layback40 wrote:
Always good to make lights better.
Biggest problem is plastic lights. If you put brighter globes in, you risk melting them. In years gone by you could just put a pair of 90/150w globes in & then you could see. I suspect HID & LED get hot as they have such large heat sinks on them.
Good points. Some LEDs definitely do get warm, but typically not to the point of melting anything in their vicinity. Having said that, with LED headlamps most are either cooled actively (fans) or passively (heatsinking). Frankly, I much prefer heatsinks over fans in LED lights simply because a heatsink shouldn't be as much of a risk for failure as a fan - and as long as the heatsink is capable of dissipating the heat generated by the bulb, then everything should be fine.
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Those of us that drive on the other side of the road cant use lights designed for the USA as they dip to the wrong side. There are a lot of good ones out of the EU but dont fit a KJ.
Understood re: RHD vs. LHD beam dipping - I remember having to tape off part of my lights when going from Ireland onto the Continent or they'd blind oncoming traffic. Remembering to remove the tape after getting back usually took until the first night drive when I wondered why my lights were suddenly so awful
That said, the approach I'm taking is an adapter ring that will allow the use of any preferred headlamp mount and 7-inch sealed-beam-style light. This would make RHD or LHD a non-issue, since any light suitable for the locale can be used. The basic idea is to mimic the shape of the mounting points on the rear of the headlamps and provide a vertical surface for the headlamp mounts to attach to. From there, whatever fits your needs can be used.
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I just have a pair of 150w driving lights that come on with high beam.
Which are excellent (I miss the Hellas I had on one my Subaru Brats), but I would be *so* immediately written tickets for that if I used them it's not even funny