Vanquish Auto 80w PHILIPS LED Fog Light Bulbs PSX26W Review

[ajs800]

The orientation of the 80 watt bulb in the housing is scattering the light up and down rather than left and right. Also could potentially be blinding to on coming traffic. I bought a set from VLED that looked just like that 80 watt bulb with same orientation (leds facing north and south). Was flashed by traffic. Later checked their site and they had a revised version that you could turn/focus the beam. Ended up returning the first set and buying the revised version. What a difference.

Which ones are you running from vled?

 

[bzpilot]

The orientation of the 80 watt bulb in the housing is scattering the light up and down rather than left and right. Also could potentially be blinding to on coming traffic. I bought a set from VLED that looked just like that 80 watt bulb with same orientation (leds facing north and south). Was flashed by traffic. Later checked their site and they had a revised version that you could turn/focus the beam. Ended up returning the first set and buying the revised version. What a difference.

I'm not sure a north/south versus an east/west LED orientation will cause more of a blinding light for the same powered lamp within the same housing. The in-direct disbursement of these lamps are caused by the inherent design of the fog light housing/reflector itself. These housings are specifically designed to produce a very wide horizontal and narrow vertical pattern.

If I was to guess an east/west orientation of these 80w LEDs would be a little brighter, since the LEDs would be directed towards a larger portion of the reflector within the housing, but I'm not sure they would be less intrusive to oncoming traffic. As they are, these 80w LED lamps appear visually less blinding/intrusive than the stock 25w halogen bulbs and the 50w LEDs compared here (which both produce some direct light toward the oncoming driver). This is where I believe you will find the greatest benefit to oncoming traffic - not having a direct light source (halogen bulb, or LEDs facing forward) pointing towards the oncoming driver.

I did just look up the VLED bulb you referenced and they do mention the reason for the new rotatable/adjustable base version is "for proper LED indexing in the lamp housing". Which is what I mentioned earlier, to align the LEDs towards the largest portion of the reflector in the horizontal position.

I would definitely be interested to see some side-by-side comparisons of LED lamps with adjustable orientation for both light output and glare.

 

[lilmac]

Unfortunately I didn't snap any pics with the first set I had. I did notice with the first set of fogs 5-10 feet away from a wall, there was scattered light higher than the cutoff. With these adjustable ones with the leds aimed at the 3 and 9 o'clock position, the beam is horizontal and no light above the cutoff.

 

[lilmac]

Which ones are you running from vled?

XTE-2 5202

 

[Denali132]

So Bz pilot do you recommend the 80 watt bulbs? I want to get a set for my Suburban but I think it's a different bulb number. The end looks big but it fits in fine? Also you said to tighten it is that at the end of the bulb and you do it before install? Thanks


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[bzpilot]

So Bz pilot do you recommend the 80 watt bulbs? I want to get a set for my Suburban but I think it's a different bulb number. The end looks big but it fits in fine? Also you said to tighten it is that at the end of the bulb and you do it before install? Thanks


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Yes, I do recommend the 80w bulbs.

I'm not sure what your Suburban originally came with, what is the year?

Yes, the end is large (made of aluminum to help dissipate the heat).

On the '15+ Tahoes and Yukons there is tons of room behind the fog light so there is no issue with room. I believe it should be very similar on the Suburban. There isn't much else installed that low on the front of the vehicle so there isn't anything to get in the way.

The large base has a small set screw that should be tightened. The base is actually threaded on and the set screw allows the base to be secured once threaded so it does not loosen over time.

 

[ajs800]

Is the main heat generated from the lights mainly outside of the housing? This is my biggest concern as I've seen many reviews discussing how much heat is generated from these setups. If it is inside the housing, there's no doubt that it will eventually cause problems. I do prefer this easy plug and play setup over HID.

 

[Denali132]

Bzpilot my Suburban is a 2016 and there is a lot of room behind it. I'm going to order them but can you explain what I need to tighten and do I tighten it all the way. You said to tighten before the install right. They look really bright and I bet they show up great at night! Thanks again


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[bzpilot]

Bzpilot my Suburban is a 2016 and there is a lot of room behind it. I'm going to order them but can you explain what I need to tighten and do I tighten it all the way. You said to tighten before the install right. They look really bright and I bet they show up great at night! Thanks again


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It's just a small set screw on the side of the heat sink base (see red circle below). It requires a small 1.5mm allen wrench to tighten which IS included in the package you will get from Vanquish Auto. Tighten the screw all the way, just remember it is aluminum (a soft metal).

 

[bzpilot]

Is the main heat generated from the lights mainly outside of the housing? This is my biggest concern as I've seen many reviews discussing how much heat is generated from these setups. If it is inside the housing, there's no doubt that it will eventually cause problems. I do prefer this easy plug and play setup over HID.

The heat is generated by the 8 LEDs within the housing, but the main portion of the heatsink (which dissipates the heat) is outside the housing. Everything in the red rectangle below is outside the fog lamp housing.