Great to hear that they work well in your XL-7. I've heard LED conversion kits being quite good in multi-reflector headlights for low beams. I also think they may be better about not creating a lot of glare like HID kits do in multi-reflector headlights.ehart814 wrote:Yeah I can see how they might not project perfectly in a projector lens. I ended up buying that opt7 kit for my XL7 which has a reflector housing. The results have been fantastic so far. They really did a perfect job locating the LED chips to replicate the beam pattern of the original halogens.
The lights look amazing and perform even better. I would say the light output is less than the 55 watt hid kit I had in another car, but it is still more than enough. Also, the beam cutoff is just right. You don't blind people! I did not have to adjust them one bit. I can truthfully say that there has been absolutely no compromise with these bulbs.
I wanted LEDs because of the long life reliability. It's a massive pain to change the headlight bulbs in a 2008 xl7.
I highly recommend the opt7 kit for any application with a reflector housing. Maybe these newer kits are designed well enough for projectors??? As Kuro stated tho, I would still think there would be some shadows in the beam.
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I think the newer generation of LED kits are working on compatibility with projector lenses, but HID is still the safe bet.
I'm also curious to see when LED conversion kits are suitable for dedicated high beam usage and can lay down a focused light down a distance. That was an issue with my H7 LED kit I previously had in my Kizashi. It would cast a lot of bright light in high beam mode, but couldn't throw it properly downrange. The kit also had an issue with flickering in DRL mode so I ended up returning it. I never considered trying the kit in the low beam projectors given I already had HID bulbs in there.
More about that project here:
http://kizashiclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=2900