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Any one find good quality LED bulbs to work in the RT Headlights
It appears that there are LED bulbs that work in projector style headlights on the market now, any one try any yet?
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LED's
SpyderAnn01 mentioned she was going to be putting them in Hers ......But when asked for for further info ...............none given............Good luck, others here are interested also...............Mike
Last edited by BLUEKNIGHT911; 01-28-2015 at 11:38 AM.
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I am interested as well and
Originally Posted by bluestratos
I will let you know :-)
will be following this thread..
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We have been very busy working on other people's Spyders and mine has been left unrepaired. I'm hoping that next week my Spyder will get a turn and I'll get the LEDs installed.
2017 F3T-SM6 Squared Away Mirror Wedgies & Alignment
2014 RTS-SM6 123,600 miles Sold 11/2017
2014 RTL-SE6 8,600 miles
2011 RTS-SM5 5,000 miles
2013 RTS-SM5 burned up with 13,200 miles in 13 weeks
2010 RTS-SM5 59,148 miles
2010 RT- 622
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KBCarStuff.com is a vendor on this site. I had their LED's on my 2010 RT and have them on my 2014 RTS. Ignore the pun but he difference is night and day.
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Can you please expand
Originally Posted by Papa
KBCarStuff.com is a vendor on this site. I had their LED's on my 2010 RT and have them on my 2014 RTS. Ignore the pun but he difference is night and day.
your experience with the LED's. Part number used, installation experience, difference in nighttime driving etc. Thanks!
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The bulbs I ordered were : 9005 / HB3 4300k Xtreme Xenon HID . The wiring harness that comes with DOES NOT have to be installed when using these on a Spyder.
The stock lights are more of a yellow color, theses are a bright white and cover a larger arc of light. Since the Spyder uses a lens to go from normal to bright light the only effect is the light shines higher, same as the stock lights.
All I can say about the experience is that if I didn't have them I would avoid riding at night. We have deer in the area and riding the country wooded roads at night would simply be to dangerous. The LED's make a enormous difference.
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HID and LED are vastly different bulbs. Check wiredux, supporting vendor, he has LED headlight bulbs available.
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Last edited by BLUEKNIGHT911; 01-28-2015 at 03:52 PM.
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Well I tried the 80 watt LEDs and no go, they put out less light than the stock bulbs, nice and white but not as bright. Also, they are too long for the dust cover on the back of the headlight assembly. If you leave it off or cut the cover the fan in the LED would push dust into the headlight area.
But.. I tried rewiring my HID's and fixed the problem, no more strobing and going out. I had run them for 6 months via my fuse panel that is powered off of a accessory line with no problems but a few weeks back they started acting up. Today I ran the power to the HID relay directly from the battery and it fixed the problem. My hunch is that I was drawing too much power over all.
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Last edited by Marker; 01-31-2015 at 06:40 PM.
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LED 9005
Just received these in the mail, when the garage warms up I will put them in.
http://www.superbrightleds.com/morei...kit/2117/4802/
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Last edited by BLUEKNIGHT911; 02-01-2015 at 01:02 AM.
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Originally Posted by garb55
I used the H-11 HID kit from Xenondepot
What I was trying to explain in my earlier post was the bulb will fit in the Spyder RT
The 9005 and the H-11 use the same housing but the HID bulbs need the kit to start with
Hope that makes sense
Don
Thanks Don that makes sense now
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H-4 HEADLIGHTS ?????
Originally Posted by bobbobtar
I have a 2014 RT-S the headlights are 9005 maybe you were looking at the fog lights, if it doesn't work out I will use them on my Chevy 2500HD
.............No I have an RT basic ( no fog lites )....The manual only lists HEADLIGHTS 2 X 60w...Halogen ( H-4 )....................Mike
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FWIW, the general consensus in truck / automotive forums is that the current aftermarket LED headlight bulbs are not powerful enough to serve as a vision upgrade. Many look good for show. LED technology is still not at the limit yet.
PK
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Originally Posted by bobbobtar
I can already tell you that you will not be happy with those in the spyder. The LED element faces the wrong way for a projector beam headlamp assembly. That is the problem with every one of them I have seen so far. None of the mfgs. have come up with some designed for projector beam style lamps. The LED needs to face forward, not to the side.
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Originally Posted by BLUEKNIGHT911
............. No I have an RT basic ( no fog lites )....The manual only lists HEADLIGHTS 2 X 60w...Halogen ( H-4 )....................Mike
Then the manual is wrong. Not the first time. Could be a carryover from the old GS lamps.
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Any one find good quality LED bulbs to work in the RT Headlights
Here are the "best" LEDs currently available,(when in stock)
http://www.vleds.com/led-headlights/9005.html
They work FANTASTIC!
kyspyder
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Will these fit inside the dust cover on the back of the headlight assembly? They about the same lenght as the ones I bought which will not work.
Originally Posted by kyspyder
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... and HID's are a LOT less expensive!
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I understand that the new H-D Road Glide uses led headlamps, maybe a trip to the local dealer would give an idea of what they're using.
john
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