Thanks for all these interesting ideas about replacing globes with LEDs. I see some people have replaced Hi beams with LED (22W and 30W) , gshepard reports 140F temperature. I am wondering why these units get so hot, and how that compares to the halogens they replace? Is there a problem with the head being moved from the globe (central inside headlamp enclosure) to the base (seems to be outside headlamp enclosure into the dust cap)?
Apart from the fact it is LED, I don't see any advantage to changing the blinkers given you have to place a resistor into the circuit, does that mean it is using the same amount of power? Sort of defeats the point of reducing power by using LEDs, and blinkers do not get the advantage of bright white light you get with LEDs, so wondering if there is something I am missing with that part of the conversion.
I started by changing my Parking lights, seems easy enough, but now I am wondering if I need to change the Hi beam due to some comments that the heat of that lamp might damage the LED. I don't use Hi beam very often, so I don't think it is a problem. But I hate that the colour of the Hi beam is so yellow compared to the Lo beam. For me it is almost (not quite) useless having the Hi beam on, it makes so little difference to the visibility.
I'm interested to change the fog lamps and think turning them into DRL sounds like a good idea. I never use the Fog lamps as they add no value to normal driving, and they are not true Fog lamps anyway. On my 2012 Leaf is I leave the Fog lamp switch on, and the main switch in Auto, then Lo beam and Fog lamps come on. Not really the effect I was looking for, but probably Ok.
There is so many LEDs to choose from, and so much information about what works and how to install them, this is a very useful discussion topic. Really appreciated.
Apart from the fact it is LED, I don't see any advantage to changing the blinkers given you have to place a resistor into the circuit, does that mean it is using the same amount of power? Sort of defeats the point of reducing power by using LEDs, and blinkers do not get the advantage of bright white light you get with LEDs, so wondering if there is something I am missing with that part of the conversion.
I started by changing my Parking lights, seems easy enough, but now I am wondering if I need to change the Hi beam due to some comments that the heat of that lamp might damage the LED. I don't use Hi beam very often, so I don't think it is a problem. But I hate that the colour of the Hi beam is so yellow compared to the Lo beam. For me it is almost (not quite) useless having the Hi beam on, it makes so little difference to the visibility.
I'm interested to change the fog lamps and think turning them into DRL sounds like a good idea. I never use the Fog lamps as they add no value to normal driving, and they are not true Fog lamps anyway. On my 2012 Leaf is I leave the Fog lamp switch on, and the main switch in Auto, then Lo beam and Fog lamps come on. Not really the effect I was looking for, but probably Ok.
There is so many LEDs to choose from, and so much information about what works and how to install them, this is a very useful discussion topic. Really appreciated.