LED headlight upgrade - Page 16 - ZR-1 Net Registry Forums

edram454 · 06-29-2017

those are the lights I had on my zr1 before I sold it. these are fantastic and love the look. they are very bright but do not blind oncoming traffic. they have a very definite cut off. I miss these lights since they dont make them for c5's.

-=Jeff=- · 06-29-2017

yeah I am guessing the cutoff is due to the Projector for the low beam. I have projectors on my Charger, I like the cut off (but like the HID even more so)

Locobob · 06-30-2017

Yeah they have a very defined horizontal cut off, I like them a lot

efnfast · 06-30-2017

My new LED's do not have a cutoff like that, more like a flashlight. Mine were just replacement bulbs in a Hella housing.

GOLDCYLON · 10-10-2017

I just completed this upgrade last night on my 90 and damn I am impressed. I went with the same kit that locobob just installed and not only does it look agressive not on.... the amount of light it puts out LED wise is on the same quality as my wives new C300 Mercedes Coupe. You won't be disappointed. GC

Paul Workman · 10-11-2017

DITTOS... ^^^

I (back-ordered) those (Larsen) lights and opted for the load resistor instead of the relay splicing approach. (The current draw was NEVER an issue with the OE headlights, so amperage is not an issue, but everything working normally is!)

We'll see, once the stuff comes in...

secondchance · 10-12-2017

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Originally Posted by Paul Workman

DITTOS... ^^^

I (back-ordered) those (Larsen) lights and opted for the load resistor instead of the relay splicing approach. (The current draw was NEVER an issue with the OE headlights, so amperage is not an issue, but everything working normally is!)

We'll see, once the stuff comes in...

Paul,

I installed 3 pairs of these and the cleanest, simplest solution, posted about a year or two ago by a forum member, is to remove the fog light relay, identify the leg that plugs into ground socket, bend the leg around the relay housing, insert a electrical wire through a hole on the leg (for some reason they all have a hole), solder the wire to the leg, and finally find a ground point and ground it out. Works like a charm.

XfireZ51 · 10-12-2017

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Originally Posted by Locobob

I recently converted to LED, been driving with them for a week or two now and pretty happy with the upgrade. They were plug and play except that I snipped and grounded the lt grn wire from the fog lamp relay - easy job and as a bonus the fogs stay on with the brights now. Here are some pics.

LED on left, low beams

Just a question. Is there really a point to having fogs ON w the HI Beams?

-=Jeff=- · 10-12-2017

Locobob.. those lights actually look pretty good. How is the pattern out on the road?

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Flyman 27 · 10-12-2017

Locobob,
Where did you end up ordering them through?

Dan

06-29-2017	#151
edram454 Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: .. Posts: 693	Re: LED headlight upgrade those are the lights I had on my zr1 before I sold it. these are fantastic and love the look. they are very bright but do not blind oncoming traffic. they have a very definite cut off. I miss these lights since they dont make them for c5's. __________________ EDRAM454 1990 #3028..siamese ported plen/hous/SGC/fidanza/DRM LTHeaders/DRM roll cage/camber rod/drilled slot rotors hawk track pads/grand sport calipers/full corsa exhaust/Hurst/NO cats/custom SGC chip/cbeamplate/315's on all 4/intake water plugged/smog removed..RC injectors/LED lights..SHOULD NOT HAVE PUT ALL THE MONEY IN IT.. SOLD.

06-29-2017	#152
-=Jeff=- Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bartlett, IL Posts: 7,169	Re: LED headlight upgrade yeah I am guessing the cutoff is due to the Projector for the low beam. I have projectors on my Charger, I like the cut off (but like the HID even more so) __________________ 1990 Corvette ZR-1 #1051 Watson Headers (2" Primary) - Flowmaster Cats - Borla Catback Late Model IH - Plenum Coilovers - 4.10s Custom Interior NCM Lifetime Member #978

06-30-2017	#153
Locobob Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 1,057	Re: LED headlight upgrade Yeah they have a very defined horizontal cut off, I like them a lot __________________ Robert ZR-1 Net Registry Oregon State Director 91 ZR-1 #431 Black/Black LPE 368

06-30-2017	#154
efnfast Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Dunbarton NH Posts: 7,496	Re: LED headlight upgrade My new LED's do not have a cutoff like that, more like a flashlight. Mine were just replacement bulbs in a Hella housing.

