[dicky.hillary]

I've ordered a set of the Samsung DRLs as recommended in another thread. I'll be reporting back when they arrive.

[Theone88]

Check out the other thread, looks like there's different batches of k ratings.

Mine look a bit too purple for me.

[davethefish]

Originally Posted by Thackers

By the way i have some Cree LED DRLs on order.
ill let you know how they compare to the Samsung..

hi Thackers,
thought i'd re post your reply here away from the 403m wheel thread.

are they these ones from the same supplier 'cortse'?
showing £20.16 delivered...

look to be 6000k.
500k down from previous 6500k gen, LED drl's so should be whiter...
25w v's 10w but only 100 lumens up from 650 to 750?
i think the cree leds will be much brighter than that.

if they are brighter i'll more than likely get a set.
as they are still pretty cheap....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3609424078...84.m1423.l2649

[Thackers]

Originally Posted by davethefish

hi Thackers,
thought i'd re post your reply here away from the 403m wheel thread.

are they these ones from the same supplier 'cortse'?
showing £20.16 delivered...

look to be 6000k.
500k down from previous 6500k gen, LED drl's so should be whiter...
25w v's 10w but only 100 lumens up from 650 to 750?
i think the cree leds will be much brighter than that.

if they are brighter i'll more than likely get a set.
as they are still pretty cheap....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3609424078...84.m1423.l2649

That's the ones Dave.
Cortse has been chasing a pure white Samsung LED for me as the spare set I purchased were more purple than the first set.

He's sending me both the new samsung pure white and the Cree aswell.

Before the new Samsung had arrived with him he said the Cree were a lot brighter and could send me those instead, but will have to see when they arrive.

He said they're exactly the same fitting but 25w instead of 24w

I'll let you know as soon as they land..

[davethefish]

Originally Posted by Thackers

That's the ones Dave.
Cortse has been chasing a pure white Samsung LED for me as the spare set I purchased were more purple than the first set.

He's sending me both the new samsung pure white and the Cree aswell.

Before the new Samsung had arrived with him he said the Cree were a lot brighter and could send me those instead, but will have to see when they arrive.

He said they're exactly the same fitting but 25w instead of 24w

I'll let you know as soon as they land..

Cheers m8,

did you see the amber indicator cree's as well...?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/No-Error-P...-/310967275857

[Thackers]

Originally Posted by davethefish

Cheers m8,

did you see the amber indicator cree's as well...?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/No-Error-P...-/310967275857

They look well.
Once I fit the Cree DRLs and I've run them error free for a while I'll take a look.

[Thackers]

Dave

Below is the New Pure White Samsung(Top) v Cree

The New Samsung seems brighter than the original batch and definitely brighter than the 25 W "Cree" which I don't fully understand.

The Cree model has less LED's in total though which is evident from the listing pictures but the quoted power output if correct obviously doesn't resemble my findings..

[davethefish]

Originally Posted by Thackers

Dave

Below is the New Pure White Samsung(Top) v Cree

The New Samsung seems brighter than the original batch and definitely brighter than the 25 W "Cree" which I don't fully understand.

The Cree model has less LED's in total though which is evident from the listing pictures but the quoted power output if correct obviously doesn't resemble my findings..

that's a bit disappointing,
i expected the cree leds to be much brighter,
some of the H8 cree bulbs are bright enough to drive around at night with!
so why do they have so much trouble with DRL's...?

[davethefish]

just to resurrect this old thread.
i bought a pair of these on a whim,
they look significantly brighter than my previous led DRL's and are more noticeable from a distance as they have a larger lighting 'surface'.
they actually produce a beam of light from the reflector similar to the oem filament bulbs.

they do look yellow-y in the headlamp when the car is not running.
but when driving either your drls are on, or the low beams are so bright they wash them out with light...

(edit) just noticed the cheeky scrote has a pic of my car in his ebay listing with my old drl's!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3612510033...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT







they also do a H7 version which i'm thinking of getting, either for the main beam's if they are too bright..hmmm seems unlikely...
or low beams if they are bright enough.

they are 'specced' at 3800 lumens which is much higher than 1800 lumens of a standard halogen...that is if they do produce that much 'useable' light.

[teaston]

Originally Posted by davethefish

just to resurrect this old thread.
i bought a pair of these on a whim,
they look significantly brighter than my previous led DRL's and are more noticeable from a distance as they have a larger lighting 'surface'.
they actually produce a beam of light from the reflector similar to the oem filament bulbs.

they do look yellow-y in the headlamp when the car is not running.
but when driving either your drls are on, or the low beams are so bright they wash them out with light...

(edit) just noticed the cheeky scrote has a pic of my car in his ebay listing with my old drl's!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3612510033...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT







they also do a H7 version which i'm thinking of getting, either for the main beam's if they are too bright..hmmm seems unlikely...
or low beams if they are bright enough.

they are 'specced' at 3800 lumens which is much higher than 1800 lumens of a standard halogen...that is if they do produce that much 'useable' light.

If those H7's really are brighter than halogens then they'll be no different to the aftermarket HID xenon bulbs that chavs go round blinding everyone with!

[Thackers]

Originally Posted by davethefish

just to resurrect this old thread.
i bought a pair of these on a whim,
they look significantly brighter than my previous led DRL's and are more noticeable from a distance as they have a larger lighting 'surface'.
they actually produce a beam of light from the reflector similar to the oem filament bulbs.

they do look yellow-y in the headlamp when the car is not running.
but when driving either your drls are on, or the low beams are so bright they wash them out with light...

(edit) just noticed the cheeky scrote has a pic of my car in his ebay listing with my old drl's!



