show the stickers placed half way over the LED unit on the Horizontal plane when viewed head on (offside of light if driving a LHD in the UK). I have had no problems with the homemade options, and they don't leave a sticky mess like Ferry option. The car is supposed to be fitted with a function/switch that adjusts the lights for UK or Continental driving, but it does not appear to be fitted.

Chris

[hot66]

just been checking out the dipped lights thing for my BMW F10 with Xenons .. supposedly the new BMW's have flat beam lighting , which means they dont need adjustment or deflectors fitted no matter which side your driving on

[pauldvern]

Do 911s take H4 P43 headlight bulbs? If so check these out, a bit cheaper that £600!

http://www.dynamoregulatorconversions.c ... s-shop.php


They are just about to do 6v for 356 too



Paul