LED headlights

[Ricoflan]

Giving some thought to installing halo LEDs on my ‘62 Coupe. Anyone have any advice/experience they’d like to share?

TIA

Rico

[Ducksface]

Check bulb dimensions. Most won't fit the stock bucket.
Consider lighting the grill instead.

[GeorgeG]

I just had Octane Lighting headlights, taillights, etc. installed. Very few issues. Photos below.

[Giantrider]

Looks good. I have a plug in play rear tailight for my Harley - would think that would also work.

No large ballast to it.

The LED Headlights look sick.

Any electrical issues on load

[GeorgeG]

I wasn't sure about load, so I replaced the generator with a Powergen Powermaster altenator. I wanted to keep the look of the stock generator.

[Rusty57]

Typically LED lights do not require a separate ballast or transformer. Those are needed with HID (High Intensity Discharge) headlamps.

The other advantage of LED's is that they draw significantly less amperage than traditional filament bulbs for the same lumens output. Unless you are adding a lot of lights or some really high power ones you normally do not need to upgrade the generator.

[GeorgeG]

Rusty: I agree I didn't need the alternator conversion but a) my generator was iffy and b) just thinking ahead in case I decide to do future upgrades.

[Rusty57]

Thanks for that clarification. One other advantage of the alternator is higher output at lower engine speeds than a generator.