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Hella in Europe have try led headlight on vw,and it was a success.It appear little weird,but we know all the advantage of the led.

I like it! looks like soccer ball lol

It does look like a soccer ball. Wait, all my neices and nephews play soccer. If I get those then I will have to replace them when they try to kick them. LOL

Uh oh... Wait 'till the ricers can get these lights! They will go nicely with those way cool chrome radioactive emblems that they found in the rice aisle in Wal*Mart. Anywho, the little LED finally made it to the big time? Really interested to see ho they pulled that off.

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Let's just hope this technology does not fall into the wrong hands... The variety of colors LED's can come in can be dangerous in this application...

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those look awesome. we need to get on top of this BEFORE the honda guys get on it.

I like the projectors, but have not seen these in person. I would Have to see to believe.

Here's some interesting reading on the subject:http://www.germancarfans.com/n....html

I hate cars with LED tails, it hurts your eyes to look at them

LED tech has really taken off - just look at some of the higher end LED bycicle lamps. I got a 1watt LED headlight that is fricken bright!Sylvania is making a street lamp out of LEDs - they claim the bulb will outlast the post it's mounted on.My opinion it's taken too darn long to get an LED headlamp to market... the tech is there - do it!

i love the LED's tail lights. it really depends on how it's design. the best application so far has to be the cadillac dts deville tail lights.

Quote, originally posted by mcgusto82 »i love the LED's tail lights. it really depends on how it's design. the best application so far has to be the cadillac dts deville tail lights.On a car - yes. Those are sweet.I think the best overall application has got to be the round direct replacement LED clusters for semi-truck tail and turn signals. The original incandecent ones where dim and often burned out.Now even dump trucks and semi trailers are easy to see from miles away. Retrofit costs minimized because they use the same OEM wiring, voltage, and mounting.That's a good application of new tech fixing an old tech problem.

Quote, originally posted by mcgusto82 »i love the LED's tail lights. it really depends on how it's design. the best application so far has to be the cadillac dts deville tail lights.Yep. That is a good lookin' application. I was behind an XLR the other day, it wasn't bad too...Safer too, actually... Believe it or not, but the time it takes an LED to illuminate vs. an incandescent can really make a big difference when you're running down the road at 60 MPH. The LED is on at full brightness as soon as current hits that sucker, whereas it takes a slight amount of time for the incandescent to get to its fullest intensity. Check it out next time you're behind a car which has a third LED brake light of some description but also has incandescent tail lamps. But for headlamps, from me playing around with LED's, I can see how this can be kinda tricky to implement this technology there. Hell, I couldn't even replace those tiny little bulbs in the climate controls that blew with LED's. There's quite a bit to it...

Quote, originally posted by binary »I think the best overall application has got to be the round direct replacement LED clusters for semi-truck tail and turn signals. The original incandecent ones where dim and often burned out.Now even dump trucks and semi trailers are easy to see from miles away. Retrofit costs minimized because they use the same OEM wiring, voltage, and mounting.That's a good application of new tech fixing an old tech problem. Absotively! That's a harsh environment for sure, and this technology works wonders for those guys.I really like the white LED license plate lights you'll see on trailers, buses, and the like these days too. I plan some day to figure out a way to have something like that on my car. I have white LED bulbs back there now, but they aren't anywhere near as good as what you find lighting up the plates on the big rigs. Bright!!

Quote, originally posted by ColonelPanic »Absotively! That's a harsh environment for sure, and this technology works wonders for those guys.I really like the white LED license plate lights you'll see on trailers, buses, and the like these days too. I plan some day to figure out a way to have something like that on my car. I have white LED bulbs back there now, but they aren't anywhere near as good as what you find lighting up the plates on the big rigs. Bright!!It just depends on how much wattage/amperage your LED's pull and how bright they were designed. Check out some of the PC Case modding LED clusters - those fsker's are bright! I installed a blue 1000ccd (?) LED on my case for my hard drive activity light... it shines a bright blue circle on the wall behind me every time my HD does something. Didn't expect that!