The Ultimate Headlight Upgrade vs Philips LED headlights

I think I'll go this route... I almost did the ultimates because I wanted the best light output possible but at 6-12 month changes... that adds up to a lot of $$ over the life of the truck.

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Also I found a photo that depicts your statement about "You could actually tell this looking at the headlight reflector with the lights on, the LEDs had clear light hot spots to the right and left of the LED inside the reflector, whereas the entire reflector running the halogen bulb was lit uniformly."

http://www.xenondepot.com/Philips-12953BWX2-H4-LED-Bulb-Review-s/62.htm

Can't you just swap the LED bulbs around for US drivers... so Driver in passenger side? Also, is the low beam on the Phillips a lot brighter than stock? I do know they don't compare to the Ultimate's in terms of brightness/lux/lumens, however at $200 these will last forever. With the Ultimate, you sacrifice longevity for performance but I read through your posts and have found that the 85w Osrams last about 4-6 months, or 12-14 months if you are lucky. So for the price of the the Ultimate Harness and bulbs, within one bulb change you could have easily paid for the Phillips... then continue to save $$ in the long run. My only question is how much brighter are the Phillips than stock?I think I'll go this route... I almost did the ultimates because I wanted the best light output possible but at 6-12 month changes... that adds up to a lot of $$ over the life of the truck.also... @crashnburn80 thanks for the testing and time you put in to help everyone. Appreciate members like you!Also I found a photo that depicts your statement about "You could actually tell this looking at the headlight reflector with the lights on, the LEDs had clear light hot spots to the right and left of the LED inside the reflector, whereas the entire reflector running the halogen bulb was lit uniformly."

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I need to find a extra set of headlights first just incase i screw up installing

Spares are often for sale everywhere on ebay, in Europe, even on the Chinese ecoms for <$200 each in most case

There are 3 things that can go wrong when doing one of those retrofit:

1. You remove the headlight from your car and drop/slam it on the asphalt for some weird reason (e.g. 2drunk/2stone, filthy hands, etc)
2. While pre-heating the headlight (to soften the silicon), you get distracted by your favourite TV show and forget it in the oven for two hours.
3. You bore the H7 socket size from its original 21mm size up to let's say "78mm", instead of the required 23mm to fit the projector

- I'm sure most of us are careful when handling Porsche headlights so rule out #1
- Although #2 happened to a 911 owner (true story), I'm sure you can set yourself a timer for 15min to avoid that embarrassment
- I'd be surprised to hear if anyone ever bored the socket hole bigger than it needs to be (e.g. ambitious installer lol)

....and if somehow you can manage to break that porsche polycarbonate lens, or whatever secret material it is made of, I seriously need to see a picture of your muscles mate. Try LOL

You buy a headlight if you screw up, not beforeSpares are often for sale everywhere on ebay, in Europe, even on the Chinese ecoms for <$200 each in most caseThere are 3 things that can go wrong when doing one of those retrofit:- I'm sure most of us are careful when handling Porsche headlights so rule out #1- Although #2 happened to a 911 owner (true story), I'm sure you can set yourself a timer for 15min to avoid that embarrassment- I'd be surprised to hear if anyone ever bored the socket hole bigger than it needs to be (e.g. ambitious installer lol)....and if somehow you can manage to break that porsche polycarbonate lens, or whatever secret material it is made of, I seriously need to see a picture of your muscles mate. Try LOL

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