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My Honest Review: Phillips H4 LED headlights

Discussion in 'Product Reviews' started by 12TRDTacoma, Nov 28, 2015.

  1. Dec 16, 2015 at 9:27 AM
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    08TRDOFFROAD

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    Warranty on these bulbs is 3 years. Vendor says my estimate of 20-50,000 hrs lifespan on the LED's themselves is accurate.

    So even if you figure the low end of 20,000 hrs. If you run you headlights 3 hrs a day everyday, they should last more than 18 years.
     
  2. Dec 16, 2015 at 10:13 AM
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    I may have added in too many zero's at the end of that, so I actually think you are spot on. Lol. Oops.
     
  3. Dec 16, 2015 at 10:16 AM
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    Looking good! Very clean. I hope you are enjoying them as much as I am mine. I tested them in the snow to see if they actually still illuminated the road as well as rain, and much to my pleasure they totally illuminate the road well still.
     
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  4. Dec 22, 2015 at 8:21 PM
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    I am about ready to punt my Brite ass leds for the Phillips kit.
    F-ing BA leds starting to fail after 8 months and not a single response back about warranty.
    What do you all think about the Phillips compared to "other" led kits. Sounds like Phillips is the way to go.
     
  5. Dec 22, 2015 at 8:32 PM
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    A lot of r & d went in to these to maintain the factory beam pattern. Nothing else out on the led market comes close...
     
  6. Dec 23, 2015 at 7:22 AM
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    Merry Christmas to me ! just pulled the trigger on the Phillips LED kit now !!!!
     
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  7. Dec 23, 2015 at 7:36 AM
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    Are you sitting level?

    I tried a set of H4 lights and got the same tilt. Went back to 9003 and the cut off was level.
     
  8. Dec 23, 2015 at 9:53 AM
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    I believe there was a very slight incline in the road I was on.
     
  9. Apr 20, 2016 at 9:00 PM
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    I bought another led headlights kit, but I saw the supplier has a similar product of the Philips', with cheaper price $75.55, anyone want a replacement would be a good choice. So I'm going to share it with you guys. You will find they are just different in base, nothing else.[​IMG]
     
  10. Apr 21, 2016 at 6:19 AM
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    If I read your post correctly you bought something else and just happened to see these, right? So you're not actually running them. I see these have 4 leds per low/high beam as opposed to 3 on the Philips lights, which I've been running since last November with no problems. I do like this price A LOT more than the Philips price. I'm just a little suspicious of things that are so cheap. Seems whenever I go cheap I end up paying more in the end! Hopefully these are a good quality product!
     
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  11. Apr 25, 2016 at 11:32 PM
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    Yeah, the one I bought is broview v8 from same supplier, not this. They look fine, I think quality should be good.
     
  12. Apr 26, 2016 at 11:30 AM
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    Yep get what ya pay for .... been there done that.
     
  13. May 4, 2016 at 8:48 PM
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    Ordered these from Amazon until I can afford to retrofit (2nd baby on the way). Currently have my passenger headlight out and figure I'd try something new instead of a trip to AutoZone. Truck is parked now while I fab up a tiregate, going to polish the outer lens and maybe plastiderp some eyelids sooo... results may vary I guess :cheers:
     
  14. May 4, 2016 at 9:01 PM
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    After reading this I'm thinking about the rewire and stick with halogen bulbs,that seems to be the best route imo
     
  15. May 4, 2016 at 9:12 PM
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    These Philips H4 LEDs appear to be the only quality LED kit properly designed to work in a halogen housing. Proper cut offs and no cooling fans to fail.

    That said.
    Philips H4 LED: 1250 lumens
    85w Osram Halogens: 2400 lumens
     
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  16. May 4, 2016 at 9:26 PM
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    I'm not good with electrical is the only problem lol.but yeah I'd love the Osram upgrade with wiring on my 08
     
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  18. May 10, 2016 at 1:50 PM
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    Why would you ditch a full projector retrofit for these??
     
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    The guy I bought em from didn't do a great job on them. He's not a vendor, just a regular dude, so I got what I paid for lol. The projectors themselves work fine, but I would have to completely re-do the whole setup and it just seems like more work than I feel like doing
     
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  20. May 25, 2016 at 11:55 AM
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    Just ordered these and a set of LEDs for my fogs! They're 20% off at xenondepot today!!! :headbang:
     
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