Installed 7000 lumins Fog Lights on my 2021 F3 Limited

[acdcking12]

I do not turn on my fog lights at all because I hate LED's. They are way too bright, blind me when I ride down the road. Basically, I would like to get my back to the yellow color. They are just as good and do not hurt my eyes.

 

[broderp]

I do not turn on my fog lights at all because I hate LED's. They are way too bright, blind me when I ride down the road. Basically, I would like to get my back to the yellow color. They are just as good and do not hurt my eyes.

6000K is (for me) about the max I would go in color temperature. Anything above that and you start to get some blue in there and I believe visibility actually drops. I typically prefer somewhere between 5000K and 6000K, or what some companies call "bright daylight".

Perhaps you can find some replacement LED's closer to 5K and improve visibility, or maybe some lower lumen output bulbs that are not as bright.

The older I get, the brighter the light I need to see clearly. There are several advantages to LED's such as longevity and beam pattern (if in a suitable lamp assembly) that are much better than older halogen. Just my 2 cents.

:cheers:

 

[GRHorst]

[I'm a little apprehensive to take my new Spyder apart, but it looks like from your posting and pics installing was not bad. Did your LEDs have the braided heat sink or the newer metal heat sink? I'm hoping for the latter on my kit and that the Amazon image is outdated. Show Chrome/Big Bike Parts show the metal heat sink type currently.]

It's been well over a year since I purchased & installed the fog lights and headlights. I believe the headlight had the braided heat sink. But I don't remember about the fog lights. Since they came in a whole assembly instead of a bulb, I don't recall any sort of external heat sink.

I was quite nervous about taking all that plastic off etc. But done carefully with much help from a youtube video, it was tollerable. A set of the T-type torques drivers and the y shaped tools to pull the plastic fasteners are certainly a help as you probably know by now.

 

[BajaRon]

It's important to note that when replacing headlight bulbs with LED, there is much more to the equation than lumens. Bulb configuration is more important than how much light they throw out. Headlights have a reflector designed to properly apply the light to the desired area in a specific pattern. Get a bulb that does not have the same radiation pattern as OEM and you may find yourself hunting raccoons 40 ft up in the trees that line the road. Not a helpful application of the light generated.

Go with a proven bulb that puts the beam where you want it. For example, a 3000 lumen bulb properly applied will far outperform a 7000 lumen bulb that is throwing light all over the place. Not to mention infuriating oncoming drivers.

The correct LED headlight replacement bulbs are well worth the money and effort. You will be amazed at how much better and further you can see with them. And they are more noticeable than OEM to other drivers in the daytime as well.

 

[WRCLVR]

It's important to note that when replacing headlight bulbs with LED, there is much more to the equation than lumens. Bulb configuration is more important than how much light they throw out. Headlights have a reflector designed to properly apply the light to the desired area in a specific pattern. Get a bulb that does not have the same radiation pattern as OEM and you may find yourself hunting raccoons 40 ft up in the trees that line the road. Not a helpful application of the light generated.

Go with a proven bulb that puts the beam where you want it. For example, a 3000 lumen bulb properly applied will far outperform a 7000 lumen bulb that is throwing light all over the place. Not to mention infuriating oncoming drivers.

The correct LED headlight replacement bulbs are well worth the money and effort. You will be amazed at how much better and further you can see with them. And they are more noticeable to other drivers in the daytime as well.

Hey Ron, do you sell the correct beam pattern replacement LED bulbs ? 2023 S2S and 2019 RTL

LMK please

 

[BajaRon]

Hey Ron, do you sell the correct beam pattern replacement LED bulbs ? 2023 S2S and 2019 RTL

LMK please

Yes, we sell and install them as well. I usually don't mention that we carry something that I recommend because people are understandably skeptical when you add that component. I feel like getting good information out is more important than a sale.