Another Option for LED headlights ?
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Dr.Jeff
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At this years AAPEX show I was talking with one of the Hella engineers.
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HELLA is a listed, internationally positioned automotive supplier operating under the umbrella brand FORVIA.
I asked what the latest developments are in headlighting, is LED still the direction they are going or something else. He said still LED but in a new approach. The lighting system incorporates a number of diodes of various sizes, locations, powers, etc and they are all driven by circuitry that is tied into the car's main computers. That way the headlights automatically react to a bunch of variables like speed, road conditions, weather, traffic ahead and oncoming, ambient light levels, etc. Very sophisticated technology to adapt the headlight out put in terms of intensity, direction, quantity, quality, etc. And all of it is automatic; no more "high and low beams" or even headlight switches. They had a sample unit from a Mercedes currently under development on display...very high tech looking and nothing like we might imagine a headlight to be.
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That's like me getting a tattoo on my ass. Most of the time people won't see it. haha.
But what mamma don't know won't hurt her.
KBabcock
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Another new head light alternative is lasers, BMW and other German manufacture have build porotype that far outperform any other type of headlights.At this years AAPEX show I was talking with one of the Hella engineers.
Homepage | Hella
HELLA is a listed, internationally positioned automotive supplier operating under the umbrella brand FORVIA.www.hella.com
I asked what the latest developments are in headlighting, is LED still the direction they are going or something else. He said still LED but in a new approach. The lighting system incorporates a number of diodes of various sizes, locations, powers, etc and they are all driven by circuitry that is tied into the car's main computers. That way the headlights automatically react to a bunch of variables like speed, road conditions, weather, traffic ahead and oncoming, ambient light levels, etc. Very sophisticated technology to adapt the headlight out put in terms of intensity, direction, quantity, quality, etc. And all of it is automatic; no more "high and low beams" or even headlight switches. They had a sample unit from a Mercedes currently under development on display...very high tech looking and nothing like we might imagine a headlight to be.
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Dr.Jeff
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Dr.Jeff
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As mentioned in the linked article there are aftermarket lights that combine laser and LED diodes. However like they said, they are not the same level of design as the vehicle manufacturers are engineering.Another new head light alternative is lasers, BMW and other German manufacture have build porotype that far outperform any other type of headlights.
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Datsun Guy
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Sold my X to son in law this week so he wouldn't spend his money on buying some strangers problem car. He immediately ordered the MWB led lights ( to replace perfectly good Hella H4's???)
Not really impressed by them at all, high and low beams are backward now, need to have switch on high to get low beam, and had to adjust them down so far the adjusting screw popped out of the headlight bucket, needed to disassemble and re attach. Fully down and still too high, bright as hell, but an unfocused mess compared to the clean focus and cutoff on the Hellas, in my opinion.
Appear to be generic Chinese led modules in generic H4 housings, nothing you can't get on ebay or Amazon.
His car now, I'm just the tech advisor, but I'll be sure to get my H4's back if he decides not to return the LEDs.
Not really impressed by them at all, high and low beams are backward now, need to have switch on high to get low beam, and had to adjust them down so far the adjusting screw popped out of the headlight bucket, needed to disassemble and re attach. Fully down and still too high, bright as hell, but an unfocused mess compared to the clean focus and cutoff on the Hellas, in my opinion.
Appear to be generic Chinese led modules in generic H4 housings, nothing you can't get on ebay or Amazon.
His car now, I'm just the tech advisor, but I'll be sure to get my H4's back if he decides not to return the LEDs.
Dr.Jeff
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Assuming you mean the headlight adjusting screw on the trim ring, where the actual headlight mounts. You can also adjust the raised resting height of the whole headlight bucket (pop-up lid) relative to the body. By allowing the bucket to sit higher, the headlight itself will be aimed up more. Then do the fine adjustment on the trim ring.