Installed the new Auxbeam F16 Plus H11 low beam bulbs this evening and I gotta say... nice!
Took about a half hour and it would have been a little faster, but you know how LED lights have a set positive and neutral? They either work or they don't? 50/50 chance? Well, of course, neither one worked the first go-round. Flipping the connector and ta-dah, let there be light!
Like Nick (@
nj6969) I tend to want things locked down as much as possible, so I used some fairly strong 3M double-sided adhesive tape to attach the resistor boxes to an outcropping just below the low beam openings and to the side of the high beam openings. Even if they come undone somehow there really isn't much place for them to go so I'm sure they'd be fine.
The light these new LEDs gives off is, pardon the expression, almost night and day. It's certainly a white light, 7,000 Kelvin I believe, so bordering on blue-ish, but not annoyingly so. It's a world of difference compared to the yellow tint of the OEM halogens. The color difference when switching between the new LED low and old halogen high beams is a bit startling.
Overall the light pattern seems to be very good. They light up the nearby road on both sides extremely well. Illumination in the distance is much improved too. Road signs look like they have their own lights.
I was really concerned about being "that guy". You know the one with the impossibly blinding bright lights that we all can't stand? Some people think it's "cool" to shine megawatt lights into other driver's faces for some reason. It's unsafe and makes them look like idiots IMHO. These headlights are not those. Phew! Traffic was light, but even with oncoming cars directly opposite no one flashed their lights at me. I was prepared, but not-a-one.
As you can see in the photos and unlike some LED headlights I've seen, there is a distinct cut-off above which there is very little light. That's really nice. They shine far enough ahead to open up a dark road, but not high enough to be a bother to others. I've included a side-by-side, before and after for comparison. (Apologies for the lens flare). Just in case, the new LED is on the passenger side in the straight-on and garage door pics.
I'll have to see how they look as daytime running lights. It's supposed to rain all day tomorrow so I'll keep my powder dry, but I'll report back as soon as the sun comes back out.
I did note that the light's cooling fans come on immediately and stay on until the lights go out. You can definitely hear them when the engine's off. After a 20 minute or so drive, the exterior headlight lenses were cold to the touch.
I put the old bulbs in the back just in case, but so far, so good. Since there is such a marked difference I'll probably buy the high beams if these continue to work well for an extended period of time.
Overall I really like these new LED headlights! Thanks @
dano! ?
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