A couple questions for you guys, I want to get some "white" LED bulbs for my city lights... I just ordered up a set of the H4 bulbs from Murph and want my city lights to match the white color of the H4 headlight bulbs.
In looking at them so far I'm noticing that there are many different choices for how many LED's are on the bulb and that the more LEDs the more output. What is the output not to exceed?? How many LED's per bulb is best??
I'm thinking of going with these "5 LED" bulbs, am I right in my choice?? Would I be ok with watts, volts, etc?? Would they be too bright, not bright enough?? Any better options you'd recommend?
H4 is just a headlight bulb size/type.... I assume you mean the Philips X-Treme Vision H4 bulbs that Murph and others sell
I do like them.
As I said in my other posts- LED lights are dreadful for some reason. They are either too dim, have a narrow throw, or both. I was extremely disappointed in what was supposed to be some of the brightest vehicle incandescent-replacement LED bulbs out there. They weren't even half as bright as the bulbs they were meant to replace. And cost tremendously more. I am hoping someday the products offered will be improved- LED's *can* be very bright. I have a LED Lenser flashlight that can nearly blind!
Personally, I don't see any point in the city lights at all, if they are the same color as the headlights. Turning them yellow/amber is a definite improvement, but they are so close to the headlights that the impact is minimal. Still, anything [legal] that makes the bike stand out from just white is worth it....
That said, it is true that even stock, the city lights are not the same whiteness as the stock H4 bulbs, and they will match less with the X-Treme Vision headlights. If it is just aesthetics and you don't care about the safety aspects, then you might come out OK by going with LED bulbs because they will be a closer match- but be careful, a lot of them will be MUCH bluer, landing you will the exact same problem, just in reverse. Long story short, my advice would be to just go to any local auto store and pop some amber bulbs and then you have a cheap, simple, easy change that improves your visibility and with no "matching" issues.