zero mod, H7 LED headlight bulbs?

[wwjd]

I did some searches, but I am wondering if there are any good, no mod needed, drop right in, good LED bulbs to replace the standard H7 headlamps?

Found a bunch on amazon, and even walmart, but wondered if others have already sorted this option out successfully?

or poste related thread if I missed in my searches thanks!

[ike84]

Originally Posted by wwjd

I did some searches, but I am wondering if there are any good, no mod needed, drop right in, good LED bulbs to replace the standard H7 headlamps?



Found a bunch on amazon, and even walmart, but wondered if others have already sorted this option out successfully?



or poste related thread if I missed in my searches thanks!

I have Firehawk in my low beams and acuma in my high beams. Install is a bit of a trick because the retaining latch won't seat over bulb base. You must remove the retaining latch, position it around the bulb base, install the light, and then reseat the retaining latch. You'll understand what I mean when you do it. Other than that though there is no modification necessary and I really like them. They absolutely have their drawbacks (light pattern, cri, etc), but the new ones are far better than the first generation.

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[wwjd]

Originally Posted by ike84

I have Firehawk in my low beams and acuma in my high beams. Install is a bit of a trick because the retaining latch won't seat over bulb base. You must remove the retaining latch, position it around the bulb base, install the light, and then reseat the retaining latch. You'll understand what I mean when you do it. Other than that though there is no modification necessary and I really like them. They absolutely have their drawbacks (light pattern, cri, etc), but the new ones are far better than the first generation.

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Thanks, and interesting. So, if I want the best lighting coverage, perhaps I should stuck with the halogens? sounds like the LED light pattern not as good?
I'm not going for a look, just great, bright night driving, thought LED might be better

[ike84]

Aftermarket LEDs used for headlights have significant drawbacks. This is why they're not actually even legal in the US (OEM or aftermarket). If you have the litronics, that's likely the best setup you can get.

Fwiw, I think my current setup is far better than the OEM incandescent bulbs that they replaced though.

You can find plenty of good resources explaining this stuff online. It's not specific to these cars.

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[FoFoJoe]

I recently installed some good looking brand off Amazon in my 01 base. The other commenter was spot on about the retaining bracket.

The lights were fine, but immediately after I started getting this issue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21uzmrdZk-k

Now the weird thing is, I swapped back to only halogen bulbs and the issue persists. I spoke with my indy and he thinks its the turn signal stalk and assembly, and that it just happened to die when the LED's were installed.

I haven't fixed it yet, and I'm planning to make a separate post to investigate further.

So in summary, light projection was decent with LED's, but I had an unexpected issue pop up that may or may not be related.

[Escott1622]

Please don’t put hid or led into non projector housings. You are blinding us. Light pattern will probably be crap. Try to get some litronics after some patience I managed to find a set for 550 and sold my halogens for 500

[wwjd]

thanks for all this info. I went with standard H7s
just wondered if LED had fully evolved yet. sounds like no.

[Smallblock454]

Osram has a product that is called Osram Night Breaker LED. These are H7 LED bulbs which are tested to specific vehicles and are officially street legal over here in Germany. So they have a so called ABE (Allgemeine Betriebserlaubnis).

Unfortunately there is no product for Porsche cars available yet.

Here is the present compatibility list (in german language only): https://www.osram.de/am/night-breaker-led/index.jsp

[wwjd]

Just bumping for any updates in this LED Direct Replacement field??

I'm very happy with my very bright H7 Sylvania Silverstar Ultras, but seeing more LED "bulbs" popping up.

Anyone try anything good?

[Hasdrubal]

I used bulbs from here and they work just fine-

https://www.superbrightleds.com/h7-led-headlight-foglight-conversion-kit-with-internal-drivers-fanless-4000-lumens-set

Some older LED replacements just put the actual LED emitters wherever they wanted, trying to pack as many as they could in the available space for maximum brightness. The ones I use and other quality units take care to place the emitters only where the original bulbs have their filament. The resulting light pattern is very close to the original bulb, and doesn't have the horrible multi direction glare that I usually see in 90's Civics running garbage quality LEDs.

I do expect the Litronics would be superior. I don't think the extra cost is worth it, though.

[wwjd]

Originally Posted by Hasdrubal

I used bulbs from here and they work just fine-

https://www.superbrightleds.com/h7-led-headlight-foglight-conversion-kit-with-internal-drivers-fanless-4000-lumens-set

Some older LED replacements just put the actual LED emitters wherever they wanted, trying to pack as many as they could in the available space for maximum brightness. The ones I use and other quality units take care to place the emitters only where the original bulbs have their filament. The resulting light pattern is very close to the original bulb, and doesn't have the horrible multi direction glare that I usually see in 90's Civics running garbage quality LEDs.

I do expect the Litronics would be superior. I don't think the extra cost is worth it, though.

these look decent. can you explain the load resistor kit? is that needed also?

[Hasdrubal]

I didn't use them, I think they're for cars that have bulb out warnings for the driver. If the computer doesn't see load within some spec for the original type of bulb, then it might throw a warning light on the dash kind of thing. That's speculation, though. I have had no problems using them without resistors.