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Heat??? LEDs are amazingly efficient, and this will give off much less heat than conventional halogens or even HIDs. Unless you were just being facetious, in which case I guess you already knew that.
I don't think LED is there yet. At least the one I have seen. I'll stick with HID.
But I love the idea of having it outline the headlights.
...it's their, just very expensive right now. Give it a few years and we all say good buy to the HID/Halogens - it's just so much better in performance, reliability, size (giving design freedom)...and one day also cost. Look it this way, years ago high brightness LED's were rare and expensive...now we pay pennies. I think the most costly side is still to get the LED light projected onto the street properly.
And this was posted under the Gen 5 & 6 section, with a Gen 6 icon why???
Lol, and it's not even news. They have been talking about the LED headlights of the Audi R8 for at least a year or more. Isn't this simply an upgrade to the previous 100+ LEd set up?
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Lol, and it's not even news. They have been talking about the LED headlights of the Audi R8 for at least a year or more. Isn't this simply an upgrade to the previous 100+ LEd set up?
Agree, not really new and probably not the right forum...but an interesting car topic and nothing wrong with having it hear discussed.
But it is not a simple upgrade - Audi just had the LED contour strip before, which really had no other purpose than DRL like the halo rings on BMW. These headlights are a big step forward - bundling and projecting the LED light onto the street and have high lumen. Big difference.
But it is not a simple upgrade - Audi just had the LED contour strip before, which really had no other purpose than DRL like the halo rings on BMW. These headlights are a big step forward - bundling and projecting the LED light onto the street and have high lumen. Big difference.
Very true, good point...although this sort of LED use isn't anythinng new. For example, flash and spot light manufacturers have been utilizing mutiple LED aimed/focused arrays for years. If they really wanted to be sexy they could use a modified compact gregorian telescope and really use some science for efficient light transmission. ;-)
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Very true, good point...although this sort of LED use isn't anythinng new. For example, flash and spot light manufacturers have been utilizing mutiple LED aimed/focused arrays for years. If they really wanted to be sexy they could use a modified compact gregorian telescope and really use some science for efficient light transmission. ;-)
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The LS600h has LED headlights as well, it's nifty, but it's hardly breaking news, heh.
Jeff
Yes, just relative new. We will see more car mfg offer that step by step. Wonder how much light output the Lexus and Audi lED's deliver in comparison to HID. Does anybody happen to know the frequency spectrum, I assume they are spectral broader than HID?
Heat??? LEDs are amazingly efficient, and this will give off much less heat than conventional halogens or even HIDs. Unless you were just being facetious, in which case I guess you already knew that.
High wattage LEDs put out a significant amount of heat that needs to be dissipated otherwise it can affect output or damage the circuit and components. The put out less heat than halogens, but it still generates heat.
My 3W LED flash light gets pretty warm with extended use. It can go as high as 40 to 50 deg F over ambient temperature with extended use.
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