6 volt LED headlights

hey dave, ordered LEDLight.com product code#84758 for my 37.they replace the oe mazda and other 2330 incandescent bulbs. they work great. about 10 bucks ea.
 
Anybody have specific experience with a good LED for the 1936. So far all I have heard is issues with focusing the light due to the lenses and reflectors in the 36.
 
It depends on what kind of light you are looking for, if you want to read street signs, see birds on branches LED is good, if you want to see the curve coming sign a tenth of a mile down the road get halogens
I have a new car headlight from Mercedes (1800$ without it's electronics), the low beam is LED, the high beam is halogen, I am going to cut it apart to get the led unit
 
CaliforniaBorn36 said:
Anybody have specific experience with a good LED for the 1936. So far all I have heard is issues with focusing the light due to the lenses and reflectors in the 36.
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The issues as i understand it with LEDS is they don't sit at the focal point of the reflector so you don't get focused light. You get lots of light but its not directed were you need it most ie on the road . I tried LEDS in my 34 (despite the fact that it is illegal to retrofit them in this country for the previous reasons) Despite the fact that there was more light Testing on a calibrated headlight machine revealed that most of it was not on the road ie as Kurt said it was " on the street signs and into the trees " not to mention the oncoming drivers eyes -I went back to halogen bulbs -I guess theoretically you could get LEDs that did sit at the FP but I would be skeptical given how most LEDs work ie not a pinpoint light source like a filament .-Karl
 
I have LEDs in my VW camper and they focus perfectly. I also have them in my 35 coupe and can't see the difference in focus on the back wall of the garage, but I have yet to go out on the road bird-spotting!
 
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