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| chmillman |
 Jun 10 2025, 03:41 PM
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Thinking about replacing my driving lights in the bumper with something more powerful than the 55W halogen H3's that are OEM. However, I haven't found anything that puts out more light that would actually fit in there.
Most of the H3 replacements I have found are either weaker than the 1450 lumens the halogens are supposed to have, or are way longer and thus won't fiit in the reflector. The H3's are actually pretty small bulbs. Posting this here on the off chance that someone has actually found something that works. |
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| JRB1 |
Jun 10 2025, 10:05 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 11-October 24 From: Seattle WA Member No.: 28,405 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
I suspect the 100 Watts refers to the equivalent output rather than the actual power draw. That seems to be pretty typical in the LED world because people are used to buying bulbs by wattage rather than lumens. YMMV
Also be careful installing a larger fuse without checking the ampacity of the wire in the circuit. - Jim |
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chmillman H3 LED replacement for driving lights Jun 10 2025, 03:41 PM
mepstein Spokeworks makes a killer led conversion. Jun 10 2025, 03:56 PM Geezer914 Got these on Amazon Jun 10 2025, 05:03 PM dtmehall be careful. i believe the fuse for the driving lig... Jun 10 2025, 05:12 PM Geezer914 I installed a 10 amp fuse. Jun 10 2025, 05:39 PM
dtmehall
I installed a 10 amp fuse.
I used these
https... Jun 10 2025, 06:05 PM Cairo94507 I have Jerry's (Spokeworks) LED driving lights... Jun 10 2025, 07:59 PM cgnj @geezer914 [b]@[url=http://www.914world.com/bbs2... Jun 10 2025, 08:23 PM porschetub
[b]@[url=http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?s... Jun 10 2025, 08:49 PM Chris914n6 ^^ What Jim said. Likely 100w output for both bulb... Jun 10 2025, 10:37 PM chmillman Hi guys,
Thanks for the replies. The active word... Jun 11 2025, 12:12 AM Cairo94507 @cgnj [b]@[url=http://www.914world.com/bbs2/inde... Jun 11 2025, 07:29 AM dtmehall i purchased driving light housings from 914Werke Jun 11 2025, 01:10 PM 914werke It wasn't clear but I think the OP was referri... Jun 11 2025, 01:24 PM chmillman
It wasn't clear but I think the OP was referr... Jun 12 2025, 02:20 PM anderssj I’m running a pair of Hella 118 driving lights t... Jun 12 2025, 02:32 PM anderssj Ok, found it:
[url=https://www.superbrightleds... Jun 12 2025, 02:41 PM Chris914n6 Handful of good options on Amazon. Being made in c... Jun 12 2025, 05:51 PM chmillman So I’m guessing that the Spokeworks round units ... Jun 13 2025, 06:48 AM Cairo94507 @chmillman - That would be incorrect; my LED fog/... Jun 13 2025, 07:04 AM chmillman
[b]@[url=http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?s... Jun 14 2025, 12:03 PM anderssj Yep, spokeworks’ units are plenty bright. I was ... Jun 13 2025, 09:13 AM anderssj And that can be one of the differences between the... Jun 14 2025, 02:01 PM |
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