Hi there Gang.

I am thinking i might do a swap of the headlights to LED. Has anyone done this? how did the dayliught running lights work out? i had an issue on a previous car where the daytime running lights caused the highbeams to stay on. all was fine if i just turned the headlights on, but it still caused issues. i know the Vue runs a day/night sensor but im curious if it causes issues.

Any thoughts or advice?

 

What will you be using for the projectors and cutoff masks to keep from blinding oncoming traffic? Assuming you are coming from halogens .. ?

 

In the past I have used a few options. On my Silverado, I used an aftermarket housing specifically for LEDs. On a couple other cars I used adjustable beams. I have had really good luck with them most of the time. The cutoff is not clearly defined on the test wall, (like you would get with a mask) but the height was pretty close. I kept the bulb brightness down a bit and called that good. One one car, an old Accent, I was not happy with the pattern and went back to halogens. I've found it depends a lot on the car.

 

Cool
Someone who knows the right way to do this without blinding us old farts.

You passed the step -1 clueless test.
That's my contribution to the effort. I just use the bulbs that fit the connectors it came with from the factory.

Who around here does lightning upgrades?
@DropDead ?
@ (Astra folk?).
@oldmarine ?

Please chime in, folks.

 

I've replaced complete headlight assemblies, but not upgrades. I've just replaced halogens with a new assembly.

 

I have found that LED bulbs run full brightness on half voltage. My Fords at work run the high beams on half voltage as daytime running lights. So LED bulbs blind oncoming traffic during the day. I have disabled the DRL in the trucks that I have installed LED bulbs in at work.

Actually in 16 days it will all be someone else’s problem.

 

Man are they going to miss you.....

(Jimmy crack corn n I don't care...)

 

This is what i found with a couple of my other cars as well. usually there is a fuse you can pull to disable the DRL, but i am not a fan of that solution. I dont even know if there is one in the vue. the logical solution is to put an adjustable in the low beam spot and leave halogens in the high beam spot, but that is sorta odd from a usage standpoint, Im not sure it would be worth the effort at that point.