| Re: [GMCnet] LED headlights [message #233686 is a reply to message #233683] |
Sun, 22 December 2013 07:10   |
tphipps
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20 watt LEDs are available as individual assemblies. Could design your own. Might be hard to get pass any State inspection. However, they could be made into effective "fog" lights. Just get the cheap lights from HF and install new internals. Don't forget the heat sink. Leave them on when you need lights at night. About half the drivers around here always have their fog lights on, if their car is so equipped.
Tom, MS II, still packing up
2012 Phoenix Cruiser model 2552
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| Re: [GMCnet] LED headlights [message #233687 is a reply to message #233608] |
Sun, 22 December 2013 08:04 |
Steven Ferguson
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It would just become another Los Angeles.
Steve F.
On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Larry Davick <ljdavick@comcast.net> wrote:
> That shoot-out in Mexico is nothing more than an evening on International
> Boulevard in Oakland, or any Sunday the Raiders are playing at the Coliseum.
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> I shouldn’t joke. The gun-battle video looked horrific. Those combatants
> were using really big guns and bullets that could easily have hurt
> innocents. It amazes me how many rounds are fired compared to how few
> targets are actually hit.
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> I’d wager the aluminum of our coaches would not stand a chance against
> anything of that caliber.
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> With all the natural resources, fertile soil, proximity to the US market,
> and intelligence abundant in Mexico why hasn’t it joined the first tier of
> nations? Why still is it a 3rd world country? There are so many beautiful
> spots to visit, historic locations to tour, and cuisine to eat, that this
> violence is repulsing tourism and investment.
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> Larry Davick
> A Mystery Machine
> 1976(ish) Palm Beach
> Fremont, CA
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| Re: [GMCnet] LED headlights [message #233691 is a reply to message #233680] |
Sun, 22 December 2013 09:30 |
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And Mike Miller's statement is basically what is happening now in the good old US of A!
As Margaret Thatcher said, "The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people's money!"
The Pilgrims in Plymouth colony found out early on that when people find that they can benefit from the labors of others without expending any of their own labor, things collapse pretty quickly.
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> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] LED headlights
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> ljdavick wrote on Sat, 21 December 2013 09:41
> > ...
> > With all the natural resources, fertile soil, proximity to the US market, and intelligence abundant in Mexico why hasn’t it joined the first tier of nations? Why still is it a 3rd world country? ...
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> Basic answer that has been true from the beginning of humans... If honest people can not keep what they work for, a civilization is limited on what it can accomplish.
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| Re: [GMCnet] LED headlights [message #233693 is a reply to message #233683] |
Sun, 22 December 2013 10:25 |
Bullitthead
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Joe, those are some expensive LEDs! Like you said, they require reflectors to disperse the beam, and multiple LEDs to give multiple beams for enough spread. I have seen some of the modern cars with these lights from the factory, and from my perspective (oncoming) they are very glaring. I have not had the experience of driving with them, so I look forward to some reviews from people that have fitted these into the earlier lenses and reflectors. Of course, they have to be the replaceable bulb type of plastic headlight. For my GMC, I'll just stick with the halogen sealed beams and use a relay to avoid having the greater current required run through the 40 year old headlight switch. Unless Santa brings me a $500 headlight kit!
Terry Kelpien
ASE Master Technician
73 Glacier 260
Smithfield, Va.
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