H8 Foglight (HID/LED)

[gameday22]

Has anyone found a LED bulb worthwhile or a nice HID conversion kit?

I was looking at some CREE LED's on Amazon, I'm willing to be the first to try but was looking for more feedback on the pros/cons of LED. It's been a while (2010) since I last tried LED fog-lights and they were horrible back then. The light was bright white and looked good but it didn't focus the beam well onto the road.......thanks

Here are a couple different sets I was looking at:

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[Epiphany]

As far as I've read LED won't give much in terms of usable light at all, just looks.

 

[brfatal]

Anything other than another halogen bulb will be a huge downgrade in terms of poor weather visibility and clear weather visibility, including HIDs. In addition, HIDs would result in your car turning into a mobile road hazard. Aftermarket rebased LED bulbs tend to have poor output.

Why do you feel you need to change the bulb type?

 

[gameday22]

Anything other than another halogen bulb will be a huge downgrade in terms of poor weather visibility and clear weather visibility, including HIDs. In addition, HIDs would result in your car turning into a mobile road hazard. Aftermarket rebased LED bulbs tend to have poor output.

Why do you feel you need to change the bulb type?

I'm fine staying with a conventional bulb but want the brightest one I can find (5000k range) vs. the 4150 of my current bulbs.....without losing light output to the ground. Since replacing my HID's with 5500k OSRAM Xenarc's it makes the H8's look a bit off white by comparison. The D1S upgrades were worth every penny as I'm easily getting another 75'+ of useable light, and on a dark road it makes all the difference.

I cant recall offhand what the stock H8's run for wattage, I'm thinking 55W but could be wrong??

 

[Epiphany]

I'm fine staying with a conventional bulb but want the brightest one I can find (5000k range) vs. the 4150 of my current bulbs.....without losing light output to the ground. Since replacing my HID's with 5500k OSRAM Xenarc's it makes the H8's look a bit off white by comparison. The D1S upgrades were worth every penny as I'm easily getting another 75'+ of useable light, and on a dark road it makes all the difference.

I cant recall offhand what the stock H8's run for wattage, I'm thinking 55W but could be wrong??

You can buy a premium halogen bulb like silverstar ultra or osram nightbreakers in H8 but there won't be a huge difference I wouldn't imagine.