New LED headlights - Like them?

[weeitsmikelee]

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Well I just opened my box....Little bit upset as they look like 7" lights with a attachment. Guess I did not look at the photos close enough.

Hmm..at least that fills the gap

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[jimmyzwheelz]

Time to fill out the return slip!

 

[punknking]

Well I just opened my box....Little bit upset as they look like 7" lights with a attachment. Guess I did not look at the photos close enough.

I had a JKU and had LED headlights from Amazon, they were 75 watt Phillips Knock offs. they were awesome... but they were only 100 bucks.

I mean I have no doubts those headlights will be a good improvement, Its just that I know that I can get exactly the same headlights cheaper. So Im not trying to bash anyone except for the sponsors here who are deliberately misleading people.

Im sure they will work great, I just would buy the stuff cheaper.

 

[punknking]

I understand why the aftermarket has not filled this gap. JL headlights are basically proprietary and a good chunk of buyers already have the factory package. It's just too small a market.

For example, I saw where JW Speaker was showing off some really cool headlights that are bluetooth-enabled and have an app with all kinds of features. But again - 7 inches with a bracket for the JL.

So my question is whether Mopar will ever release the package for the Sport with the harness. Because I am giving up on the aftermarket.

The beauty of the 7 inch round headlight is that it also fits harleys... so it was easy to mass produce them and have tons of customers for JKs and Harley's.

I dont know of any other vehicle using the JL headlight so it may be literally years till we get decent ones.


If Im dropping 5-700 Id get someone to custom fit my existing housings with HID + projectors and reseal them

 

[blnewt]

Check this adapter if you want to fill the gap and also cover the mounting screws, for $80 this fits the bill and does a nicer job cleaning up the gap vs. adapters costing much more
https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/forum/threads/amazon-7-adapter-looks-promising.20191/

 

[ThirtyOne]

The beauty of the 7 inch round headlight is that it also fits harleys... so it was easy to mass produce them and have tons of customers for JKs and Harley's.

I dont know of any other vehicle using the JL headlight so it may be literally years till we get decent ones.


If Im dropping 5-700 Id get someone to custom fit my existing housings with HID + projectors and reseal them

That is my point. There just isn't a business case for creating proprietary headlights when 7 inch are so much more common.

 

[Command Line RC]

Installed the Quake LED's on mine.

 

[BigJimSlade]

I went with the $80 adapter from Amazon and a set of well reviewed headlights for $92. Install was easy and they work. I'm still waiting for it to get dark to check out the beam pattern and adjust them.

 

[BigJimSlade]

They seem pretty decent. I need to do a little more adjusting, but I think they'll work for now.

Before and after.

 

[blnewt]

Looking good^^^and quite a nice change in output too!

 

[BigJimSlade]

Looking good^^^and quite a nice change in output too!

Yeah, not bad. Not a fan of those three squares over the cutoff. I'm going to see if I can adjust them out or at least minimize them.

 

[emilboya]

They seem pretty decent. I need to do a little more adjusting, but I think they'll work for now.

Before and after.

Are these the ones from LX-Light on amazon? I just ordered the same thing with their adapter, I was hoping this will hold me until the market gets flooded with pure 9" housings

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01B376YOE/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[BigJimSlade]

Are these the ones from LX-Light on amazon? I just ordered the same thing with their adapter, I was hoping this will hold me until the market gets flooded with pure 9" housings

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01B376YOE/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Yep, those are the ones. That's exactly what I'm thinking. For the price you can't beat them until some solid 9" lights become available. I figure I could put some heated 7" on those brackets at some point.

 

[emilboya]

Yep, those are the ones. That's exactly what I'm thinking. For the price you can't beat them until some solid 9" lights become available. I figure I could put some heated 7" on those brackets at some point.

Awesome! Any advice before I install?

 

[BigJimSlade]

Awesome! Any advice before I install?

Just take your time. Here's what mine looked like with the gaskets. Also, check YouTube for grill and headlight removal videos.

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