Thread: Ultraflex 4x4 - Headlight Conversion

Originally Posted by incisor

seen the screen captures of the carry on... without a doubt he is a very polarising personality, people either hate him or love his stuff from what i can see of it

not having a go, but i'd be keen to know if do you have any actual proof to back up your claims that he hasnt designed etc etc, or is it just opinion / hearsay?

i personally wouldn't know enough about it to know one way or the other but i would be very interested to know the real story.

the led headlights he sells certainly behave as advertised in my experience but i see many selling what looks like exactly the same product without the name etc cast/engraved in them.

No i don't, but i do remember posts that he was looking for lights from china to onsell, the first few lots weren't adr approved, then soon after had adr stamped on them. I questioned him about his lights, nothing malice, he went on to tell me that 6500k is the perfect colour for our eyes, fyrlyt are full of ****, etc..etc..then he blocked me, told everyone i was a troll, threatened me with lawyers, told everyone he invited me around to discuss this, not sure what he was trying to prove there and he never invited me at all, and on it went.
He has also blocked tombie, badco., and many many others, all just for challenging his interlect.

Originally Posted by Vern

No i don't, but i do remember posts that he was looking for lights from china to onsell, the first few lots weren't adr approved, then soon after had adr stamped on them. I questioned him about his lights, nothing malice, he went on to tell me that 6500k is the perfect colour for our eyes, fyrlyt are full of ****, etc..etc..then he blocked me, told everyone i was a troll, threatened me with lawyers, told everyone he invited me around to discuss this, not sure what he was trying to prove there and he never invited me at all, and on it went.
He has also blocked tombie, badco., and many many others, all just for challenging his interlect.

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Originally Posted by pastor098

Thanks mate, yeah I saw this thread while I was searching for information. However, only one bloke had them installed as far as I could see, and he never replied to any questions.. So you have these installed now? Do they look as crap in real life as they do in the ebay photos? Got any pics?!

Mate I dont have them. If you trawl through his facebook page there are d2 photos and they look quite smart.

He answered all my questions in detail and offered a spare reconditioned light as a spare at a very good price.

Cheers

Originally Posted by pastor098

Afternoon chaps!

Has anyone bought and installed these?:

Pair 7'' 130W Round LED Headlights DRL + TURN For Landrover Discovery Defender | eBay

They look pretty ugly, but still interested in their performance, if anyone has some experience.

Cheers,
Cam

I looked at them and decided to try something cheaper first. I bought a pair of LED H4 globes with braided heatsinks, rather than fans, as the space is a bit tight, and you can retain the rubber covers. The improvement is quite amazing. Much longer distance, much brighter, and of course they are white. The only thing I found was that both the dip and main beam were lower and so I had to raise the lights using the adjusters. I centred the mains at the correct height and found the dip beam were spot on. The beam pattern is not as tight as the OEM LEDS in my other car, but the stock beam patterm was poor anyway, so no loss there. Overall I am very happy with the outcome.

Interfere with your radios?

Originally Posted by Pcm2048

I looked at them and decided to try something cheaper first. I bought a pair of LED H4 globes with braided heatsinks, rather than fans, as the space is a bit tight, and you can retain the rubber covers. The improvement is quite amazing. Much longer distance, much brighter, and of course they are white. The only thing I found was that both the dip and main beam were lower and so I had to raise the lights using the adjusters. I centred the mains at the correct height and found the dip beam were spot on. The beam pattern is not as tight as the OEM LEDS in my other car, but the stock beam patterm was poor anyway, so no loss there. Overall I am very happy with the outcome.

Great post. Mate how do the rubber covers work with the braided heatsinks? I cant picture it. Have you got any pics? Cheers

Originally Posted by incisor

Interfere with your radios?

The FM car entertainment one, yes. The UHF, no

Originally Posted by ozscott

Great post. Mate how do the rubber covers work with the braided heatsinks? I cant picture it. Have you got any pics? Cheers

My guess is that you thread the cover over the braided loops and onto the LED body at the rear.
With the philips, it's kind of a bit opposite. You assemble the light into the headlight, place the rubber boot over the LED body as you normally do then screw the heatsink(passive, no fan) over the led body.
So the heatsink stops the rubber cover 'coming off'.
A bit of a PITA to change the globe as the heatsink has to be screwed off first .. so in a sense it's tedious to do comparisons between LED and halogen easily.
I do have a pair of headlights I can fit up one day to do some comparisons to show how well these LEDs work.(no time tho).

My primary option was to get the same type as those braided heatsink types, for that ease of fitting too, but the only ones I could find were no names. So in the end I 'ponied up' and went with the Philips. That was simply for a bit more peace of mind with respect to the electronics side of them(ie. the driver box).