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Finally, after 10 days of waiting, I received the LED kit.
I think I'm the second member so far. ( MerlyWerly was the first)
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I went straight to install them. The whole process took a couple of minutes. Literal . CH-R is the most easy car to change the headlights bulbs.
I couldn't wait until night to install them and despite it was very very hot outside ~ 43°C / 110°F (hottest summer in Greece), I run outside and installed them under the hot sun.
First impressions were not so positive. I thought that the original Bulbs (HIR2) were brighter but i couldn't tell for sure as they have different colour temp and you can't judge them during day with bright summer sun light. Also the HIR2's had a hot spot that i couldn't see in LED's (that was another reason that i thought original bulbs were brighter). Another thing that bothered me was that in one headlight I measured about 20% less lux in same distance. But left and right headlights have different beam patterns and these measurements could be normal.
So I waited until night and get off from work, to form an opinion.
Wow!!! OK, whole different situation now.
First of all I really liked them from the first millisecond they turned on. I couldn't believe how smooth the beam pattern was. Really smooth. No hot spots at all. Α completely bright uniform light in front of the car. Also the cut off lines where very distinct. No haze, no blinding other cars. Also the beam was throwing a little further than stock lights so I had to turn one click down the beam height and they went in the same distance as before .
Not bad at all!
So are they perfect, I'm I completely satisfied?
Hmm, not 100%
First of all the build quality seems top notch. Best cables, connectors, o-rings, screw threads, heat-sinks etc...
But their temp colour is high. Higher than i thought.(Same colour temp as daylight running lights) Maybe my brain was used in the yellowish hue and needs some hours more with them to accommodate and get familiar.I don't know how they will perform during winter (rainy nights etc). Also the hot spots in old bulbs made them look more bright in some parts of beam pattern ( center and at the wide ends) and maybe a little wider. All that flat smooth light beam pattern that LED's throw seems a little strange.
Ι will give them a few days (mostly nights) and I will come back for final thoughts.
I took 2 quick shots ( low and high beam) with same settings, trying to be as accurate to reality ass possible from colour temp and brightness spec.
Low Beam
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High Beam
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(It's really hard to capture accurate colour temps and brightness at night but i tried as better as I could)
I think I'm the second member so far. ( MerlyWerly was the first)
I went straight to install them. The whole process took a couple of minutes. Literal . CH-R is the most easy car to change the headlights bulbs.
I couldn't wait until night to install them and despite it was very very hot outside ~ 43°C / 110°F (hottest summer in Greece), I run outside and installed them under the hot sun.
First impressions were not so positive. I thought that the original Bulbs (HIR2) were brighter but i couldn't tell for sure as they have different colour temp and you can't judge them during day with bright summer sun light. Also the HIR2's had a hot spot that i couldn't see in LED's (that was another reason that i thought original bulbs were brighter). Another thing that bothered me was that in one headlight I measured about 20% less lux in same distance. But left and right headlights have different beam patterns and these measurements could be normal.
So I waited until night and get off from work, to form an opinion.
Wow!!! OK, whole different situation now.
First of all I really liked them from the first millisecond they turned on. I couldn't believe how smooth the beam pattern was. Really smooth. No hot spots at all. Α completely bright uniform light in front of the car. Also the cut off lines where very distinct. No haze, no blinding other cars. Also the beam was throwing a little further than stock lights so I had to turn one click down the beam height and they went in the same distance as before .
Not bad at all!
So are they perfect, I'm I completely satisfied?
Hmm, not 100%
First of all the build quality seems top notch. Best cables, connectors, o-rings, screw threads, heat-sinks etc...
But their temp colour is high. Higher than i thought.(Same colour temp as daylight running lights) Maybe my brain was used in the yellowish hue and needs some hours more with them to accommodate and get familiar.I don't know how they will perform during winter (rainy nights etc). Also the hot spots in old bulbs made them look more bright in some parts of beam pattern ( center and at the wide ends) and maybe a little wider. All that flat smooth light beam pattern that LED's throw seems a little strange.
Ι will give them a few days (mostly nights) and I will come back for final thoughts.
I took 2 quick shots ( low and high beam) with same settings, trying to be as accurate to reality ass possible from colour temp and brightness spec.
Low Beam
High Beam
(It's really hard to capture accurate colour temps and brightness at night but i tried as better as I could)
