Thread: Anyone with a Chinese led headlight ?

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Originally Posted by Lemo

Just been reading thread and thought I'd share this link STEDI 7 INCH IRIS LED Headlight Motorbike Truck Jeep Wrangler Harley Davidson
Haven't tried them but was looking for a light bar and came across them.
Yes they are more expensive then eBay but might be worth a try?
Cheers Lemo

Anyone got these?

Originally Posted by rijidij

I’ve tested a few Chinese LED headlights, about 5 different ones from different suppliers.
To cut a long story short, these are the most popular ones with Land Rover owners because, unlike the majority of Chinese lights, they are ADR compliant and have a good high beam.

Cheers Murray

Landrover DEFENDER Pair 7'' *LEGAL* 105W Round LED Head lights DRL+TURN | eBay

Thinking about buying a set... Would I still need to upgrade my harness, or is LED okay as it's less draw?

Originally Posted by rmd

Thinking about buying a set... Would I still need to upgrade my harness, or is LED okay as it's less draw?

If your harness is in good nik it will be fine, but it never hurts to make sure you’ve got a good power supply, even with LEDs it can make some difference. I’d fit the new lights first and see how they perform.

Originally Posted by rmd

Thinking about buying a set... Would I still need to upgrade my harness, or is LED okay as it's less draw?

Does your harness have it's own relay to control the load or is it going through the switch?

Originally Posted by rmd

Thinking about buying a set... Would I still need to upgrade my harness, or is LED okay as it's less draw?

If your harness is in good nik it will be fine, but it never hurts to make sure you’ve got a good power supply, even with LEDs it can make some difference. I’d fit the new lights first and see how they perform.

Originally Posted by rmd

Thinking about buying a set... Would I still need to upgrade my harness, or is LED okay as it's less draw?

Note that the headlights you're linking to are claimed to be 105W a side - you would not want to run those through the standard Defender headlight loom. They need a relay/higher ampage feed than standard. LED lights generally draw lower amps but these are meant to be quite high-powered.

As it happens, I have just fitted a set that look to be the same - different source (AliExpress) but look to be identical. Cheaper, but if I have a problem, warranty remedies are going to be trickier... Meh, I'll take those odds

But, back to the point: I held off purchasing/fitting these until I'd put in a high ampage feed/relay. Based on everything I've read, the standard circuit would either not provide adequate power, and/or eat its headlight switch .

In any event, looking forward to it getting dark to take it for a run to see what I can see!

If I was fitting LED headlights I'd go for the Traxide headlight wiring upgrade as well. My LED lightbar came with its own wiring kit or I would have already done it.