HeartTLs

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Where my pics?!

TeamAcura

LOL

CamPhil

haha... the natives are getting restless!
KB, did you have to modify anything to make the bulbs fit since they have such massive heat sinks.

KB1Spec

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No pic last night. My friend borrowed my car to pick up his mom at the airport. I'll try to get my car back today and do it if I can.

KB1Spec

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There was space on the passenger side but on the driver side it fit nicely tight.

CamPhil

Got the lights in today but not having much luck installing them. I have no idea how you got the bulbs in. When I tried, the heat sink hits the underside of the frame that the headlights bolt to.

HELP!!!

potmilkz

have you tried calling jlc?

CamPhil

I left a VM for them...hope they get back to me soon. There is space from front to back, but the issue is that damn heat sink. It flares out at the end.

Zelaya

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So JLC have the new one available??

CamPhil

Yeah, it is available for sale. I'm still waiting to hear back from JLC to see if there is anything special I need to do to make it fit. I have no idea how KB1 was able to seat it correctly in the reflector housing. Even if I take the bumper off and remove the headlight housing to install bulbs, I don't foresee being able to put it all back together AND not have the heat sink hit the underside of the car's frame.

TeamAcura

If you're up for it, you could dremel or shave the heat sink down so that it can fit. I bit of improvising\modifiying but if you plan not returning the bulbs it's worth a shot. GL either way and I'm sure you'll keep everyone posted.

CamPhil

I don't disagree and certainly don't mind having to "massage" it a little so it'll fit, but my expectations were that they would fit without the need to mod since JLC did not indicate otherwise. Just waiting to hear back and see how they got it work work in KB1's car since he did not need to modify anything to make it fit. JLC also charges a hefty 25% restocking fee on returned items so its almost not worth sending it back. If they are not able to offer suggestions then they should at the very least update their site and put up a disclaimer about the possibility of having to modify the item for future reference to other possible customers.

I hooked up the lights to make sure they worked and the output looks promising. Its just a shame that I might have to cut into the heat sink to make it work. I'm also a little concerned that this may effect the overall performance and not allow heat to dissipate appropriately.

Zelaya

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I remebered when I got my 9005 from JLC the bulb didn't fit the housing and they had to send me another type with a slimmer bulb tip. Hopefully you can resolve before I order mine. Can you take pic of the bulb so we can have a better understanding.

CamPhil

I don't think that same scenario applies here. Depending on your application, they will send you adapter to fit the factory harness. The acutal bulb and heat sink can't be swapped out. Not sure what pictures I can send you to show the issue more clearly because it would be hard to get a camera into the engine bay behind and under the frame. I'll give it a try tonight but no promises.

CamPhil

I Contacted JLC and they couldn't offer any other solution. Rather annoying, but I spent another couple of hours trying to get these to sit correctly in the housing with no luck.

I'm going to have to shave down the ends, but luckily I discovered that the heat sink can be unscrewed.

Just a warning to anybody interested in these... just be aware that you might run into the same fitment issues. Hopefully, you'll have better luck and not need to modify.

deuce415

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They put some huge LEDs on there! I can see why it would need big heat sinks.

potmilkz

so wheres the shaving pics?

CamPhil

Didn't have time to cut back any of the heat sink yet. Plan on taking a dremel to it with a metal cutting wheel and I'll post more pictures when I get to it later this week.

HeartTLs

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way too labor intensive for an already expensive product. JLC, get back to me when it fits properly.

CamPhil

You're not kidding...I spent an hour or so with the dremel and metal cutting wheel, but since the wheel's diameter is too small couldn't cut all the way through. If I had a bigger cutting wheel, it wouldn't have been an issue. I put it on hold until I could get my hands on a reciprocating saw which I'm hoping can help finish the job.

I wonder if anybody else would run into the same issues. When I spoke to JLC, they said that it took them a good amount of time to get it to fit into KB1's car and they just had to "play around with it".

jdm_fanatix

wow what front lip is that? looks awsome

Zelaya

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I agreed with HeartTLs makes no sense paying premium money for something you have to modify, now leaving that on a side how's the light output.

RSLTSX09XMNAVWX

Interesting post, will see how he makes them fit..

keith7120

The HL22-1200 Lumen V-LEDS works just fine. I was hoping to see pics of the completely installed JLC product in the TL just to get a comparison. That huge heat sink is ridiculous.

CamPhil

Sorry...I've had a bunch of other activities take up my time recently, but I did get a hold of a reciprocating saw. Hope to have the heat sink trimmed and lights installed by the middle of next week. Will keep everybody posted.

Edward'TLS

^^^^^

If you trim down the giant heat sink, will it not be sufficient enough to cool down the super-hot LED's ?

CamPhil

Only one way for me to find out. I plan on running it at different intervals and log how hot it gets. I've seen similar heat sinks online through Chinese distributors which I think may fit the existing thread pattern. Who knows, maybe down the road they will update the current heat sink so it won't cause any clearance issues.

Edward'TLS

That's a lot of work trying to mickey-mouse in a not-designed-to-fit LED bulb.

But nice work, and we all appreciate your valuable effort and contribution to the knowledge pool in Acurazine.

paperboy42190

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just did it on my car:

LADHAR

Try headlightbulbs.com
I ordered 2 sets one for fog one for drl

Total $60 including shipping to canada I will post pics as soon i get them

HeartTLs

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Camphil any updates? Paperboy you had to remove the headlight from the bumper to make it work? Did you have any problems with putting the headlight back in with the led installed?

CamPhil

Sorry guys, been MIA dealing with stuff and haven't had a chance to play around with the lights. I'm finally back home and will be around for the next 2 weeks so should have something updated to show you guys.

HeartTLs

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Hope you're alright, in for pics!

BigManny

as anybody tried these from iJDMToy? These appear to be a new version with a much smaller heatsink. The guy at iJDM did not seem to think that these would also need resistors, but I do't necessarily believe that.

http://store.ijdmtoy.com/High-Power-...headlights.htm

Extremely Bright HID Equivalent 6000K OEM Xenon White 20W High Power H8 H11 9005 9006 LED Bulbs Upgrading Kit For Headlights or Fog Lights.

potmilkz

yea its 140 bucks tho.

Mr Marco

My guess is that, like most engineered components, it's twice as big as it needs to be.

DeeQRL

JLC's V2

they will get new shipment on 9005,h7 & h11 soon.





P.S: this LED is 4 sides output compare to ijdmtoy's 2 sides

BigManny

I tried the the V2 like the one from ijdm and had one with a bad solder. I thought no big dig deal and tried to remove them from the vehicle. Easier said then done. When you try to remove the bulb the heatsink spins off of the base. I took well over an hour and a ton of brute force to get them off. Just a heads up.

I like the looks of the JLC version, but hope that they do not have the same removal issue with the heatsink. Also, the v2 from iJDM did not require the resistor.

Mike

merak

I installed these tonight. DRLs work perfectly, without flicker and without setting the DRL light on the dash.

High beams are damn bright.

deuce415

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I was poking around VLED's site and noticed that they have an updated version of the CREE MT-G2 with bulbs on both sides now. It's $200, which is out of my price range for DRL bulbs. Just thought I'd throw this into this thread for those that are still looking for DRL LED bulbs.

http://www.vleds.com/bulb-type/dayti...g2-3000lm.html

It says it is rated at 3000 lumens, which is real close to HID output.