I know, I know. Not supposed to put anything but the factory spec bulb in the housing because blinding, cutoff and DOT brightness restrictions, etc. but hear me out. I need something to put in my high beams or driving lights if you will. There is much less restrictions issues running a bad cutoff and blinding light in the highs as you shouldn't be running them where there is other nearby anyways. And definitely not in the city with sufficient lighting around
I currently have xenon bulbs but they do poorly in high beams for the rapid on off that can occur as you turn them off to keep from blinding on coming traffic. While they excel in light output, they only last me a year or two and after the first year start having issues relighting after running for a short bit. So I am considering LEDs as a replacement for the high beams.
I've been looking at Amazon for some and as many of you will know, they are all over the place for specs and lumens. Hard to tell what you are actually getting. Some claiming 30k lumens. Haha. No way. That would probably blind the driver and catch vegetation on fire.
I'm hoping to find something with 3k or more actual lumens in the 5000k color temp range. I need some H7 for my Jetta and 9005 for my trucks. The number of options available and with the false specifications it's so hard to find something good. Anyone have any good recommendations on something worth trying? All the reviews and videos that do actual lumen tests are all outdated or products are no longer on Amazon or maybe been renamed.
I currently have xenon bulbs but they do poorly in high beams for the rapid on off that can occur as you turn them off to keep from blinding on coming traffic. While they excel in light output, they only last me a year or two and after the first year start having issues relighting after running for a short bit. So I am considering LEDs as a replacement for the high beams.
I've been looking at Amazon for some and as many of you will know, they are all over the place for specs and lumens. Hard to tell what you are actually getting. Some claiming 30k lumens. Haha. No way. That would probably blind the driver and catch vegetation on fire.
I'm hoping to find something with 3k or more actual lumens in the 5000k color temp range. I need some H7 for my Jetta and 9005 for my trucks. The number of options available and with the false specifications it's so hard to find something good. Anyone have any good recommendations on something worth trying? All the reviews and videos that do actual lumen tests are all outdated or products are no longer on Amazon or maybe been renamed.