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<blockquote data-quote="puppychow" data-source="post: 1363275" data-attributes="member: 19520"><p>Fred said..</p><p></p><p>"The biggest negative of those HID lamps to me was the heat that they generated inside the headlight buckets corroded the reflective coating on the reflector just above the lamps over time. Bad enough to happen on the $300 first Gen headlight bucket. Inconceivable to take that risk with the $800 3rd Gen headlamp bucket. Otherwise, they were definitely brighter and had an equivalent beam cast to the stock halogens, &lt;a href='<a href="https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//index.php/topic/30636-h4-telescopic-hids-w-super-slim-ballasts/page-4?do=findComment&comment=369902" target="_blank">https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//index.php/topic/30636-h4-telescopic-hids-w-super-slim-ballasts/page-4?do=findComment&comment=369902</a>'&gt;which I could make even better by leaving one lamp in low beam all of the time&lt;/a&gt;. I'm hoping these LEDs give similar performance without the reflector heating problem. "</p><p></p><p>While I don't think it is heat, the dulling of the reflector is happening due to some sort of discharge from the bulbs.</p><p></p><p>The discharged can be cleaned away to restore a shiny reflector.</p><p></p><p>I have pics somewhere I will post later..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="puppychow, post: 1363275, member: 19520"] Fred said.. "The biggest negative of those HID lamps to me was the heat that they generated inside the headlight buckets corroded the reflective coating on the reflector just above the lamps over time. Bad enough to happen on the $300 first Gen headlight bucket. Inconceivable to take that risk with the $800 3rd Gen headlamp bucket. Otherwise, they were definitely brighter and had an equivalent beam cast to the stock halogens, <a href='[URL="https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//index.php/topic/30636-h4-telescopic-hids-w-super-slim-ballasts/page-4?do=findComment&comment=369902"]https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//index.php/topic/30636-h4-telescopic-hids-w-super-slim-ballasts/page-4?do=findComment&comment=369902[/URL]'>which I could make even better by leaving one lamp in low beam all of the time</a>. I'm hoping these LEDs give similar performance without the reflector heating problem. " While I don't think it is heat, the dulling of the reflector is happening due to some sort of discharge from the bulbs. The discharged can be cleaned away to restore a shiny reflector. I have pics somewhere I will post later.. [/QUOTE]
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