Head lamp conversion H4 headlamp with LED 6 volt bulb

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Re: Head lamp conversion H4 headlamp with LED 6 volt bulb

#31 Post by Peter Poulikakos »

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Re: Head lamp conversion H4 headlamp with LED 6 volt bulb

#32 Post by David Jones »

Richard, the 6 to 12 volt converters I used are shown as not available on Amazon but that has happened before. They are similar to these by the same manufacturer. There are similar ones for sale but these were half the price of the others with the same rating.
https://www.amazon.com/Converter-DROK-V ... KZZG7Z9ZA7
Difference was in the output they are 12 volt/10 amp. I used two so as to be safe, one for high beams and one for low beams.
If I had known I would live this long I would have pushed the envelope a little harder.
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Re: Head lamp conversion H4 headlamp with LED 6 volt bulb

#33 Post by Richard Colella »

Like the black globes. Here’s what I have:


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#34 Post by Peter Poulikakos »

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Ok
That will work as that is what i have in my 356. If your headlights have the small cup reflectors you might have to bend or remove them. My headlights dont have the small cup reflector.

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Re: Head lamp conversion H4 headlamp with LED 6 volt bulb

#35 Post by Martin Benade »

So you have regular H-4s , not LED s?
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#36 Post by Peter Poulikakos »

The picture you see is with the led globes fitted. H4 led as per the black globes pictured in previous post.

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#37 Post by Martin Benade »

I meant Richard’s bulbs.
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Re: Head lamp conversion H4 headlamp with LED 6 volt bulb

#38 Post by Richard Colella »

Martin, yes I have h4 bulbs but want to convert to LEDs.

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#39 Post by Peter Poulikakos »

Just to make it clear these are 6 volt only globes. Not 12 volt.

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#40 Post by Peter Poulikakos »

Sorry Martin.
Didn't notice the author of the post

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#41 Post by Richard Colella »

Peter, how’s the beam on those? Good cutoff lines, etc?

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#42 Post by Peter Poulikakos »

All i can say is that they are much brighter than what i had and make driving at night safer.
Maybe Merv can comment on the cut off lines as he is using the same globes.

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#43 Post by Peter Poulikakos »

Im happy to send you a pair of globes. If you are not happy send them back and i will refund your money less shipping.
You will definitely see the difference.

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#44 Post by Richard Colella »

Peter, just sent you an email.

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#45 Post by Richard Colella »

I just pinged Pete at CDRC (http://www.dynamoregulatorconversions.com/) to get an update on their 6V H4 LED redesign. I asked when they might be available and he responded:

At this moment it’s difficult to say.
I have a design on paper but we want to build bulbs that don’t have an external driver.
With 6v this presents a problem that we are trying to address.
At the moment we can’t get samples made up due to coronavirus.


Just in case others might be interested.....

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