10-10-2017	#155
GOLDCYLON Join Date: May 2007 Location: Peoria, AZ Posts: 9,155	Re: LED headlight upgrade I just completed this upgrade last night on my 90 and damn I am impressed. I went with the same kit that locobob just installed and not only does it look agressive not on.... the amount of light it puts out LED wise is on the same quality as my wives new C300 Mercedes Coupe. You won't be disappointed. GC __________________ GOLDCYLON - 91 ZR-1 #2014 GOLDCYLON - 90 ZR-1 #2794, 4L60e (Formerly Schrade's) GOLDCYLON - 11 CTS-V Arizona State Director 91 WHITE/BLACK #2014. 380 P&P&PCed,Ported Heads, Jeal Long tubes, Corsa Exhaust/FIKSE FM-5s /LED TLs, LED Headlights, Front Wilwood 6 piston narrowlite calipers and rear Wilwood caliper street shop mod,CNCed Coolant Pipes,TPI Cvr,Filter cover,Stainless Bolts, DRM/DOM PROM /ZFDOC mod build #102,DRLs,BMAD with stainless Debris Screen,Coplan Air Blaster, Pioneer APP Radio 4,Brey-Krause HB,Sub Bar,Fire extinguisher seat mount,DRM Coilovers,LEDs everywhere,Compass mirror (orange),V1 DIC hidden display, Homelink sun visor, Carbon Fiber top x3 and APSIS Carbon Fiber interior, APSIS CF Steering Wheel/NAPA Leather, Banski trailing arms, Guldstrand front suspension,urethane bushings from Prothane (total suspension) ZFDoc drive shaft safety loop, raptor shift light (orange),AO engineering louver front plate, Console seat cushion, 96CE seats with black custom Sheepskins, ss billet catch can,Viper remote entry/alarm,Cragar Rear Louvers,LED side louver lights, Dewitts Radiator with SPAL fans and a Woods 160 T-Stat 90 RED/BLACK #2794. 4L60e Automatic Stage V by RPM Transmission, TCI Dedicated TCM, OBX Stainless Headers, Corsa Exhaust, SAN Secondaries and Haibeck PROM, Exotic Muscle Coil overs, LED Interior Lights, LED Tail Lights, LED Headlights, 94 Sport seats with black custom Sheepskins , Cragar rear louvers, GS Front calipers, Banski Trailing arms, APSIS Carbon Fiber steering wheel, Front and Rear Baer Eradispeeds, DRLs, Guldstrand front suspension,urethane bushings from Prothane (total suspension), Dewitt's Raditor with Dual SPAL fans and a Haibeck 170 T-Stat 11 RED/GREY CTS-V

10-11-2017	#156
Paul Workman Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Squires (near Ava MO in the Mark Twain N'tl Forest) - Missouri Posts: 6,493	Re: LED headlight upgrade DITTOS... ^^^ I (back-ordered) those (Larsen) lights and opted for the load resistor instead of the relay splicing approach. (The current draw was NEVER an issue with the OE headlights, so amperage is not an issue, but everything working normally is!) We'll see, once the stuff comes in... __________________ Good carz, good food, good friendz = the best of timez! 90 #1202 "FBI" top end ported & relieved Cam timing by "Pete the Greek" Sans secondaries Chip & dyno tuning by Haibeck Automotive SW headers, X-pipe, MF muffs Former Secretary, ZR-1 Net Registry

10-12-2017	#159
-=Jeff=- Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bartlett, IL Posts: 7,169	Re: LED headlight upgrade Locobob.. those lights actually look pretty good. How is the pattern out on the road? Sent from my iPhone using ZR-1 Net Registry __________________ 1990 Corvette ZR-1 #1051 Watson Headers (2" Primary) - Flowmaster Cats - Borla Catback Late Model IH - Plenum Coilovers - 4.10s Custom Interior NCM Lifetime Member #978

10-12-2017	#160
Flyman 27 Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Wayne Illinois Posts: 402	Re: LED headlight upgrade Locobob, Where did you end up ordering them through? Dan __________________ 91-#1935 Black/black & gray, Haibeck 500 Cams by Pete