Spending the week in Utah off road.
To be continued.......
To be continued.......
What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (54 Viewers)
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Box Rocket
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I had a headlight go out while in Moab last week. I've been running some Cree LED replacement bulbs for the past 3 years that have been great. I had no idea what to expect on the longevity so I guess now I know. I found these on Ebay originally. These are the ones I've had for the past 3 years.
When the light burned out last week, I looked for some replacements and came across these, also on ebay, and decided to give these a try. A few differences. Aluminum housing instead of plastic, external ballast, slightly different fan design and two peice connectors. With the open vents in the back of the fan portion I'm curious to see if that becomes a problem with crap getting inside the fan mechanism. The LED itself is a larger surface area and there are 4 of them on angled sides compared to the two diodes on opposite sides on the old ones. The old ones are listed at 2000lm and these new ones are listed at >8000lm and once in the headlights the actual output seems about the same but it could have as much to do with the headlight lens and anything else.
Anyway, just sharing this in case anyone is looking.
When the light burned out last week, I looked for some replacements and came across these, also on ebay, and decided to give these a try. A few differences. Aluminum housing instead of plastic, external ballast, slightly different fan design and two peice connectors. With the open vents in the back of the fan portion I'm curious to see if that becomes a problem with crap getting inside the fan mechanism. The LED itself is a larger surface area and there are 4 of them on angled sides compared to the two diodes on opposite sides on the old ones. The old ones are listed at 2000lm and these new ones are listed at >8000lm and once in the headlights the actual output seems about the same but it could have as much to do with the headlight lens and anything else.
Anyway, just sharing this in case anyone is looking.
MoJ
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Jeep Cherokee of the late model IFS variety.
LC4LIFE
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Are you running stock housings?
Box Rocket
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Box Rocket
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Bummer. Get some caster plates and weld em up.last weekend...Cruise Moab
2KCruiser
Everything 2KRacing, practically live here
Nice Plates. Oh and lets see a pic of the '72 Celi. I got one too.
Had to make a midweek trip to DC with thefor an event, decided to park and eat some food we'd brought in a small Maryland parking lot. Maybe this post provides some contrast to the gonzo Moab media I keep slathering over. Truck made the trip easy, conquered all potholes.
And if you can guess the 16 wheeled oddity car in the 2nd photo I'll give you $100..
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Its definitely not a 3fe, they dont go that fast..............
ewillis
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Some new bits...purdy 
COYS
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More parts from japan
Had the same thing happen last year in Utah.last weekend...Cruise Moab
Removed front axle housings, welder rebuilt with slee plates.☺
Cause of failure was bolt work itself lose allowing correct caster bushing to move putting excessive stress on control arm bracket.
Link to the new ones?
is it any brighter than stock light bulb ?
Yup. I added a slee headlight harness and a set of LED bulbs like that last weekend. Huge improvement over stock
Box Rocket
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Much brighter than stock bulbs.
Did you have any issues with the old ones being to bright in rain or snow. I had some 8000k LED just like that in Angie's Taco and in bad weather it looked you engaged hyper-drive. I could not see past the hood. I know they were not pointed to high since we were not get flashed by oncoming cars.
My weekend continues....Near Mexican Hat, Utah - South Comb Wash.
