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Bill, have to ask what is TLAR headlight aming, not sure I've ever herd of it.
coupe
I find it hard to see how there can be so much difference between the LED and conventional lights, as they all must meet the same basic parameters of illumination.
Bill
Hi Bill,While recovering from the overwhelming response to my initial response, I did another customer review of the headlights. I decided the ones that did not think they were the greatest lighting improvement ever, were, generally speaking, a bunch that did not have a clue what they were talking about or would complain if you hung them with a gold rope.
So our local Brown suited Santa delivered a package to me yesterday. Been busy installing them and can give an initial report.
First off, they are a drop in replacement for the sealed beams. No adapters or other stuff required. They do have a forward protrusion and I was concerned it would interfere with the hooded Alpine cover. But no worries.
Here is a photo of the lights "doing their thing".
As you can see, the halogen sealed beam looks like an oil lamp burning. Yes, the LED light is lit, even though it looks like maybe camera flash. Needless to say, there was no camera flash. While some like the yellowish light, I do not. Mainly because it seems I can see better with whiter, maybe even "bluish" light.
Total cost, $400 minus maybe a six pack. Included shipping and Indiana sales tax. They are Truck-Lite brand, sold as Jeep replacement lights. Bought them on Amazon.
Bill
The actual body of the light bulb is totally isolated and does not depend on a frame ground connection.One thing to note for those who may not know, LEDs are polarity sensitive so if you're still running positive ground the headlamps Bill got probably won't work for you since the Jeep is negative ground. You'll need to find a positive ground set or swap the car to negative ground.