These LED conversions have been popping up on ebay in different forms. I was curious, but didn't see a ton of reviews, so I was looking at all the different models and found the ones that looked the least crappy.
I have seen these branded GTR, and under a few other names. They seem to sell for around $80 for a set.
These looked the least crappy because they use a reflector to distribute the light, the cooling seems better than the others I have seen, and the connections seem very solid using a screw together fitting.
I will put some dielectric grease in the fitting and then heat wrap it on final install.
Here it is compared to a Silverstar in the black housing Ipex sells on ebay. The headlight housings are made in Taiwan and marked D-Spec. Compared to the stock lights they are mildly less sucky for lighting. One thing I don't like is that they don't have a lip all the way around the base of the H4 bulb. I get the feeling moisture will be an issue with this in the future, but that is for another thread.
Silverstar left, LED right
Both on
Silverstar only
LED only
The LED doesn't have the hot spots like the halogen light. It does look like it has more glare, but I think that is only showing up in the pictures because of the light color and how my camera picked up the light. You can see both are lighting up the roof over hang above the garage door.
Better than a projector HID retrofit? Nah
Better than quality halogen bulbs? Yep
Value?
At $80 they are pretty close to what you can piece a HID retrofit together for. Search HiProfiles posts, he posted up a parts list that comes in under $100. I have also seen conversions on AliExpress for under $100.
So you will get better light, but not the best for the money; however, they are plug and play, no need to disassemble and dremel headlights.
If they burnout, blow up, or start my car on fire I will post an update.
I have seen these branded GTR, and under a few other names. They seem to sell for around $80 for a set.
These looked the least crappy because they use a reflector to distribute the light, the cooling seems better than the others I have seen, and the connections seem very solid using a screw together fitting.
I will put some dielectric grease in the fitting and then heat wrap it on final install.
Here it is compared to a Silverstar in the black housing Ipex sells on ebay. The headlight housings are made in Taiwan and marked D-Spec. Compared to the stock lights they are mildly less sucky for lighting. One thing I don't like is that they don't have a lip all the way around the base of the H4 bulb. I get the feeling moisture will be an issue with this in the future, but that is for another thread.
Silverstar left, LED right
Both on
Silverstar only
LED only
The LED doesn't have the hot spots like the halogen light. It does look like it has more glare, but I think that is only showing up in the pictures because of the light color and how my camera picked up the light. You can see both are lighting up the roof over hang above the garage door.
Better than a projector HID retrofit? Nah
Better than quality halogen bulbs? Yep
Value?
At $80 they are pretty close to what you can piece a HID retrofit together for. Search HiProfiles posts, he posted up a parts list that comes in under $100. I have also seen conversions on AliExpress for under $100.
So you will get better light, but not the best for the money; however, they are plug and play, no need to disassemble and dremel headlights.
If they burnout, blow up, or start my car on fire I will post an update.