Has anyone tried these instead of hid bulbs? I've given up on hid bulbs. Never seem to work right especially in the winter.

 

Really? Have you tried XenonDepot? It got down to like -10 in CT one day and my bulbs and balasts had no issues.

LED's in the aftermarket don't emit as much light as HID's do, and most people only recommend using them for fogs.

 

My XenonDepot HID kit works flawlessly down to -35C (coldest I've had the unfortunate opportunity to test at), it's one of the best mods I've done to this vehicle by far.

I'm not sold on LED's for headlights, I don't think they focus the light where it's intended to go the same way.

 

Had XenonDepot and a different brand. Are you guys leaving them in auto? Because thats when mine would act up. Everyone suggested that i not use the auto headlamp function. And thats not right.

 

I would think it's more of a wiring/juice issue. What are you grounding to? How secure are your connections? How new is your battery?

 

My 5ish year old set of Kensun ballasts and bulbs has been fine as well in negative digits. And they were only $35 on Amazon. You may have another issue. Mine are always on auto.

 

Did you just replace the Ballast and Bulbs and make your own kit for $35?

 

Bought the complete kit. They're really cheap now.

 

In theory they'd work just as well as a halogen bulb if not better in a projector housing, since the projector is designed to focus the light forward. You wouldn't have a bunch of wasted light scatter like you would in a typical halogen housing.

 

I had the OEM low beam halogen bulb go out a few weeks back on my 05 GX. I purchased these to replace:

OPT7 CREE 60w H11 H8 H9 LED Headlight Bulb 6K White Xenon Light Conversion Kit

EXTREMELY SATISFIED! Significantly better than OEM halogens. Plug-n-play. Would've been a 10 minute job, but I had to mess with the battery some on the driver's side to get its bulb in. Thus, a 20 minute job.

I did the HID conversion on my 04 LX. Nice lights, but not a plug-n-play conversion. Plus, had one ballast die in a year.

I think the LED conversion is a good balance of cost, ease of installation, and quality of light. If the reliability is there, then zero complaints. Can't opine much on the reliability yet...

 

Everyone loves pictures.....


Low beam only:


Low beam and fogs:



Low beams and high beams:



Lights in the daytime:



Passenger bulb assembly:



Driver side bulb assembly:

 

That sure does look impressive especially because of plug and play LED . I never wanted hassle of HID but always wanted to upgrade. I will probably order them soon.

Thanks for sharing.

 

Second this... Went with the OPT7 in my GX low beam and its great. Only thing is now the low beams are so good i can hardly tell when I turn my Baja Designs Fogs on. Guess I better upgrade the fogs now.

 

Nice pictures but I couldn't stop noticing that it's dark and still 92 degrees!

 

Ordered my OPT7 Kit from Amazon. Will update once i get them installed after delivery.