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08-24-2016, 01:33 PM | #1 |
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Morimoto 2-stroke DRL LED
Anyone had any experience, positive or negative, with the Morimoto 2Stroke 9005 LED replacement in an FR-S? Supposedly it retains DRL and Hi-beam function in an FR-S standard housing without giving up reach at night.
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I'm currently running the H11 2Strokes in my low beams, and so far they've been amazing. @continuecrushing has tried them in his high beams/DRL, but I believe it's a tight squeeze trying to get the bulb in.
I'll let him chime in on that.
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Haven't tested them yet (other than, yup they turn on) because no driveshaft in car lol. I have hid's in my low beam, and you could definitely see the nasty "yellow" light from the halogens when my high beams were on. The 2 strokes should provide more light and a nice white color too. |
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so quick question, to the people running these... hows the light output when its raining/snowing (if you get snow) bc i dont want to get these if the output is bad in the rain/snow
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the OEM FRS head lights also have a "squirrel finder" tab in them, so you might be also blinding oncoming cars if you change to HID's or LED's. just keep that in mind, unless you bend that tab out of the way
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HID's normally need the finders bent down since they just spew light everywhere and hope for the best lol. Jk, kind of. But I don't think we'e see any issues with the 2strokes causing glare on the frs. |
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Just to be clear and avoid confusion, the thread refers to mounting the lights in the DRL/High beam location.
@continuecrushing, any modifications needed to get fitment besides "lubing the o-ring"? |
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Next week we can try and do a comparison of stock lows vs 2stroke lows and stock high vs 2stroke high. |
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Here are some photos for comparison This user has a stock halogen on the left and an LED bulb with a bent squirrel finder on the right: Here's how HIDs would look without bending the squirrel finders: And here's my headlights with the 2Strokes and unbent squirrel finders: Granted, all the photos couldn't possibly be taken with the same camera settings/lighting/distances, but from what you can see, the 2Strokes do a very good job of keeping the pattern lean with the squirrel finders. They even have a smaller and darker pattern than stock halogens! As I said, I've yet to have anyone get mad at me for my 2Strokes, or at the very least no one has flashed their high beams at me in anger.
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Thanks for chiming in - interested in the review, but I was wondering if you could just quickly check to confirm that they do allow the DRL to retain the high-beam function (or at least somewhat of one? I love my LED DRLs, but I have always been disappointed to lose the high beam functionality - I literally never use it living in a city, but I definitely don't like "upgrading" something if it means losing functionality - would be nice to have some sort of compromise for the DRL.)
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OK, not so good news on these.
On the FR-S, they do run at practically full high beam power in the DRL setting. So they are arguably too bright for daytime use, especially toward the time of day in the 15 minutes before the auto-headlight kicks in. They are only middling as high beams- you are giving up reach at night- because rather than a central hotspot, they actually create a pronounced donut shaped beam in the FR-S high beam application. There is literally a dead spot in the middle of the pattern. So, the bottom line is- unacceptable in the DRL/high beam application. |
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