Group Buy on LED Headlights, from VintageCarLEDs.com Options

[db9146]

Folks,

A couple of weeks ago, I started looking for some LED headlights. There are a lot on eBay - some with different lenses, some with very funky lenses, and some that are just bulbs.

I have Hella H4s in my -6 and wanted to stay with a stock look yet upgrade my headlights to the same Kelvin color range as the Euro LED turn signal package I got from Spoke a while back (very nice, BTW). I wanted the white of the headlights to match the running lights in the bottom of the front markers. A color of about 6000K was what I was looking for.

After some research and reading some on the board here, I contacted VintagecarLEDs.com and told Thomas what I was looking for. Since I had the H4s with the glass lenses (and I really wanted to stay with them), he suggested that I look at his VC4000s and that if those sounded like what I wanted, he could sell me just the bulbs. Sounded good so I ordered a set.

They shipped quickly and I got them installed before my trip up to the Okteenerfest. They went in easy (not any more than changing an H4 bulb besides the mounting of the small black box with the electronics) and plugged into the stock headlight wiring so no "difficult to undo" mod required. Additionally, the bulbs have an adjustable ring that changes the orientation of the bulb in the housing so when I was installing mine, I looked carefully at the stock H4 bulb and noted the orientation of the bulb element to the three -prong mounting ring that goes into the back of the housing. I then loosened the tiny allen set screw and adjusted the LED bulb to a similar "1 o'clock" position and installed them. The resulting beam had the same pattern as with the original bulbs - no need to even adjust the headlights.



Wow, what a difference. I agree with others on the board here. They work great and really improve night vision as well as lessening the load on the electrical system. I had several guys at Okteenerfest ask me about them so I contacted Thomas and he graciously agreed to offer 10% discount to all 914World member who order from 9/30/16 - 10/14/16. If you want to take advantage, just go to

https://vintagecarleds.com/

and when you're checking out, use the code "914WORLD" (all caps).

Here are some pics.

[Chris914n6]

For $150 I would expect you would have already done comparisons and have the proof in pics that they are indeed an improvement other than you say so. I've done days of research on upgrades and I don't even sell anything.

I also understand geometry enough to know that when the source of light is moved in a reflector the output changes. Plenty of YouTube vids that show LED bulbs actually decrease safety.

[thomas@vintagecarleds.com]

For $150 I would expect you would have already done comparisons and have the proof in pics that they are indeed an improvement other than you say so. I've done days of research on upgrades and I don't even sell anything.

I also understand geometry enough to know that when the source of light is moved in a reflector the output changes. Plenty of YouTube vids that show LED bulbs actually decrease safety.

Well, All I can tell you is to try them out, or check out our feedback on several other sites. (It's all positive, everyone reports a fantastic improvement)

I should have some free time this weekend to take before/after photos (even though a prior post from a Vanagon has them, but those are customer submitted)

It looks like our lights are not for you, so I will let the other various 914world people who purchased their kits speak for themselves on this thread.

Here are various threads about our LEDs:

I would like to mention the Orange VW thing (from thesamba thread) used a very early design of our LED units the "VC2500" which we have phased out due to the "spotlight" pattern.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic...=vintagecarleds

http://turbobricks.com/forums/showthread.p...3403&page=3

http://vanagongeek.blogspot.com/2016/10/he...ed-upgrade.html

[Mblizzard]

For $150 I would expect you would have already done comparisons and have the proof in pics that they are indeed an improvement other than you say so. I've done days of research on upgrades and I don't even sell anything.

I also understand geometry enough to know that when the source of light is moved in a reflector the output changes. Plenty of YouTube vids that show LED bulbs actually decrease safety.

Well, All I can tell you is to try them out, or check out our feedback on several other sites. (It's all positive, everyone reports a fantastic improvement)

I should have some free time this weekend to take before/after photos (even though a prior post from a Vanagon has them, but those are customer submitted)

It looks like our lights are not for you, so I will let the other various 914world people who purchased their kits speak for themselves on this thread.

Here are various threads about our LEDs:

I would like to mention the Orange VW thing (from thesamba thread) used a very early design of our LED units the "VC2500" which we have phased out due to the "spotlight" pattern.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic...=vintagecarleds

http://turbobricks.com/forums/showthread.p...3403&page=3

http://vanagongeek.blogspot.com/2016/10/he...ed-upgrade.html

I am sure there are a number of vids that show doing things wrong, with mismatched components, and improper aiming can lead to decreased safety. But I just don't get the impression that what is being presented here.

I placed a set of cheap HIDs into standard H4 reflectors and knew it was wrong when I hit the switch. The HIDs went into the trash. I have seen people with light systems that fail to understand that the brightest light is not the best. Power is nothing without control.

All that I can see here and on the site seems to be a light system that is well matched, controlled, and unlikely to decrease safety.