Lets See Some Light: The Definitive Lighting Thread

[Mister.E]

Those S15 lights are amazing.

[BoostinIX]

[EDacIouSX]

Originally Posted by ixfxi

Kind words. I'll oblige with 2 more photos of some recent work.




People need to pay careful attention to my "more is less" philosophy. This is a factory HID-spec S15 headlight, brand new. Upgraded to dual LED configuration w/ high-output high beam bulbs. Its all plug-and-play, just like stock.

Nice setup for an S15 customer down under.

pics of car this is going on?

[ixfxi]

It's called a NISSAN S15 Silvia. It was not sold here in the US, only available overseas.

;-)

[truckmtrS13]

Looking to upgrade my stock s13 sealed deals.

Is the kit frsport sells a decent deal?
(http://www.frsport.com/FRSPORT-1140-...13_p_1390.html)

or would I be better off piecing together something on my own?

[Matej]

How are these H4 LED bulbs? They seem to be a favourite among motorcyclists (http://lightingmycycle.com/2014/08/2...lb-hands-down/). They retain low and high beam, which is nice. I assume they are not as bright as drop-in HID's, but that is probably a good thing in regular reflector housings, as long as they are at least on par with standard halogen bulbs.
Do they actually have a fan inside? Is the fan loud? Is the output just false advertising, like blue-coated bulbs or LED tower bulbs?

[silviaks2nr]

An Incandescent filament emits light nearly 360* from a very specific focal point. Replacement LED "bulbs" certainly do not and you will get poor light distribution which can also include hot spots and shadows. The light is often narrow and not enough is thrown down the road, it's all kind of an even wash, which leads you to focus on the area right in front of you. This is horrible for motorcycles where safety is a great concern. My advice is do not even try. The only good option for LED is a sealed beam replacement and even then some halogen replacements will outperform, or an HID projector retrofitted housing with oem components certainly will.

[ixfxi]

http://www.jwspeaker.com/products/le...900-evolution/

^ You guys realize that there are actually companies that exist, that spend the time, money and resources to engineer a product specifically for our application?

DOT compliant, as marked on the lenses. Ugly looking, though...

Seriously, I start to wonder if you guys even think about these things. Come on Matej... get it together, baby.

[silviaks2nr]

The truck lite units look much better than jwspeaker. I don't have first hand experience with either though.

[DriftingBrandon]

Care to share some strobe lights on a 180sx? (Track use only) ;_;

[5280VertDET]

Originally Posted by silviaks2nr

The truck lite units look much better than jwspeaker. I don't have first hand experience with either though.

http://www.napaonline.com/Catalog/Ca...50C_0357629851

No cheap, but cool. Someone did it, there's write up light output too...

Saw them on sale once for $180 each, employee price is $178 IIRC.

[Bushido]

^ those look cool. It's neat to see LED headlamp replacements (which look to be well designed) hitting the market.

here is another option from GE:



http://www.amazon.com/GE-NIGHTHAWK-R...NR35ME8SCKVQK3



http://www.amazon.com/Grote-90951-5-...097911-1952665

[Matej]

Originally Posted by ixfxi

http://www.jwspeaker.com/products/le...900-evolution/

^ You guys realize that there are actually companies that exist, that spend the time, money and resources to engineer a product specifically for our application?

DOT compliant, as marked on the lenses. Ugly looking, though...

Seriously, I start to wonder if you guys even think about these things. Come on Matej... get it together, baby.

Do not have 7x5" headlights anymore, just a car that happens to use H4 bulbs as well.
No LED bulbs for me then, until LED projectors become more available for retrofitting.

[ixfxi]

Originally Posted by silviaks2nr

The truck lite units look much better than jwspeaker. I don't have first hand experience with either though.

Originally Posted by 5280VertDET

No cheap, but cool. Someone did it, there's write up light output too...Saw them on sale once for $180 each, employee price is $178 IIRC.

Originally Posted by Bushido

^ those look cool. It's neat to see LED headlamp replacements (which look to be well designed) hitting the market.

I think they're all fucking butt ugly. And on top of that, the price is fucking silly.

People talk about how long the LED last, so its a worth-while investment. What about the construction of the light? Its fucking plastic, which means the lenses are easily damaged from road debris AND UV exposure.

Maybe I'm just too old school, but if you ask me its no fucking comparison. I'd toss a few bucks towards a Hella or Cibie e-code and call it a day. Glass and metal construction, the end.

[tacotacotaco]

I posted this up a couple pages back. These are the JWspeaker 8900 on my coupe before properly aiming. The price is hard to swallow. Luckily im setup wholesale with them and figured to give it a try. I love the lights but i also feel a cibie e-code setup with proper bulbs would be right up the alley. The only issue with cibie e-code is the ease of purchase IE click and order for most of the guys on this forum. I tried to bring them in in bulk but haven't found a source reliable enough.

Originally Posted by tacotacotaco

Started looking into better lighting for the pop ups. I have a set of cibie e codes coming in. Here im testing a set of jw speaker 8900. Super costly but ill be offering it to the community at a price below what it is online. Havent finished aiming them.

[icedsole]

I had silviaks2nr do my D2s retro fit, beyond pleased with look and performance of them so far. Thanks again man

[Yellow4g63]

Originally Posted by icedsole

I had silviaks2nr do my D2s retro fit, beyond pleased with look and performance of them so far. Thanks again man

Looks good 👍

[Bushido]

So cool!!!

[silviaks2nr]

Let's get this going again!

LED 3rd brake light conversion with factory red diffused lens. Lettering shaved and restored to a high sheen. The light uses an OEM tbl superflex LED module with an inner jewel lens that focuses the LEDs before they are diffused through the OEM red lens. This is how the optics were designed for the original light as well. The nice thing is it's plug and play and just uses taillight sealant to seal it to the body. Excuse the remains of the factory foam seal in the photos!









Thanks to icedsole for the pics!

[Mister.E]

That is so clean looking!

[mikeyee]

[ehhhregartless]

^Thats hot

[ehhhregartless]

There's a lot going on here

[silviaks2nr]

A lot of dumb. Yes.

[ixfxi]

Originally Posted by ehhhregartless

There's a lot going on here

Originally Posted by silviaks2nr

A lot of dumb. Yes.

I concur.

Just because its shiny, doesnt mean its good.

[OBEEWON]

Y'all crazy. That thing is smooth.

[Gingersmurf]

Originally Posted by OBEEWON

Y'all crazy. That thing is smooth.

That giant light bar on the inside of the glass is not going to help. Assuming it isn't there just for looks, when its dark he will turn it on and the light will hit the window and blind the driver, not to mention anyone in front of the car with it being right at rearview mirror level.

Clean car, yes. Full of good ideas, no.

[silviaks2nr]

'I made my headlights super shitty so I'll put this giant light bar inside the car'

drives with head out window at night...

[FeArZ]

Those mirrors

[ilia]

Originally Posted by mikeyee

Mike is the best dude.