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Headlight Led Upgrade

So i am not so sure if i like the ones i got i just feel like they arent that sharp and idk if i installed them wrong but they seem to be pointing Downwards more than before840841842843
 
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jazzyone said:
Which ones are these? These look like it has pretty wide beam and is evenly distributed. Far better than other beam shots I’ve seen so far, including the LED it installed.
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I also agree the light pattern on this local shop bulb has more even light distribution compared to the Sealight bulb I'm returning to Amazon. This is exact reason I disliked the Sealight bulb so much, plus to me the OEM halogen looked brighter. I just installed the Hikari bulb and we're about to go out for a dinner. We'll see if Hikari is any better. Someone mentioned that he'll be getting the $89 Hikari with 12K lumen. If 9.6K lumen of the Hikari I got is inadequate, I may yet again return back to Amazon for a third time's charm. :D
 
drizzt said:
I also agree the light pattern on this local shop bulb has more even light distribution compared to the Sealight bulb I'm returning to Amazon. This is exact reason I disliked the Sealight bulb so much, plus to me the OEM halogen looked brighter. I just installed the Hikari bulb and we're about to go out for a dinner. We'll see if Hikari is any better. Someone mentioned that he'll be getting the $89 Hikari with 12K lumen. If 9.6K lumen of the Hikari I got is inadequate, I may yet again return back to Amazon for a third time's charm. :D
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Let me know how those are i was thinking of putting those ones on but then i got these

But these have about the same lumens
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Hikari headlight was a lot better than Sealight or the stock halogen. Light was most intense in the center vision (on the road) and adequate periphery. I think 12000lm Hikari would have been better, but I'm still quite satisfied.
 
drizzt said:
Hikari headlight was a lot better than Sealight or the stock halogen. Light was most intense in the center vision (on the road) and adequate periphery. I think 12000lm Hikari would have been better, but I'm still quite satisfied.
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Post some pics of those and i will see if i need to upgrade or just stay with these

This is how the high beam looks btw052C4CDA-A601-433E-AF0E-978F7ADC5F6E.webp
 
jazzyone said:
I assumed you posted low beam shots. Were all your pictures of the high beam or just this one?
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Just this one
But the more i am driving with these on they are actually very widely spreaded
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I bought this ones and they are perfect fit and very bright
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I bought the Sealight bulbs and had a problem with one of them right away, the collar that holds the light in place broke free so the bulb wasn't secure in the socket, it was sort of floppy. We took photos, were impressed with the whiteness of the light but it just didn't seem right. Having not had LED headlights before I thought that may be just how it is, I don't drive at night much anyway... Last Friday night I was driving home in full dark and going down a road that had streetlights further apart than most and could really see the diminished capacity. We'd received a second set of bulbs from Sealight due to the defect, tried those and had the same poor results. Put the halogens back in and could easily see how much better they are at lighting, even with the yellow tinge. I'm posting photos so you can see what we saw. I'll look for something different as I do prefer the white light, but the Sealight bulbs just didn't cut it for us. We thought the headlights themselves needed adjusting but after going back to the halogens it is clear the LED bulbs were the problem.

My photos are all regular beam, not high beam, that's what really matters as it's what we'd be using 99% of the time. The first is the halogen, the 2nd is the first set of LED and the 3rd is the second set of LED. In the second photo you can see lots of dark spots, in the third they are a little better but still have dark spots. The first isn't as bright or maybe is just more yellow but no dark spots. My thought is that with the halogen bulb, the light is emitted in all directions at once since it is a filament in a clear glass bulb and enters the magnifier lens from all ddirections evenly. In the LEDS the light shines from the left and right sides only and has to bounce forward? I'm not sure if that is right, but that is what it looks like to me.


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Although the light patterns are not as smooth as the halogen, your 2nd set of bulbs seem to definitely reach further out, illuminating greater distance. I agree the 1st set looks horrendous. That pretty much looks like what my Sealight bulb looked like but even dimmer. The only place of high illumination was right in the front, but I need to look further ahead for faster reaction time. The only concern is though, your new set might be perceived as high beam to other people. Let us know if you get flashed with high beam a lot while driving at night.
 
If those Sealights are installed correctly (vertical LED shaft in the housing) then I'd say they just aren't suitable for the Telluride. Sealight 2 is an improvement but the way it throws to the left with the left bulb not only takes away from forward vision but is also likely to irritate oncoming drivers, as drizzt says.

I'm looking forward to seeing how the Ultra Hikari look from those who have bought them.
 
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