LED Bulbs in Kouki Projectors

[slevin]

I couldn't find info on it but I'm sure there isn't any yet due to these newer bulbs just coming out into the market.

Basically Morimoto and Diode Dynamics have finally release LED bulbs for the low beams for headlights, they advertise them for low beam use because they don't blind oncoming traffic like an HID bulb would do in the stock Kouki projectors.

Has anyone had positive experience using them yet?

I love a HID projector retrofit, but I don't like all the messing around required to do them correctly.

Here's a link to the Diode Dyanmics S1

https://www.diodedynamics.com/led-bulbs/sl1-led-headlight.html

https://dxv0kh7euhy9z.cloudfront.net/catalog/product/cache/3587a0a2f04460e2c3314cded1962806/9/0/9012_sl1_headlight_pair_1.jpg

and one to the Morimoto 2 Stroke

http://gj8g5t-9eo80imzx10o.webscalenetworks.net/F1p5mo_aH/media/catalog/product/cache/5/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/m/o/amorimoto_2stroke_led_bulb_h1_headlight_fog_light_ upgrade.jpg.pagespeed.ic.gjknP9wcT3.webp

http://www.morimotohid.com/h1-led-headlight-bulbs-morimoto-2stroke.html

[S14rebuild]

I have a set in mine now, havent driven the car with them but lookn doen the street, good coverage, cutoff is fine. Im happy

[Future240]

I have a set in mine now, havent driven the car with them but lookn doen the street, good coverage, cutoff is fine. Im happy



Could you take some night shots with them so we can see the cutoff and give some driving impressions in turns of brightness and visibility?


Edit: I went to the site and only saw high beams.


https://www.diodedynamics.com/high-beam-led-headlight-for-1997-1998-nissan-240sx-pair.html


I put in my truck and got high and low beams. Price seems to be $150 for a set.

[S14rebuild]

Cars not driveable at the moment(rebuilding the car) but when i get it back outside ill take pics best i can and post them here

[mewantkouki]

Those things suck. Don’t buy them.

[S14rebuild]

^more info on this statement please...

[mewantkouki]

If you want to ignore good advice, buy them and find out.

[S14rebuild]

If you want to ignore good advice, buy them and find out.


Thank you sooo much for the amount of detail you put into ur post reguarding the poor quality product you so nicely stated.

[mrmephistopheles]

I've found LEDs to be hit and miss. Granted I didn't shell out for the DD or morimoto. I got a couple of sets from Amazon. You need to make sure the diodes look like the ones on the DDs. 3 small CSP chips, no lenses, etc. I used them in the projectors of my Subaru legacy, and the first pair I got were dim as fuck. Foglamp bulbs. Fuck. Second set are brighter but still weaker than halogen. Also got a pair of H4s for a CR-V I had at the time and they were bright as fuck. You can get good headlamps on amazon but you have to be picky and willing to return them if they suck.

At the end of the day some housings just won't reflect enough light from an LED because it's expecting a filament to be there instead.

[Future240]

If you want to ignore good advice, buy them and find out.


*Orlando Florida*


Seems about right.





I've found LEDs to be hit and miss. Granted I didn't shell out for the DD or morimoto. I got a couple of sets from Amazon. You need to make sure the diodes look like the ones on the DDs. 3 small CSP chips, no lenses, etc. I used them in the projectors of my Subaru legacy, and the first pair I got were dim as fuck. Foglamp bulbs. Fuck. Second set are brighter but still weaker than halogen. Also got a pair of H4s for a CR-V I had at the time and they were bright as fuck. You can get good headlamps on amazon but you have to be picky and willing to return them if they suck.

At the end of the day some housings just won't reflect enough light from an LED because it's expecting a filament to be there instead.


Yo! how you been?!!

[mewantkouki]

^ Says the guy from Georgia...

1. China quality
2. LED light output is not great, especially through a halogen projector. The flutes on the oem lenses scatter terribly.
3. Double sided LED board prone to shorts.
4. Internal cooling fan burns out easily.
5. They don't fit in the projector housings without modification to the existing retentive hardware.
6. You have to send them back your busted bulb as a core in order to get a replacement.

Should I continue? People retrofit real projectors in to these headlights for a reason dude. I'ts 2019. Everything I just said has been covered to death on here in numerous threads.