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3612510033...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT







they also do a H7 version which i'm thinking of getting, either for the main beam's if they are too bright..hmmm seems unlikely...
or low beams if they are bright enough.

they are 'specced' at 3800 lumens which is much higher than 1800 lumens of a standard halogen...that is if they do produce that much 'useable' light.

Still going strong my Samsung LEDs.....I bought 2 extra sets at the time but still on the first set...haha

If there's a definite uplift, I think I'll give em a try for the price Dave....

Let me know how you find the H7s...

[davethefish]

Originally Posted by teaston

If those H7's really are brighter than halogens then they'll be no different to the aftermarket HID xenon bulbs that chavs go round blinding everyone with!

i agree with that, i hate after market HID's in halogen reflectors!
what i'm hoping for is something that is a little brighter than a standard 'yellow' halogen, but with a crisp white light.

without losing the brightness by having a blue bulb to filter out the yellow wavelength as my mtec 'super white' 4350k bulbs do.
as they are not as powerful as standard yellow halogens.
i seriously doubt the LED's will have an output of light anything like hid's....

and as the end of the LED H7 bulb is shielded and not lit, the same as the end of a halogen lamp.
so it should spread the light only in the reflector, and not dazzle like the HID conversion kits, open un-shielded ends do...

[ATL0501]

Originally Posted by davethefish

i agree with that, i hate after market HID's in halogen reflectors!
what i'm hoping for is something that is a little brighter than a standard 'yellow' halogen, but with a crisp white light.

without losing the brightness by having a blue bulb to filter out the yellow wavelength as my mtec 'super white' 4350k bulbs do.
as they are not as powerful as standard yellow halogens.
i seriously doubt the LED's will have an output of light anything like hid's....

and as the end of the LED H7 bulb is shielded and not lit, the same as the end of a halogen lamp.
so it should spread the light only in the reflector, and not dazzle like the HID conversion kits, open un-shielded ends do...

If you give these a try. Keep us updated. Really curious to know how they look and how much light they throw around

[davethefish]

Originally Posted by Thackers

Still going strong my Samsung LEDs.....I bought 2 extra sets at the time but still on the first set...haha

If there's a definite uplift, I think I'll give em a try for the price Dave....

Let me know how you find the H7s...

my samsungs are still fine too
and i bought a set of the cree ones to try but thought they weren't as bright as the samsungs.

to be fair the samsung leds themselves are still bright,
but it's small points of light that isn't so visible from a distance imo.

this one looks to my eyes brighter and whiter,
and as it illuminates a larger surface area is more visible.
what it actually needs is a perspex diffuser in front of the bulb to be illuminated.
that would look like all the standard LED DRL's.

think we have a lux meter somewhere at work, would be good to get some readings....

but then there is no reason BMW couldn't have put LED angel eye DRL's on halogen headlights.
or even better made xenon standard, like skoda and just about every other car maker...

[Thackers]

Originally Posted by davethefish

my samsungs are still fine too
and i bought a set of the cree ones to try but thought they weren't as bright as the samsungs.

to be fair the samsung leds themselves are still bright,
but it's small points of light that isn't so visible from a distance imo.

this one looks to my eyes brighter and whiter,
and as it illuminates a larger surface area is more visible.
what it actually needs is a perspex diffuser in front of the bulb to be illuminated.
that would look like all the standard LED DRL's.

think we have a lux meter somewhere at work, would be good to get some readings....

but then there is no reason BMW couldn't have put LED angel eye DRL's on halogen headlights.
or even better made xenon standard, like skoda and just about every other car maker...

What made you try these particular LEDs??

Have you tried a few others?...like you the Cree lights went back in the garage as they are definitely not as bright as the Samsung.

I can't see your car on the listing you provided the link for?

[davethefish]

Originally Posted by Thackers

What made you try these particular LEDs??

Have you tried a few others?...like you the Cree lights went back in the garage as they are definitely not as bright as the Samsung.

I can't see your car on the listing you provided the link for?

we have been upgrading all the lighting at work from flourescent to LED. several thousand units eventually. in many different fixtures.

we had samples of lots of different LED types, including cree and the COB type as use in the new DRL bulbs i bought,
the COB type what is now used to replace all our exterior lighting from 50w 2D flourescent lamps to 500w halgen arc lamps.

they are very bright, and so far reliable too.
and not as prone to burning out the led drivers as cree type lamps.
i was very impressed by them.

as for the ebay link if you scroll to the right on the images,
the corner of my car is there complete with my neighbours side wall.
and i think either teastons car or another similar estoril blue car is too

[JM85]

That EB car is mine, where did you find that image??

For reference mine are the Horizon ones not eBay, unless its Horizon selling on eBay

[davethefish]

Originally Posted by JM85

That EB car is mine, where did you find that image??

For reference mine are the Horizon ones not eBay, unless its Horizon selling on eBay

this ebay page (scroll the images to the right)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3612510033...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

[JM85]

Originally Posted by davethefish

this ebay page (scroll the images to the right)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3612510033...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Cheeky tw@ts, its not even these bulbs in my car!!

[Thackers]

Originally Posted by davethefish

this ebay page (scroll the images to the right)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3612510033...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Dave are the new COBs still going ok?...just about to order a set myself.

[davethefish]

Originally Posted by Thackers

Dave are the new COBs still going ok?...just about to order a set myself.

yes m8 still working fine.

on the road i get some very curious looks from other bmw drivers with the halogen headlamps and oem 'piss yellow' drls...
like.... "how come his DRL's are bright white!?"

[rajan29]

Originally Posted by davethefish

yes m8 still working fine.

on the road i get some very curious looks from other bmw drivers with the halogen headlamps and oem 'piss yellow' drls...
like.... "how come his DRL's are bright white!?"

Hi Dave,

Do you still recommend this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3612510033...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT ? how long do they last?

Thanks