how are the taillights, did you have to add a resistor or was it part of the bulb?
I had added Taillights to mine, the 3157 sylvanias but I removed them because they didn't seem much brighter than stock. I didn't have to add resistors either, they plugged in and we're good. If you do it go with the Red instead of a clear led bulb, but I tried both and it didn't seem much brighter to me, red may have been slightly brighter. I returned them to advance and may just black my taillights out after I get my taillight guards built.
bamwholesale was where I bought mine. Unfortunately they're backordered everywhere by about 1-2 months.
Ok so that's 30 feet the shot above I did was at the end of my driveway which is 70 feet long and I was sitting half in the road so at least 60 ft and it looks pretty comparable or maybe even slightly brighter than the stock ones you have. Plus I see a clean cutoff at 60 feet out. I have never been flashed in over 4 months since installing them.Please, please don't be that guy with LED bulbs in a halogen reflector headlight. Those are 90% of the vehicles you see going down the road blinding the shit out of people. They don't have the proper light cutoff like any DOT approved LED headlight. Brake, tail, and turns are ok since they're reflected through a defused lens but headlights are specificially designed to throw light.
Halogen reflectors are designed to focus the light of a bulb to a given point, proper LED headlights are designed to disperse the light across a given plane. Just look at the shot above and compare it to mine below. LED bulbs still give hot spots and uneven light while the OEM lights are very uniform. The hot spot in the center of my shot is the factory driver side halogen vs the factory LED passenger at about ~30ft. The light uniformity and brightness is not even close to the factory LED lights.
I just did the factory LED conversion and it's worth every penny and then some. A quick test drive with one of each and it's absurd how much clearer the LED side is and how much further down the road things illuminate.
Yeah I'm on wranglerforum under.the same handle
You can't compare brightness in two pictures without using the same exposure settings. Mine is taken in a well lit parking garage, yours was taken in your driveway at night so of course your lights will appear brighter. Either way, quality of light, not raw brightness, is what matters with headlights.
That's a totally inaccurate statement. I had my wife drive at me while I was in our BMW 440I at night and on a dark road to test your theory as well as get behind me and it does not blind or get in your eyes. Once adjusted they sit on the rear of a car/truck just like any stock headlight would, and I was in a much lower BMW 440i. I'm not saying that yours aren't better, I would hope they would be for $600+ a set but they aren't your only option anymore. Bulbs have come a long way. I used to to be a bulb basher as well, and I figured I'd give these a shot since I was able to grab a set from a forum member for $20. They are a huge upgrade over stock and plenty bright so you can see driving down the road, about all you really need.
Yep just mentioned the Cibies in the post above, now those are great headlights
Nope it was plug and go. I wish I remembered which ones because first set did not fit. The HR guys got it taken care of. I sold them to a JL guy
