05-19-2018, 06:20 PM | #1 |
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Are stock halogen headlights projectors or reflectors?
Can’t seem to find this answer anywhere. Can someone please tell me if stock halogen headlights on 2015 F30’s are projectors or reflectors?
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05-19-2018, 07:15 PM | #4 |
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Great question... I'm about to upgrade my halogen's as well...
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05-20-2018, 10:37 AM | #6 |
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I went with these for my low beams... some other members have had good reviews on them.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2xH11-H7-H1...72.m2749.l2649 Looking for LED fogs as well... I'm seeing tons of plug and play options (much like the parking and DRL) Can anyone recommend a quality H8 LED fog replacement bulb that has a very white (not blue) appearance? Last edited by sspade; 05-20-2018 at 10:45 AM.. |
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05-20-2018, 10:50 AM | #7 |
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Please don't put HIDs in a reflector housing. It will blind other drivers.
I did this on one of my other cars and it was awful. Yes, they are very bright, but they throw light everywhere. I wound up doing a projector retrofit with parts from the retrofit source. It came out very nice, but it's a quite a bit of work and involves baking you headlights in the oven to separate the lens from the body. LEDs should work nicely though in your stock housings, I would think. I believe another member recently posted a thread about an aftermarket projector housing that looked very nice, in my opinion. |
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05-20-2018, 02:40 PM | #10 |
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That depends on the bulb. Whether LED or HID the lighting element must be in the same position in the reflector as the filament of a halogen bulb. Some are, some aren't. It's less critical with a projector, since the projector lens does most of the beam focusing.
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Here are a few. It was a lot of fun.
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Brand names of the Hi & Low bulbs, pls? Murf |
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