http://www.imakenews.com/autospies/e...e000143915.cfm

 

wow! awesome. I wonder how they perform?

 

that looks tight!!

 

LED headlights. I wonder how they illuminate compared to regular headlights? Has anyone seen anything like this?

 

Funny thing is, TL comes out in 1999 with HiD Bulbs and than projectors hit the market shortly after and than everyone prays to get Projectors on the new TL (We know we will), now for the next Gen we have to pray for LED Headlights, its funny Technology never stops and theres always something cooler and better out there



By the way all those pics are of the Lexus HPX Concept, they were posted to show how they will be on the New GS if it comes out with L.E.D. Lights

 

I have to admit... I am depressed that Lexus has no plans to release the HPX. :'(

Although the styling is blatantly similar to the Infinity FX, it still is a piece of beauty. With Lexus' reputation for interior quality, reliability, and customer service, that would be one crossover to drool over...

I can't wait to see the new GS...

 

And look at this navigation system...

 

Well, IMHO, I think we won't see LED headlights in the new GS. We might see it eventually...but I don't know if we'll see it this soon. Then again, watch me eat my words in a few months...

I think the LEDs on the HPX were just for the concept "whoop-di-de-doo" factor...kind of like no windshield wipers or rearview mirrors on the TL.

Then again, who knows? LED flashlights are quite common nowadays and they're rather effective (or is it affective?) They give off plenty of light and look a lot like an HID/Xenon light.

So now, I'm just confused


SPUDMTN

 

I would never get LED lights for headlights, they do not illuminate the road very well. They are bright up close, but thats about it.

 

That GPS is sick

 

Doesn't the pics of the 04 TL from Seattle show amber turn lights in the TL's headlights that look like they're LED? I think that's the type of use LEDs could possibly have in any sort of headlights. They're bright, but not bright enough to illuminate the road ahead the way traditional lights do.

 

Still nice to know the headlights on the 2004 TL have some LEDS..

 

Well, IMHO, it doesn't look like there are LEDs in the headlamp cluster. The illuminated amber lenses seem to be lit up only by traditional bulbs, if you ask me. LEDs are quite visible--take a look at the tail lights and you can see the light given off by the individual LEDs. I can't see the same pattern w/ the amber turn indicator up front...sorry. Is it just me?


SPUDMTN

PS--Just for the record, the concept didn't even have LEDs as turn-indicators in the headlamp cluster. They used neon tubes, if I remember correctly.

 

Yeah, that's pretty cool, even if it's just for the turn signals.

 

But the rear taillights didn't have LED bulbs on the concept either...

Anyways, I looked back at the pictures and you're right, it doesn't appear to be LEDs for the amber lights.

 

Good point I guess I should have done my research...oh well


SPUDMTN

 

LEDs would work on the rear maybe because they're highly visible from a distance, but for headlights? I don't think they illuminate very well...

 

Am I the only one who's seen LED flashlights? They actually work pretty well--and they only have a few LEDs in them...


SPUDMTN

 

Up close, its just whatever but damn from a distance that must be the best looking light period. If it performs as well as xenon that is must.

 

I do not think your the only that have seen LED flashlights, I believe it does serve its function, which is illuminate. Why don't you take your led flashlight and regular flashlight and shine at an object from a distance to see which one illuminates farther.

 

whatever the new GS looks like, i don't think it will look like any of those pics. those are just pics of the HPX concept. it will probably have the some sort of dual headlight treatment like the current generation. i think LED headlights are still have a long way to go before they are put on production cars.

 

those headlight LED's won't see production

 

I love the HPX and hope it comes to life.

Additionally, I own a flashlight with one, little LED and it is bright as ....

 

Ok, at Light Fair in NYC last summer (a big time Lighting Show with all the major, and not so major, lightmakers present) (not a car show), I saw many applications of LED based lights that are replacing halogen or standard bulbs, they are just as bright and are just as good in terms of beam pattern as standard lights. These replacements for std bulbs are available now, and bigest application is MR16 Halogen replacments (just as bright, better color renditionin, and a lot less HEAT).

LED head lights WILL be out in the next 2-3 years. This was confimred at the show by several MAJOR makers of LEDS (PHILIPS/Lumiled and a GE/LED maker cooperation).

Samples of the car headlights were there along with full replicas of living spaces all illumintated by LED's. It did not look out of place and had color renditioning similar to incandescent / halogen and Xenon/HID lights depending on what color temperature (in degrees Kelvin) you picked for the white LED's.

The car headlight had a pattern similar to a Xenon/HID unit that was there for comparison, and very similar color (more on the white side, like BMW's HID lights vs the blue on the Acura's).

The LED headlights are made up of multiple LED clusters so that the intensity and beam pattern of the light meets the needs of drivers.

also, there has been talk of making addaptive headlights even better, as a portion of the LEDs would re-aim to the direction that the car is turning, while the remaining ones can still stay straight ahead, not easily done with single bulb head lights.

Here is a web sight for the leading maker of high powered LED's (in cooperation with PHILIPS Lighting):

http://www.lumiled.com/solutions/aut...ive_index.html

While the web site does not have any photos of LED head ligths, it is only a mater of time (and they state that) before one reaches production. Many hi-tech show cars use LED head lights, so you can see the makers are thinking about it.

 

I didn't even know they exist, so I looked for them on the internet - now I know why I never knew of them, holy crap they're expensive. I saw one with 4 LED bulbs - $30, 6 bulbs, $50. I would never pay that much for flashlights.

 

Philie, the concept did have LED tails , it was even in the Honda, err Acura press release. I saw it in person behind the lens (they were in a circular pattern, LED's can be placed anyway you want).

From Lycos photos, it looks like the black/smoke lensed amber light is LED and so is the red side marker in the back.

 

If you read further in the Autospies article, it clearly states that Lexus has confirmed that the LED headlamps WILL NOT make it into the 2005 GS....

Sorry guys.

 

LED is coming soon, not sure on the next GS. HPX is going to be made, it might not be a seperate car but a GS wagon of some kind. It is totally based on the GS, it would not be that hard to make.

 

how does the new GS look likle?