What's Better? LED vs Xenon Projectors

What do you think looks best, and what did you think performed best?

[cozzmAU]

I’ve got a JDM version of a G20 with factory Xenon reflector lights which I’m planning to do an S2000 retro on real soon. Although I realise there are easier and perhaps better performing stuff now available, I’m old school at heart and always wanted to have a nice set of low beams.

[fgmods]

The jewel eye looks like it’d actually fit perfectly in the Falcon headlight assembly.
Might have found a unique look for my car.

[RC-rgvz]

When are you guys putting up the schooling? Do you address how many amps a headlight should take in and give out? Or do you explain all that?
I’m wondering if there’s a thing as adding too many leds and it draws too many amps causing short circuit or something... does the program you were talking about before address all this?

[deeshack]

I've seen how to convert regular old-school lights to the retrofit style. But how do you convert halogen projectors to with this same style performance? Do you just simply upgrade the factory bulbs to the upgraded bulbs with the hid kids? Or is there another method to replacing the whole housing?

[kennyman]

I like the jewel style but dont wanna deal with fitment issues, also like the q45 style but it just needs a good ballast and bulb color combo.

[nubunsangjun]

Can you please measure the light intensity at 25 ft between all of those set up?

[ludedakid]

Damn I love the gatlin gun projector. And I remember back in the day on the prelude groups the TSX was a great cheap projector but the S2K was like you said the hands down best out there

[lexusjess]

If you can't find S2000 projectors. Just get a set of SC430 and swap out the lens with a 1992 Z300 lens and you have the same output as a S2000. Been doing it for years. Great video.

[MRMAN-wbtv]

It's crazy how the algorithms work on the Internet. I watched the video of that gs300 with the auto adjusting Q45 projectors, and this video popped up.

[landojr]

I’m a fan of the jewel eye led, but the S2000 is by far the best!!!

[ariyanadumon]

Best looking was the Jewel Eyes, best performance was the S2000 I think.

[juanquiles]

I'm having such a hard time with my jewel eye build. It ain't no joke.

[jonathan]

Love it. Still have several s2000 s laying around

[basic.white.gurl]

Really loved ur video, can u do an updated video on the 2nd gen lexus IS

[nopiatl]

I love my Q45. 1 thing I hate though is going to ALKQ or a pull apart lot and someone has destroyed a perfectly good headlight just so they can get the projector out of it. Our cars are rare enough that we have idiots I hear destroying headlights just to get the projector. It's sad they need to start looking towards after market.

[cletuskasady]

U can miss me with the s2k projector
But that Q45 lens is 🔥

[nubunsangjun]

S2000 has the best combination of beam pattern and intensity. S2000 don’t have the best intensity because their beam spread out evenly. The widest projector is ls430. The brightest projector that I known so far is NHK G5 EXL but it has no width. Best LED I know that is also brighter than s2000 but not even close in width or foreground lighting is Morimoto Mled 2.0. But overall best projector is still the S2000.

[teligon]

The S2000 is the absolute performance choice.

Now, believe it or not, this is the first time I am seeing the output from the Q45. I always wondered how they looked due to the fact that there are that many lenses. To me, multiple cut-off lines on more than 1 horizontal plain is headache-inducing. If I had to imagine what it would be like.before this video, I would have thought that each lens was layered as "fill" lights with the top lenses dedicated to shape the cut-off, and the others below to give support and fill in what the top lenses are limited in doing. Pretty much as I thought of the Morimoto XB range for the F150 and others just like it where 4 projectors are stacked over each other. I was wrong about that too. Now that I have seen them as well as the jewel eyes, I can't imagine why anyone would pursue them for a retrofit other than to exemplify the art form of retrofitting.

For style and appearance, I'd likely choose the jewel eyes. You'll never see me driving around with outputs such as the jewel eyes and the and the Q45. Never!

[muasboy]

Need your Advice. What is the best way to remove glass lens? 5x7 headlights glass.

I broke 2 sets already. Had them in the oven up to 20 min, 300 degrees…still cant get the lens off, glass breaks all attempts

[thepheonixmatt]

can you do a comparison with what morimoto is doing with their leds and projector retrofits? ive had their 2stroke 3.0 led bulbs on 3 cars and i love them