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- 2010 Mazda5 GT
Headlight bulb to LED causes flickering. Help!
- Thread starter jcmac87
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I am getting the feeling that you actually have no idea what headlights are in your car. Invoice says 6000K so you think HID but Kelvin rating relates to any light bulb and the coloring index of them. You maybe had the shop switch to LED's over the stock HID's but you don't know for sure. I think you need to look at the headlights and maybe pull the bulbs and see what you actually dealing with. If you don't know what you are looking at, try taking some pictures and posting them up, maybe we can help take a look and determine what you have going on. Probably the best option is to just drive over to the shop and talk to the people who worked on the car and get them to figure out what is going on.
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- Fredericton Canada
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- 2018 CX-5 GT
I have a non-Tech CX-5 and have been (re)searching high and low for the best LED replacement for my halogen highbeam. The main concern I read about is the lack of distance of any LED compared to the oem halogen. Whiteness doesn't seem to be an issue for any LED's. Now some LED's claim to have over 3000 lumens but some reviewers say that our CX-5 higbeam reflector design just can't take advantage of these higher lumens by providing sufficient beam distance. HID's are not an option apparently, as I have read that they are best suited for my low beam projector lamps.
So I am looking for any suggestions as to a LED bulb model/brand that you know will give me the beam distance without blinding oncoming traffic, although I realize that I could just dim my brights to my low beams. HELP!!!! (anyone)
So I am looking for any suggestions as to a LED bulb model/brand that you know will give me the beam distance without blinding oncoming traffic, although I realize that I could just dim my brights to my low beams. HELP!!!! (anyone)
I am going to jump into my flame suit and declare that LED doesn't always mean an upgrade. All sorts of factors such as CRI, purpose-designed reflectors, and so forth contribute to good LED lighting. It also puzzles me why everyone thinks higher color temps provide better lighting. There is a reason why true fog lights are amber as are pilot's sunglasses. That range of color temperature increases contrast.
I guess the bluish light looks more stylish. I'm not saying that a pure white is bad (5000-5500k), but 6000k+?
I guess the bluish light looks more stylish. I'm not saying that a pure white is bad (5000-5500k), but 6000k+?
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- Fredericton Canada
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- 2018 CX-5 GT
Yes, I don't really get why some people go to LED upgrades with a bluish tint. It's a look, but not for me. What looks even worse is when they have an oem LED or HIH with a white color, then add, say, a LED fog, with a bluish tint. It just doesn't seem to complement the package, IMO. Now I have already upgraded my fog surrounds to the plastic covers with imbedded LED's that are whitish in color so would want a white colored LED for the DRL/highbeam, as the color of the oem halogen bulbs really stands out as being too yellowish now. I have kept my LED search confined to those with a colour band of 5000k-5500K as you have mentioned. My thoughts would be that those LED's with a higher number of chips around the sides as well as some on the end would more closely replicate the original halogen filament bulb. BUT, as you confirm, the DRL/highbeam reflector design on our CX-5's may be the weak link in allowing a LED to provide proper beam distance and spread.
The only other option would be to find a way to disable the DRL's to stay off until the highbeam's are turned on. Any ideas??
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- Fredericton Canada
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- 2018 CX-5 GT
OK, it would seem that, for the moment, there is no LED on the market that will give me the oem beam pattern and distance I am wanting for my non-Tech DRL/highbeam replacement. Having said that I am more than willing to go to a replacement halogen bulb that gives off a whiter hue than my current oem (Silverstar) bulb. I have searched the Silverstar web site, other web site blogs and talked to my local parts store rep. Some reviewers on the web site and the store rep all suggest that the Silverstar Ultra's and the more expensive Silverstar ZXE's, while having a slightly whiter light with a bit more distance suffers from two HUGE drawbacks. 1) The bulbs don't last very long compared to the basic Silverstar oem's , and, 2) the warranty is much shorter.
If anyone out there knows of a reliable halogen replacement with a whiter light I'd love to know about it!!!
If anyone out there knows of a reliable halogen replacement with a whiter light I'd love to know about it!!!
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- Fredericton Canada
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- 2018 CX-5 GT
I'm with you RG_Flyer...it would seem there is as of yet no LED upgrade for our CX-5 Non-Tech's that give a proper light dispersion for the low(or high beams). And why don't we see any amber fog lights standard on any cars these days? It's what makes sense, as you say, to cut through the fog. I also don't get why people are upgrading lights to over 5000k. The bluish tint they give off is just not appealing in my opinion. But, for me, the search still continues for a LED or Halogen upgrade to give me a whiter light that gives me at least a similar(if not greater) beam distance, and beam spread to OEM.
