HIDs with external ballasts were easy to install. Color is awesome and light output for both high and low is terrific. Warmup takes seconds, so truly never an issue. EX HID Xenon headlight replacement
Next to actually taking a headlight out to see exactly what might be in the
I think that’s what differentiates the Twelvolts. The wedge design appears to be optimized for the Telluride’s projector housing to avoid any dark spots. I noticed immediate improvement and driving at night feels much safer.
Is there any heating issue in the housing and do you here the noise of LED fan when your inside vehicle?
First pic is the Twelvolts on low beam. Second pic is with high beams. Specks on the windshield are from a light rain drizzle.
Fairly certain that @Rich06 is talking about the Precisions from Twelvolt.
Thanks for posting this. They really look good. They look as bright as my wife's stock SX LED's. Hers may be just a tad wider but for putting LED's in a Halogen projector headlight they really look awesome and might be hard to beat. I'm impressed. I think Kia did a good job with there projector housings too.
I have a ‘17 Hyundai with curve adaptive HID projectors that scored very high on IIHS. By comparison these LED bulbs in the Telluride’s projector housing aren’t quite as wide a view as that car, but not bad for under $100 and a massive improvement over the OEM halogens.
You are right. I think ESPECIALLY for $100 they are great. The way they look online I think they would be hard to beat at any price. I can only imagine how much the stock LED's in the SX would cost to replace from the dealer. I bet they would be more than $100.
WOW. That is ridiculous.
That's crazy...
The only upgrade I suggest to the headlight bulbs are 9011/HIR1 halogen bulbs, not any sort of LED bulb. 9011 bulbs put out 33% more lumens at the same or slightly lesser power consumption as 9005 bulbs.
As far as LED bulbs go, here's a scorecard.
I'll sum it up:
1) 27 out of 27 headlamps with retrofit LED bulbs failed basic photometric testing: too much glare, too little distance illumination, or both. All of the halogen bulbs, however, easily passed photometric testing.
2) 6 out of the 9 LED bulbs tested in a projector headlamp produced too much glare, often at multiple test points (rear view mirror glare, oncoming vehicle glare)
3) 1 of the 9 LED bulbs tested in a projector matched the halogen bulb for distance illumination. The other 8 out of the 9 LED bulbs mostly didn't achieve half the values set by the halogen bulb.
In other words, the probability of the "Sealight 9005 LED bulb" working well (minimizing glare and maximizing distance illumination) would be unprecedented, for one thing. The probability is likely close to 0. The probability of, however, a 9005 --> 9011 bulb conversion working well is 100%, as the 9011 bulb precisely matches a 9005 bulb in the critical dimensions and source image characteristics.
Just to put everything in context: both Americans and Europeans have been working on defining what exactly a valid LED retrofit is for the last several years. The problem isn't as simple as "pick a LED with a row of 3 or 4 chips in a straight line," to say the least. As a result, any sort of LED bulb on the market today is not standards-compliant, because there are no standards. Perhaps not everyone shares my view, but my view is that running non-standards compliant safety equipment is not the wisest of ideas.
The Diode Dynamics LED were not acceptable. I am going to try the Twelvolt that others have recommended on other posts here. I’ll let you know how it goes. The people from Twelvolt assure me that these lights work well on the Telluride.
I’m very pleased with my Twelvolts. They had great customer service and I feel they are bright enough to improve visibility over the stock halogens but not so much that it creates a ton of glare. I also have not found any dark spots. These very well could be the best LED configuration for the Telluride projector housing.
