Looks to me like you cant trust the replacement bulb in an J4 headlamp, unless you pay mega dollars. .
Fast Freddie, you don't appear to have tested your replacement bulbs on the open road at night to let us know how good that are, or whether they blind oncoming motorists when they are on dip beam [ unless I missed something somewhere. ]
Baz, I went into Repco today to enquire about information on LD head lamp bulbs and was told they were illegal in NZ. That's probably because most are just crap.
Ellis, are you saying those lights are really good at night, and don't blind oncoming motorist when on dip beam.
In the second video above, the talk is about having the LED being the same shape and position as the original halogen lamp bulbs, which is what Ellis is mentioning above..
Someone mentioned that the leads are one sided so only reflect off half the reflector in the semi sealed headlamp. In answer to that, My Nighthawk has both beams working on full beam, and that seems to cover that argument. It is a good light in the sense of being really bright and with a magnificent display pattern, but not quite enough illumination to the sides, or is that just because the light is so bright, that my old eyes don't have the power to see the edges of the road.
Dave, that third video concentrates of full LED headlamp assemblies. I guess they are saying they are better [ specifically ] designed than the replacement LED bulbs that are available.
Deets55. Seams you are going down the same road. Specifically recommending the specially made LED assemblies. That's why I originally went with the GEC Nighthawk many years ago. Also, I could not get anyone to tell me if the Nighthawk was only for negative earth, so I insulated it and ran it as negative earth. I think most equipment made now days has a bridge rectifier as part of its wiring, so can be used positive or negative earth. The cheaper LED light bulbs are probably only for negative earth. [ I know, because mt first one failed while I was stuffing are testing it. The second one I fitted the other day to replace one of the other ones and it turned out to be red. F.F.S
L.A.B. thanks for that. Maybe that's why my 850 always passes the NZ WOF without a problem.
Does anyone else have any good comments about what they have found to be good. I do notice, no-one has mentioned the prices of these things. My Nighthawk cost about $250.00 NZ about 8 years or so ago.
Dereck
PS. Dont buy anything like his of Ali express. The Chinese just sell crap and you cant trust the buggers when it comes to guarantee. Mind you, outfit like Trademe and Ebay dont care AND DONT GIVE A F..K WHETHER YOU GET A GOOD DEAL OR NOT. THEY ARE JUST THERE TO CLICK THE TICKET AS IT PASSES THROUGH.
