MCR's New Angel Eyes Headlight Mod with landing strip

Mazaki · 06-04-2010, 02:06 AM

Speaking as someone who owned a BMW and retro-fitted it with CCFL angel eyes, I can say from experience that I much rather would have gone with LED angel eyes.

The problem is that CCFLs are quite sensitive to movement and temperature. Knock a CCFL hard enough, and it's out. Get enough extreme temperature differences (running your car during the winter with the lights on), and that would do them in.

My CCFLs (I had 4 rings total) made it through half of the winter before they started to burn out. And they weren't crap quality either.

There are LED complete rings, but I don't think there are any for Zeds yet. If Marco and Ryan could make a complete ring with a hundred-summin' LEDs, that would be fantastic.

Modshack · 06-12-2010, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Mazaki

Speaking as someone who owned a BMW and retro-fitted it with CCFL angel eyes, I can say from experience that I much rather would have gone with LED angel eyes.

The problem is that CCFLs are quite sensitive to movement and temperature. Knock a CCFL hard enough, and it's out. Get enough extreme temperature differences (running your car during the winter with the lights on), and that would do them in.

My CCFLs (I had 4 rings total) made it through half of the winter before they started to burn out. And they weren't crap quality either.

....A lot of my Audi Buddies did this with various kits available over the years. Long term life on the CCFL's is not good. Unless you enjoy taking your headlights apart on a regular basis and the expense of regular replacements, I'd skip and go LED..

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Mazaki Base Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Oregon, USA Posts: 37 Drives: 2010 Infiniti G37S Rep Power: 17	Speaking as someone who owned a BMW and retro-fitted it with CCFL angel eyes, I can say from experience that I much rather would have gone with LED angel eyes. The problem is that CCFLs are quite sensitive to movement and temperature. Knock a CCFL hard enough, and it's out. Get enough extreme temperature differences (running your car during the winter with the lights on), and that would do them in. My CCFLs (I had 4 rings total) made it through half of the winter before they started to burn out. And they weren't crap quality either. There are LED complete rings, but I don't think there are any for Zeds yet. If Marco and Ryan could make a complete ring with a hundred-summin' LEDs, that would be fantastic.