My husband is a kind and generous man, and for my birthday recently purchased me a pair of JW Speaker headlights for my Jeep! The stock Jeep lights are legal but somewhat akin to a 40w light bulb; nothing to write home about. The Speaker lights bring a gazillion candlepower of modern LED technology to the party. Let's have a look at some before and after pictures. These are all taken at the same camera settings (1600ISO, 2 seconds, F8) and I've done nothing to them, they're straight out of the camera.
Original lights on the road, low beam.
New lights on the road, low beam.
Obviously the color temperature change is massive. The stock lights are your typical yellow tungsten color, whereas the new ones are daylight-balanced white light. There's nothing much on this bit of road to light up apart from the mailboxes, however just to the left of the lights in the middle, you can see there's a row of columns further down the street. You can't see them at all with the stock lights. That's probably a good hundred feet away if not more.
Original lights on the driveway, low beam.
New lights on the driveway, low beam.
The new lights haven't been aligned yet and they're maybe a little high (I'm going to get them checked later today) but you can see the difference here. The grass is actually green and the light pattern is very distinct.
Original lights on the driveway, high beam.
New lights on the driveway, high beam.
High beam just adds to the illumination. I can't wait to see what I can see on real roads!
PS: They look pretty damn awesome, too :-)
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It always seems to be a sad reflection on the manufacturer when they provide minimal but legal headlights, presumably to save cost, instead of equipment more suitable for the job. Good move to change, well done hubby!
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