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I've not seen any difference in these at or off idle... I didn't know if that was because I'm running a V8, 100 amp alt and dual optimas or just a testament to the lights, but it sounds like they have a pretty large range of operation.

Definitely seem like a well built item both in hand and after installation. Liking them a lot so far.

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overhanger said:
According to Truck-Lite documentation, these lights produce full brightness from 9V to 33V. So even with the usual Cruiser voltage drop at idle, full output should be seen. That is my experience with the 7" Truck-Lite round LED driving lights won at Cruise Moab last year. No loss of brightness at idle. The amperage draw is so low that even stock headlight wiring isn't really a problem as it is with quartz-type lighting.
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So there must be some sort of regulation circuit built in. That's good to know. Maybe when the technology comes down a bit in price (and if we ever get some damn ECE beam patterns available) I'll look into LED headlights as well. Hell all my interior stuff is already LED and I love it.
 
cruiserpilot said:
Of course they are cool! :cool:

I got them a couple of months ago. Good twilight vis, and nice short range, especially on a logging road. Not the best long range projection. But overall, for Land Cruiser speeds, I'm really happy.

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UPDATE -

I am removing these lights tomorrow. After a road trip to Alberta this fall, and coming home last week, severe disappointment in these lights is an understatement. They froze over completely in a snow storm, 3/4" of solid ice on them. Coming home last week the low beam is utterly ineffective at highway speeds. Numerous times dimming down with oncoming traffic left me effectively blind for seconds every time. Not ever have I felt scared at night due to poor lighting such as this.
They look cool, are usable around town, and on slow speeds. But to me, useless. I am installing Hella H4's with a dual relay harness.
 
Good to know your recent experiences .. guess it is something related with temp ... mines still working as expected.
 
cruiserpilot said:
UPDATE -

I am removing these lights tomorrow. After a road trip to Alberta this fall, and coming home last week, severe disappointment in these lights is an understatement. They froze over completely in a snow storm, 3/4" of solid ice on them. Coming home last week the low beam is utterly ineffective at highway speeds. Numerous times dimming down with oncoming traffic left me effectively blind for seconds every time. Not ever have I felt scared at night due to poor lighting such as this.
They look cool, are usable around town, and on slow speeds. But to me, useless. I am installing Hella H4's with a dual relay harness.
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Is your disappointment purely related to the icing issue? Are these good for fair weather driving?

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The icing was only the first thing. The main reason is they don't project on low beam for any distance. Up here a lot of the highway lines are old, non reflective. When encountering oncoming traffic these lights put nothing down on the road surface, and yes, they were properly set up.
What I've noticed is bright light, but completely scattered light, no direction or projection.
Fair weather, as in summer time at 30 mph? Yeah, fine.
 
cruiserpilot said:
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What I've noticed is bright light, but completely scattered light, no direction or projection.
Fair weather, as in summer time at 30 mph? Yeah, fine.
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And THIS is one of the big problems with LED lights and especially the ones that just rely on a whole bunch of LEDs and a whole bunch of reflectors/collimators. You end up with essentially a wall of light and yes, they can add in a 'cutoff' line etc, but the light is still mostly a wall versus a focused/directed beam (with cutoff).

Decent headlights have considerable money spent to create a reflector with all sorts of shapes/facets for the desired beam.

Aftermarket LED lights often use the same reflector/collimator in front of each of the LEDs. Nothing 'shaped' about the beam since it just consists of more of the same. The most they do is provide some mechanism to cover/cutoff the low beam LEDs.

LED headlights will improve as more R&D $ are put into the light shaping part of the system, versus just the LED cost and driver electronics and off the shelf optics (from flashlights etc). Also pressure from consumers that care about the quality of all those lumens (a useful beam of light versus a wall of back scattering light) will lead to improvements.

Early days still...

cheers,
george.
 
I will put a pic of my truck light ( no affiliation with the company ) against my warn SDB-210 ( both in Tencha both with new wiring relays my 180 amps alt and new batts .. )

Not a scientific comparision .. just wanna add to the thread some real life experience.
 
george_tlc said:
And THIS is one of the big problems with LED lights and especially the ones that just rely on a whole bunch of LEDs and a whole bunch of reflectors/collimators. You end up with essentially a wall of light and yes, they can add in a 'cutoff' line etc, but the light is still mostly a wall versus a focused/directed beam (with cutoff).

Decent headlights have considerable money spent to create a reflector with all sorts of shapes/facets for the desired beam.

Aftermarket LED lights often use the same reflector/collimator in front of each of the LEDs. Nothing 'shaped' about the beam since it just consists of more of the same. The most they do is provide some mechanism to cover/cutoff the low beam LEDs.

LED headlights will improve as more R&D $ are put into the light shaping part of the system, versus just the LED cost and driver electronics and off the shelf optics (from flashlights etc). Also pressure from consumers that care about the quality of all those lumens (a useful beam of light versus a wall of back scattering light) will lead to improvements.

Early days still...

cheers,
george.
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George, I believe you have not looked at the actual product, or read the description, the Truck-Lite Phase 7 consist of two LED's, one for low beam and one for high beam, each with its own reflector, designed for the specific LED. It's not a multiple LED set-up like the first MIL-SPEC versions.
 
yeah, but George has the right knowledge about the science. The lights are basically a wall of backscattered light, with no real design or technology in the lens or the reflectors. The 'new' trucklites have a nice cutoff line, but no projection.
 
HI i'm New to forum , just joined as i now own a 1996 LC FZJ 80 serie's, i have been a Jeep guy for last 10 yr's, and now trying somthing differant. I had Truck Lite's 7" Round for my Rubicon in 2012, then again in 2014 only Differance which was a Incredible Change was the 7" Round with lense Element which is awsome because Led's do not give off any heat, so Up here in Canada it really help's No Ice buildup.
So my question is, Does anybody know if Truck Lite make's Led Headlight replacement for thr 96 LC. ??
 
1967goatman said:
Does anybody know if Truck Lite make's Led Headlight replacement for thr 96 LC. ??
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Not AFAIK for US spec 80 ( headlamp ) but if you can have or swap to the 4 sealed beam setup ( like in 62 series ) there is a Trucklite option
 
Im thinking too install these lights on my 40. anyone knows if they are plug and play or i need some wiring conversion??

My 40 is 1981
 
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