LED 9006/9005 bulbs?

[J Wikoff]

Driving the Bonneville this last week, I realize my headlights are so dim! They are, or were, good halogen bulbs, but I guess they've aged out

Do led bulbs even cooperate with the headlamp monitor? Is the beam pattern a complete basket case with our old halogen housings?

[J Wikoff]

I ordered some low beams and will give it a shot, with and without those anti-flicker things.

[J Wikoff]

LEDs seem to work pretty well. Compared with the old PIAA, the beam seems to have a more consistently shaped pattern. Obviously brighter and whiter. Doesn't seem to be casting any weird glares. They don't flicker or upset the headlamp monitor. I don't have any anti-flicker modules in there, though these say they have it built in. So I can't say the anti-flicker isn't required.

I did get expensive ones.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CMZ ... =UTF8&th=1

[RJolly87]

I'd double check the alignment and beam pattern further back. It looks like the LED is throwing the beam higher.

I also recommend looking at the headlight housings to make sure the finish on the reflector isn't baked off.

I'm still a holdout for the 9012/9011 conversion with relay harnesses myself...

[J Wikoff]

I'm going back and forth between the pics, and the beam just looks a little broader to me.

I'll keep an eye on the reflector. It hasn't been an issue in my wife's minivan with LEDs in typical halogen reflector lense.

[nos4blood70]

Check your aim at 25-30 feet away from a wall on a level surface. You might need to make some adjustments.

[J Wikoff]

Yeah. I was tweaking it a bit last night. The left was a little high and to the right.

[J Wikoff]

I ordered Hikari's cheaper line for the 9005 brights. The ol halogens in there are aimed better for brights, but not that bright at all compared to the new low beams. I was thinking about the Pilot fog lights, getting LEDs for them. But I don't actually know what kind of bulbs they are, and they actually do a really nice job on their own, even with the 20+ year old halogens.

[J Wikoff]

The cheaper Hikari's are noticably not as bright and seem to need resistors. The bulb warning came on without the resistors, I installed them and the warning stayed on and then went out after a power cycle or two. So I think they did the trick.

So I was all good with forward lighting, but one of the front turn signals gave up... I swapped the bulb to the other side and confirmed it was the bulb and not the socket. The weird thing is the bulb filaments look fine.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0C7Z ... =UTF8&th=1

[J Wikoff]

Driving it tonight. The bright bulb warning was on steady and they did flicker a little bit, even with the anti-flicker things. I'll try different bulbs.

[J Wikoff]

I got the same Titanova Hikari line for the 9005 brights and they work great without resistors or warnings.