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So i am looking at converting over to LED headlights and thinking of going with a 9003 series bulb.
I noticed there are two distinct housing styles:
With a reflective cone in the center.
And
Without the reflective cone in the center.
Im wondering if one actually does any better at lighting the road and street signs then the other style.
So i am looking at converting over to LED headlights and thinking of going with a 9003 series bulb.
I noticed there are two distinct housing styles:
With a reflective cone in the center.
And
Without the reflective cone in the center.
Im wondering if one actually does any better at lighting the road and street signs then the other style.
This is a well known question amongst RX7 owners which utilize the same H6054 housings. All of the silly ricer garbage works like silly ricer garbage. As uncool as they look, the performance of traditional fluted lenses (such as AutoPal conversion housings) is only second to a well designed projector housing.
I've heard nothing but fantastic reviews of AutoPal conversion housings in both DOT and ECE standards. Here is a review of the ECE version for Left-Hand Drive vehicles, installed on a Jeep Cherokee:
Generally speaking, the more 'ricer' the lights look, the worse their optics are. Icemark on the RX7club did an objective photographic comparison of several options for 86-91 RX7 headlights, ranging from the stock H6054s, all the way up to a properly crafted HID conversion that he designed. Here is the link: Thinking about HID lighting or H4 bulbs or?? FC specific test showing the difference - RX7Club.com
The Ebay Diamond cut housings like you are suggesting are generally not focused well, throwing light every which way, while the Autopal ones have a crisp laser-sharp cutoff that works quite well with HIDs. Going from memory, I'd say that the Autopal/HID setup he used was as sharp and crisp as my friend's 350z's factory HIDs
Unfortunately, the pictures seem to have disappeared from his website since he passed away in 2009. We're still trying to get in touch with his family to correct this though. In the meantime, if you're up for doing a comparison picture set, everyone would love to see the results too. Just be sure to use the same camera settings and operating voltage for an objective test.
Generally speaking, the more 'ricer' the lights look, the worse their optics are. Icemark on the RX7club did an objective photographic comparison of several options for 86-91 RX7 headlights, ranging from the stock H6054s, all the way up to a properly crafted HID conversion that he designed. Here is the link: Thinking about HID lighting or H4 bulbs or?? FC specific test showing the difference - RX7Club.com
The Ebay Diamond cut housings like you are suggesting are generally not focused well, throwing light every which way, while the Autopal ones have a crisp laser-sharp cutoff that works quite well with HIDs. Going from memory, I'd say that the Autopal/HID setup he used was as sharp and crisp as my friend's 350z's factory HIDs
Unfortunately, the pictures seem to have disappeared from his website since he passed away in 2009. We're still trying to get in touch with his family to correct this though. In the meantime, if you're up for doing a comparison picture set, everyone would love to see the results too. Just be sure to use the same camera settings and operating voltage for an objective test.
funny that the guy who smashes "ricers" repeatedly owns an rx7...
The sequential twin turbo control system is my own design, created and proven to work before I translated the official vacuum diagram into English from the unobtanium Eunos Cosmo Service Manual.
Here's the same engine found in a Eunos Cosmo, albeit with a single turbo conversion. Watch the speedometer closely in how fast it jumps from 100 km/h (~62.5mph) to 180+km/h (112mph+) and that's running through a 4-speed automatic circa 1990. Just over ONE SECOND...
This Hennessey Takes the Expedition Tremor's Off-Roading Capability to the Next Level
Slideshow: The VelociRaptor Expedition gains a lift, upgraded suspension, Brembo brakes, and trail-ready equipment while retaining the stock 440-horsepower EcoBoost V6.
