LED hedlamp install

[XfireZ51]

Bob,

How long ago did u buy them and from where? Curious.

[Locobob]

Originally Posted by XfireZ51

Bob,

How long ago did u buy them and from where? Curious.

Got the Osrams off ebay about a month ago, the center LED just doesn't look very bright. I took some pics comparing the two, need to figure out how to post them.

[Locobob]

Here are some comparison pictures, the Genssi is in the left bucket and the Osram is in the right bucket.

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[Ccmano]

Just did a set of Osram Headlights in my car along with rear led marker and signal bulbs. Fogs were done previously.

The headlights turned out to be a bigger job than expected. When I inserted the new Osram headlights into the buckets I found that they didn’t sit flush with the bucket housings. On closer examination I found the the buckets had a sheet metal protrusion inside on the right side about 1/4 inch high which wouldn’t let the Osrams sit flush. Ended up having to grind the protrusions flush. Not a big deal but certainly not plug and play. Once I got them mounted flush everything else went smoothly.

I ended up doing the double bend of the 86 terminal on the relay, soldering and wiring the ground. Everything works like it should! Lights look outstanding! Thanks to all those that did this before.
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[XfireZ51]

Just took my ZR out for the first time at night. Took the opportunity to take a pic of the light distribution pattern for the Osram LED I got from Amazon. I think the cutoff is good. I’m happy w them particularly for the cost.

[Paul Workman]

Originally Posted by XfireZ51

Just took my ZR out for the first time at night. Took the opportunity to take a pic of the light distribution pattern for the Osram LED I got from Amazon. I think the cutoff is good. I’m happy w them particularly for the cost.

That's whatca call a "sharp cutoff"!

Updating my "LED" article a bit, something not mentioned anywhere - and an advantage for we Corvette (and other low-slug car) drivers is because the height of our lights is so low to the road, we can get away with a slightly higher aim angle than vehicles where the headlights are further off the road The beam passes under the line of vision of most of the on-coming traffic: except perhaps OTHER Vettes, etc.

So, the point is one doesn't have to set the angle so low that the driver feels like he's "tripping on his own shoe laces". And, especially since the light patern is so very sharp, a little more "fill" above the (super bright) headlight is a good thing. IOW, running the FOG LIGHTS with the headlights while on LO beam is what I've found to soften the cutoff just a wee bit: just enough.

Bottom line: being able to have the FOG lights assist the low beams produces an unexpected plus w/o blinding on-coming traffic. (I'm talking specifically about LED headlight/fog lights combo in particular).