Factory LED light issues

5280tunage said:

man that's silly... Definitely hope yours is under warranty, otherwise here's a $1k plastic housing with $10 (if that) worth of LED's that can last a few years... I know LED this and that is the rage, but I'm starting to wish we could go back to user replaceable incandescent, or at least user replaceable LED, that is if the quality is this low.

Frankly, its kinda like the LED bulbs for your house. They say they save you $200 in electricity over their life, which is how we make it viable to spend 10x vs. an incandescent but I don't know about you guys, but I write service dates on LED bulbs. They usually still die within a year, not the 5yrs the payback talks about.

You just gave me another thing to pay close attention to

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Gumby said:

My biggest issue with LED's in the automotive world is the lack of heat that comes from them. In cold climates, the bulbs do not melt the ice and snow. Therefore, imo causing a potential hazard by covering up the lenses. I'm not knocking the look and the light output during normal usage. I think the clean fresh light look is fantastic.

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5280tunage said:

man that's silly... Definitely hope yours is under warranty, otherwise here's a $1k plastic housing with $10 (if that) worth of LED's that can last a few years... I know LED this and that is the rage, but I'm starting to wish we could go back to user replaceable incandescent, or at least user replaceable LED, that is if the quality is this low.

Frankly, its kinda like the LED bulbs for your house. They say they save you $200 in electricity over their life, which is how we make it viable to spend 10x vs. an incandescent but I don't know about you guys, but I write service dates on LED bulbs. They usually still die within a year, not the 5yrs the payback talks about.

You just gave me another thing to pay close attention to

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