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Old 05-06-2019, 09:26 AM
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Default The Best LED Headlight Upgrade for your Harley-Davidson?

Recently I did a video comparing my old Headlight set up, the Harley-Davidson Day Maker Head Light with my New Custom Dynamics ProBeam Headlight. I was running a Stock Harley-Davidson Headlight with an LED bulb. I thought it was bright but and it looked great with the Custom Dynamics LED turn signals but it didn't really illuminate the road in front of me all that well. I didn't realize how poor a job that it was actually doing until I installed my New Custom Dynamics ProBeam Headlight. I made a video comparing the New Headlight with my old one and the Harley-Davidson Day maker. Let me know what you think.
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The bass in your video has me cleaning up all the rattling **** off my desk. You do need to level out your sound levels.

The CD light looks like it puts out a solid beam. Would like to see it against a wall to see how solid the beam is.

JW Speakers are what I have now. They work well, not that I have the experience to compare them to much.
 
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The JW Speaker Model 8790 Adaptive 2 seems to be at the top of the field. Especially in regards to features and technology.
 

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The JW Speaker Model 8790 Adaptive 2 seems to be at the top of the field. Especially in regards to features and technology.
Had one on my Street Glide, absolutely the best light out there!
 
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Interesting but there was no High Low beam comparison indicated. So how would we know what you were running?
 
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Old 05-07-2019, 07:56 AM
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The stock HD headlight only had a low beam LED bulb,so that's why I didn't compare high beams. The CD high beams is superior to the Day Makers.i'd like to see how it stacks up to some of the other brands. I may make another video comparing Day Maker to CD Low and High Beams.
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Interesting but there was no High Low beam comparison indicated. So how would we know what you were running?
 
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I'd say good video - it does a great job showing all three side by side while on the road. If you're going to do a follow up video, I'd be interested to see the beam pattern against a wall. Factory headlights are usually tuned to have a sharp cutoff at the top of the beam so you're not blinding oncoming drivers. Some LED's don't, so I'd like to see that comparison.

Hey - since you asked.
 
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I did like the brightness and the beam pattern was great. But I have a 5.75" JW Speaker 8690A now and unless that breaks I don't think I'll be dropping $450. on another bulb anytime soon.
But nice to know it's out there in case.
 
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I have a Vision X Vortex on my Street Glide. Super bright, halo ring and no issues for the last 5 years.
 
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Good comparison vid...thanks! I'm a fan of the new Pro Beams! I have it on my Cross bones.
 


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