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Old 12-08-2018, 11:06 AM #16
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Hahah that is so me too. It’s like “crap, if I’m wrong and those aren’t high-beams but poorly adjusted headlights — I’m screwed...” so usually I just flip them the bird and mutter some nonsense under my breath about the world going to shit. I figure if they can see me flipping them off at night @ high speed — then they deserve the bird.

But I’m kinda odd too
OMG, you must be my brother from another mother! Or we're both odd . As I was driving up the 5 a couple of days ago to your neck of the woods, I did the same thing - flipped the bird to every 18 wheeler I passed that illuminated everything in sight, including my interior! And not one of the honked at me, which I guess means they didn't see it .
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As the OP on the thread: Real Hi/Lo Beam LED bulb! AWESOME! I really appreciate the time and effort you put into the comparison of these bulbs in your "OEDRO H4 9003 HB2 LED headlight bulbs".

For the money that was spent on the OEDRO's, and the brighter light they give out, I am totally pleased with them. Like many others, I have yet to have anyone flash me going down the road. What I like the most is the way the yellowish tint is gone from the old halogen style bulbs. Also, as I bought them from Amazon.com, Amazon backs up the two year warranty with the product.

Best low-dollar "investment" I have made in a long time! Nice write up man!
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I drive 5 hours at night each week. I've had the oEdRos about 2 months now. I have yet to have ONE, UNO, vehicle of any type (low to the ground or whatever) flash me to indicate my brights are on when they are not on (which luckily those nasty 01's no one likes on here do work to indicate brights are on)

I think many on here are overthinking the cutoff, it's not about what You see, it's about what those in front of you see. The only real way to test that is either wait for others to complain via flashing you or BE the other driver against your own runner with these lights. Now go try that and report back!
I agree that the only real way to know if these lights are blinding or not, is to experience them from the flip side. I think I may do this soon. Although I don’t own any little cars to use as a test vehicle, so this may not work as well with my 4wd Ford.



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Sorry, I have to disagree. I posted this on the other thread, but here it is again. Those LEDs are dumping of bunch of light into other cars, whether you get flashed or not:

With all this discussion of beam pattern and cutoff, let me illustrate what I'm talking about.

First photo is from my 4Runner with the halogen bulbs. You can see the hotspot of the beam, the cutoff, and some light bleeding up above the cutoff:


This amount of light bleeding up above the cutoff is not too bad, because the overall brightness level is low.

But look at what happens when you put very bright LED's in place of the halogens (photo courtesy of OP on this thread):



The amount of light in the hotspot is insane, but so is the amount of light bleeding up above the cutoff. See how the whole wall is lit up? That's what the drivers in front of you see as well. Some may choose to ignore it, being content with how bright the lights are, but that's the part that's bothering me.

For comparison, as unfair as it is, here is a photo of the light pattern on my HID retrofit project in a Chrysler minivan:


The light is bright and uniform, with no light bleedthrough. If our trucks didn't look bugeyed with projectors (IMO), I'd be doing a retrofit right about now.

Tonight I had to load down the 4Runner with a ton of stuff and it was sagging a bit in the rear...well not sagging exactly, but I had lost most of my front to rear rake. I could tell immediately that my headlights were blinding a bit as I could see the headrests in the backs of cars in front of me and I was lighting up road signs in very unnatural ways as I drove. Yet not one single vehicle (two police vehicles as included) flashed me or otherwise indicated that I was blinding them.

I think this speaks volumes about the amount of blinding light many people are willing to endure before they will actually let you know it’s a problem. This is definitely something to take into consideration as I had previously assumed that I would be immediately flashed if I was blinding other drivers.

I’m not a fan of the bug-eyed HID look either, but admittedly I think HID is where I’ll eventually end up. In the meantime though, these Oedro LEDs seem to provide a solid & cost effective upgrade from the previous halogens I ran.



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As the OP on the thread: Real Hi/Lo Beam LED bulb! AWESOME! I really appreciate the time and effort you put into the comparison of these bulbs in your "OEDRO H4 9003 HB2 LED headlight bulbs".

For the money that was spent on the OEDRO's, and the brighter light they give out, I am totally pleased with them. Like many others, I have yet to have anyone flash me going down the road. What I like the most is the way the yellowish tint is gone from the old halogen style bulbs. Also, as I bought them from Amazon.com, Amazon backs up the two year warranty with the product.

Best low-dollar "investment" I have made in a long time! Nice write up man!
Thanks bud, I’m glad this review can add to the discussion about these particular LED lights and their potential issues. I figured I would start a second thread from yours that specifically mentioned the Oedro brand in the thread title itself for future search purposes as I know some people only search via thread titles for specific keywords. Otherwise I would have just added my review to your thread.

I had the opportunity to try these out in some light fog the other day and I was happy to see that they functioned well and did not appear to reflect undue amounts of light back at me or otherwise suffer from any color washout with the fog particles. Heavy fog may be another story but they at least passed the light fog test.
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Don't go out of your way for more pics, just wanted your thoughts if it was a big improvement. Always searching for better non-projector (also read as: cheap) headlights.
I’ve had this picture now for a week or two but forgot to post it back up.

Keep in mind there is 2-3 year difference in the pictures and the phone is newer. While the sign has been moved and barriers put up (guessing some drunk ran the old sign down) the latest picture with the LEDs is pretty much the same as the older pics. These Oedro LEDs lights are quite a bit brighter and the pictures show this as well.

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I’ve had this picture now for a week or two but forgot to post it back up.

Keep in mind there is 2-3 year difference in the pictures and the phone is newer. While the sign has been moved and barriers put up (guessing some drunk ran the old sign down) the latest picture with the LEDs is pretty much the same as the older pics. These Oedro LEDs lights are quite a bit brighter and the pictures show this as well.

That's a pretty big difference man!! Seems like these bulbs deliver a pretty good bang for the buck
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I had Silverstars before and they suck. I got sick of buying bulbs that were expensive and didn't last long, so I bought the cheapest halogen bulb I could find at advance auto parts and those things outlasted them all. I replaced them with Auxito LEDS just try them out and they are ok. Nobody has highbeamed me yet. I can't really tell if they are any better than the halogens. They seem do brighter at short distances. I can't get the rubber covers to fit over them so I might go back to the cheapie halogens that are still working and sitting in a box.
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