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Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna
If they can make a true Triton competitor at half the price, I think it'd sell like hotcakes.  But for now, I'll stick with VLEDs for my major LED needs.
I think the trouble with that is the parking lights would then get thrown out even more, making the perception of its brightness more intense. So that means potentially getting pulled over. haha. The best solution is to use the same amount of the same type/kind of LEDs for both white and amber.
Oh yeah, I ordered some Morimoto Elite HIDs for the Yaris. It's the only kit I see that doesn't produce glare (at least enough to get people to high beam me). I would have tried out VLEDs LED headlights, but there is no space behind the Yaris hatch's headlights, so I would be concerned about the heat sink tails. |
I would love to see TRS/Morimoto bring their Triton competitor to market at a much lower price than VLED's, but they haven't really thrown out any numbers (not even a ballpark) yet. Hopefully they do come in at a really good price point, and ideally without needing the extra control boxes that the V3's need to work.
If police attention is a concern, I believe the Tritons come with an optional dimming wire to cut brightness down by ? 50% ? when the parking/headlights are on. I figure you could get crafty and slap a PWM unit from Diode Dynamics on as well to further control brightness.
Agreed on the same type/amount of LED's. I believe the Ultinon's use Philips Rebels (2 per bulb,) as do the Triton's (3 white / 3 amber on the switchbacks) each with their own unique layout which makes a huge difference, particularly with our housings. I've recently stumbled across another company from Japan (Pika-Q or something) that makes amber, red, and white units with 5!!! Philips Rebels (4 side firing, one top firing through a lens) in a configuration I haven't seen before. Something like $70-$80 per pair to import from Japan.
Yaris - I don't have experience with those lights, but have you considered doing a full projector retrofit on them? Maybe with Morimoto D2S or D4S projectors? I've tried drop in kits, bent squirrel finders, etc. but when I finally got around to retroing a D2S 3.0, the difference was night and day (pun intended
) Pair them with OSRAM Cool Blue Intense bulbs and you'll wonder why you didn't do it sooner! It does cost a bit more, but the results are really, really worth it.
As for the LED headlight bulbs - I don't think anything on the market currently provides enough throw/distance to be worthwhile; although the SL1 bulbs that Diode Dynamics previewed at SEMA look promising -
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