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Old Jan 28, 2004
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LED Headlights

It seems that Audi is stepping up to the plate and is the first auto manufacturer to be including LEDs in their DRLs. I think it's a pretty damned good idea. It's pretty expensive right now to do, but as more and more auto manufacturers do it, price should go way down. Check out the article here.
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that is pretty cool. can't wait for the civic to have those standard around the year 2578. haha
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thats pretty tight, but i didnt think LEDs projected that far. i have led turn signals and parking lights and they dont really project that far at all.
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Originally posted by abmerop18
thats pretty tight, but i didnt think LEDs projected that far. i have led turn signals and parking lights and they dont really project that far at all.
I don't think these are Radio Shack-brand LEDs. These are specifically designed for higher light output and whatnot. I'm sure there's also refelectors in the housing that will help project the light out. Also, these are DRLs, so they don't have to be super-bright. Just bright enough so that you can tell that there's a car coming towards you.
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The Luxeons are INCREDIBLY bright. I have one. It's awesome.

However, they last about 500 hours being so bright. At $80 per led, I bet AUDI has a nice little service racket figured out.

Good luck!
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^thats hot
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i think infinity had LED headlights first... i could be wrong though. they had a car that was supposed to have the brightest production lights on the road. i was reading it in a car magazine a while ago...
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i think it might be the Q45 you are thinking about. i believe those are just HID bulbs inside a gatling gun projection setup. still pretty damn cool though
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^^ yea infiniti had those first, but still anyone that has them on a car is sweet
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