Bought hd LED headlight. Disappointed. See why
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Bought hd LED headlight. Disappointed. See why
I was going to buy the Trucklite LED headlights. Read all the great reviews. I ended up
buying the HD ones because the reviews, the pics and videos seem to indicate that the light disperses better ( meaning you see farther away mostly on the sides). Well , that ended up being true. No disappointments there. The problem is that I I no longer see
well at night because of my eye's light absorption is poor.
I need to see clearly several feet in front of me on the hiway not on the sides. Yeah,light dispersion on the sides could help seeing someone on the side of the road or a deer but that is the unusual case. The most commoncase is debree on the road in front of you comming at you at a very high rate of speed and the HD lights do not ilumenate very strongly past 20 feet in front of the bike BECAUSE it is dispersing the light to the sides. However, the Trucklites seem , based on the pics and videos, to put most of the light energy in front of the bike which is where you need it most. I hope this helps those of you looking to get LED headlights.
I would say the HD LED lights are a bit better than my regular lights even with a PIAA H4 but not worth the $500.
buying the HD ones because the reviews, the pics and videos seem to indicate that the light disperses better ( meaning you see farther away mostly on the sides). Well , that ended up being true. No disappointments there. The problem is that I I no longer see
well at night because of my eye's light absorption is poor.
I need to see clearly several feet in front of me on the hiway not on the sides. Yeah,light dispersion on the sides could help seeing someone on the side of the road or a deer but that is the unusual case. The most commoncase is debree on the road in front of you comming at you at a very high rate of speed and the HD lights do not ilumenate very strongly past 20 feet in front of the bike BECAUSE it is dispersing the light to the sides. However, the Trucklites seem , based on the pics and videos, to put most of the light energy in front of the bike which is where you need it most. I hope this helps those of you looking to get LED headlights.
I would say the HD LED lights are a bit better than my regular lights even with a PIAA H4 but not worth the $500.
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lot more expensive lesson than my experiment with an HID lightbulb in the stock housing/reflector. Sounds like the same results as yours. Very good lighting to the left and right, but down the road no better or perhaps worse than the factory.
My $150 HID Kit was removed after a week and boxed back up and put on the shelf as a failed experiment.
Actually had considered a Harley upgrade, but not the LED - too much dinero for me.
My $150 HID Kit was removed after a week and boxed back up and put on the shelf as a failed experiment.
Actually had considered a Harley upgrade, but not the LED - too much dinero for me.
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I thought the dual bulb kit used standard halogen bulbs?
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