What LED lights do you run ? Why?

[Bbasso]

I have trucklite 5X7 LED headlights for 3 reasons.
1 legal.
2 direct easy replacement.
3 bright and more than enough for me especially since the stock lighting couldn't get past 20ft...

A really poor video of my lights at 50 mph.
https://youtu.be/j9GOu-1j5jk

 

[Alphonse]

JW Speaker Evolution J headlights
JW Speaker Fog Lights
JW Speaker Tailights
Baja Designs XL80 4" pod Auxiliary Lights
Generic waterproof LED pod Rock Lights from Deal Extreme
Generic 6" Amazon lightbar for backup light


Top is JW Speaker Headlight Low Beams and Fog Lights

Bottom is with a single pair of 4" cube XL80's added.



The Baja Designs XL80 are amazing lights. The combo driving and flood pattern puts light where I want it and is bright. The pair of XL80 4" pods I installed are about the same total brightness as a typical 50" led light bar or a pair of 8" round HID lights.

 

[Hnoroian]

Cheap led, for the price of 13 of them I can buy one "good" one for my 50". Next to my brother-in-law's 50" Rigid there is very little if any difference with regard to distance, spread, color...

My 50" is not the only ones that myself and other friends run. All of them have been the cheap eBay, or Amazon purchases.

I do take them apart before permanently mounting them and re-silicone the lens and wire input just in case...

 

[SurveyTx1845]

Baja designs....they constantly improve their products and with modular lens for their aux leds combos are nearly limitless front and rear. The XL80 are truly the way to go....so much output and flexibility they give an incredible bang for your buck!!!

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[Hilldweller]

That is exactly the problem with phosphor-based LED technology... SPD as a rule is very poor, however it's downright atrocious at about 4500°K CCT and above. Such LEDs have a very sharp output spike deep within in the blue end of the spectrum, and is what makes them glare so badly. It is why current LED offerings (even with the best of optics) cannot penetrate as deep into the darkness like a good quality halogen incandescent or HID light can.
(and FWIW, I have not seen much SPD improvement in the very high CCT chips that seem to be common in vehicle lighting, most of these improvements have been in lower-CCT stuff for household lighting).




Unfortunately I find them too blue for my tastes also. Until BD (or anyone else for that matter) starts using LEDs in the 3500-4000K range where SPD (along with CRI) is somewhat better, my $$$ stays in my wallet.

They'll get it... ...and probably fairly soon. I think they'll figure out how to make them "round" too and get rid of the blotchy patterns.
Overall, it will result in an inexpensive final result compared to the laser stuff being developed so they'll pursue it.

 

[Mr. Snappy]

LazerLamps. Pair of them stuffed in the bumper.

 

[redthies]

I run solely halogens. Unless you can find heated lenses, the type of snow we get where I go will completely obscure a standard LED in about 5 minutes of driving. I've actually had to stop and scrape the snow off my F250s stock headlights 3x on my way down the mountain from work just to be able to see at all.

 

[kojackJKU]

That's why I am removing my truck lites...and running hella super 7s. Icing up is horrible in this part of the world. Our snow is sloppy, wet and sticky!

 

[ADVW/Liam]

Why??? I have no idea...

I run a pair of Rigid Dualys with an amber filter, and a 30 inch Chinese bar from Trail Worthy Fab. Why???? I have no idea. I was bit by the LED light bar bug, and just had to have one. Then I was bit by the Rigid bug, and bought those. The Rigids reach farther than the bar, but I'm extremely happy that I did not buy a 30 inch Rigid bar. I barely use the bar I have, and I'd be kicking myself if I had spent the BIG money on a Rigid bar. The Rigids are pointed way low, and I use them in inclement weather. The Hella's are tied into my high beams, and are more than enough.
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[yonah]

I run a 31.5" Lifetime LED Lightbar (Amber/White) on my ARB bullbar. It barely fits between the two vertical pillars on the bulbar, but it fits.
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The white LEDs automatically cut on with my high beams. The amber LEDs are actuated via a dash-mounted switch and will only turn on if the low beam headlamps are on. Therefore, the amber automatically disengages and the white engages when the high beams are powered - and vice versa. A few photos are here: https://www.instagram.com/p/_DcHGYBzgw/?taken-by=taco_blanco . I used a Hella relay box to power it (which you can see in one of the photos on my Instagram account as well - https://www.instagram.com/p/_DUWKGhzjU/?taken-by=taco_blanco .
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I spent $240 on the bar. The first bar I purchased from Lifetime had two amber LEDs that malfunctioned out of the box. I promptly returned the bar with Lifetime LED's lifetime warranty. They shipped me the replacement bar with a prepaid shipping label and the whole experience was hassle free. The replacement bar works perfectly and is sealed well. I have about 7k miles on it, and recently returned from a cross country 5k mile road trip, and have zero complaints with the product. It ran about 1/4 the price of similar name brand LED products.

 

[Patrollife]

Up front:
KC Hilites 7" LED Headlights
Baja Designs Squadron Pros Combo
PIAA LP570 LED Spots

Rear:
Rigid Industries Dually Flood

Up next:
Looking at 40"-50" bar for just below my roof rack. Considering Pro Comp, Lifetime LED or Trail Worthy Fab. But I keep swaying back to Baja Designs! Love squadron pros!

Also run Chinese knock-off blue led strips inside for that spontaneous, night-time camping disco ball

 

[Abitibi]

I like superbrightleds, good lights, good price, great warranty. To be honest some big names (Baja, Rigid...) might give you a small advantage ("might") but for the price difference I just can't justify it. Even crappie LED are such a vast improvement over stock lights.

I also run HID for depth.

 

[Regcabguy]

50" Lifetime LED

50" Lifetime LED bar. It's mounted on my chromalloy lightbar.


No snow in decades here.

 

[86cj]

I run a set of the new Hella 4000 compact LED's.... http://www.myhellalights.com/index.php/products/auxiliary-lamps/led/rallye-4000-compact-led/ ..

They reach out over the lowbeams and do have a focused beam with a cutoff to keep glare controllable. I run some nice Ridgid SRQ diffused lights for campsite lighting but have not been a fan of LED lights for driving, they just barf light in everybody's face. While the Hella LED's lights don't barf light they do have a somewhat blotchy pattern, but they do reach out well for LED's and are brighter than my HIR low beams. I have had some success running them on divided highway without complaints but they are an auxillary high beam or driving light.