getakey

I'd like to hear from new owners how the new LEDs compare to HID when driving at night

weather

^^ and if they get flashed a lot too?

neuronbob

That's a good question--is Jewel Eye as good as non-LED headlights?

db22

You can also ask Audi, Lexus and Cadillac owners. Audi has a system that turns focussed LEDs on and off according to ambient brightness and sensing of on-coming traffic. There is no High or Low beam switch as it changes automatically.
All of these systems have separate focussed beams to light up different areas but because they are very focussed they are not blinding to on-coming cars.

sb93079

The headlights work great, really bright. I havent been flashed yet

GoHawks

The same or would you say better than HIDs?

sb93079

Definitely better than HIDs. I had an 09 tl before

sOLLEx

Hope you don't have to replace the headlight for whatever reason because the only repair to led's or lense themselves is a whole headlight replacement...as of a couple days ago, the part alone was $2200

db22

The HID assembly for the RL is also an insurance claim at over $1000.

sOLLEx

Yes, however if only the bulbs go out you can replace them, the "jewel eye's" are all part of the housing

GoHawks

Yeah, but I can't imagine an adaptive HID is any cheaper.

I got into a fender bender with my '01 TL back in '05. The whole assembly needed to be replaced. The housing, bulb, igniter and ballast all totaled up to $1,000, and those weren't adaptive.

getakey

The LEDs aren't adaptive? Di we loose a feature here?

jhr3uva90

If by "adaptive" you mean "turning headlights," then no the LCDs are not adaptive. However, the new headlights are at different angles so they don't need to turn.

hondamore

That is my understanding as well. The HID bulbs had a focused lens that needed to be turned to focus the beam toward the direction the car was turning. With the LED cluster, there are LED's that are constantly focused to the "sides" (say 10 to 20 degrees from straight forward) and so no shifting or movement is needed to have light directed toward the path of the turn. Again, this is how I interpreted the explanation of the Jewel Light technology.

jhr3uva90

Maybe this will help.

silver3.5

Cool video and cool technology but every LED headlights I've seen has been unimpressed! I highly doubt the RLX is any different compared to what's out there already!

hondamore

When the 2G RL came out, I remember that one of the knocks on the HID headlights was the lack of side illumination to light up street signs etc. The video demonstrates that the Jewel Eye will correct for this nicely. I must retract my earlier comments about the Jewel Eye headlights being mostly designed to be novel and recognizable rather than being a step up from a lighting standpoint.

BDoggPrelude

The LED headlights in my parents' Accord Touring are definitely a big step up from halogens. They light up the road with a much more even, brighter and useful light. Driving them back to back against one of our Acura's though, I didn't feel like the light projected as far down the road as the HID's in our two cars. Of course, the RLX has 5 times as many of those LED's in the headlights so I think it's safe to assume they are quite a bit brighter.

noobie

How do you flash the lights? Or is that feature no longer available with LEDs?

seanlin

There are total of 20 led.

16 for low beam and 4 for high beam (for both sides). flash is still available using the 4 led for high beam.

3.5RLv-tec?

iTrader: (2)

It would be great if you can provide us with some pics. I'm really interested in how it performs compare to HID with projector.

Colin

It's just a minor point, but there are actually only 10 LED lighting elements. Each one shines through a prism which breaks the light into two beams for the 20 individual lenses.