LED Headlights and Snow

PumaPete · Jan 30, 2015

Hello.

I'm about to fit some LED Headlights to my 2014 Defender. I'm driving up to Arctic Circle in a few weeks and am wondering if anyone has driven in snow with LED Headlights. My worry is that the LED Headlights won't get warm enough to melt any snow that falls on them whilst I'm driving north in Sweden and Norway.

The lights I've bought are these.
http://http://www.powerfuluk.com/products/land-rover-defender-lamps-and-light-upgrades/land-rover-defender-pair-of-full-led-headlights---chrome---rhd.html

Does anyone have any experience of these lights, or LED headlights and snow generally. Extremely grateful for any advice or tips.

Thanks in advance.

Pete.

Rusty Spanner · Jan 30, 2015

Feckin ugly headlamps they is...
think I'll keep me candles an jam jars

trax · Jan 30, 2015

if it's cold enough, normal ones won't melt the snow.

you can buy heated washers if that helps

Morganholidayman · Jan 30, 2015

You could find LR dealers in Sweden/Norway in Dealer lists and email a couple and ask if LED light are used much in their territory and or any problems with them.
They both speak good English from my work experience in the past..

wil2813 · Jan 30, 2015

Rusty Spanner said:
Feckin ugly headlamps they is...

+1

MrNasty · Jan 30, 2015

Use turtle wax or Rain X on the lenses to encourage water to bead off the lenses before it freezes, its what I do when I drive to Germany/ Denmark in the Winter.

Datatek · Jan 31, 2015

Check the operating temperature range of the LED's, might be too cold for them when not in use.

duane0001 · Jan 31, 2015

The answer is no, They will not get warm enough to melt the snow and ice

PumaPete · Feb 1, 2015

Useful replies. Thank you. I agree, they are fekkin ugly but I'm hoping for better vision at night. Maybe eating more carrots is the answer.

Datatek · Feb 1, 2015

PumaPete said:
Useful replies. Thank you. I agree, they are fekkin ugly but I'm hoping for better vision at night. Maybe eating more carrots is the answer.

a set of Osram night breaker bulbs and a couple of driving lights would be a better option IMO.

SteNova · Feb 1, 2015

My 15w led spots were keeping free of snow with the heat... The 2 broke ones weren't lol

Datatek · Feb 1, 2015

SteNova said:
My 15w led spots were keeping free of snow with the heat... The 2 broke ones weren't lol

Depends on how cold it is, saw minus 49C when I was in Northern Canada

tacr2man · Feb 1, 2015

there are some that come with some tungsten bulbs fitted IIRC in the angel eye ring , to address just this problem . A good halogen headlight with a relayed harness and supply are perfectly adequate , JMHO

Rusty Spanner · Feb 2, 2015

PumaPete said:
Useful replies. Thank you. I agree, they are fekkin ugly but I'm hoping for better vision at night. Maybe eating more carrots is the answer.

I can see perfectly at night with my standard headlights and my defender is 25 years old yours is brand new ... don't know what's up with people these days they've got to have the strongest brightest light they can find. All they succeed in doing is blind every on coming motorist. If your after lights for off road fit some spotlights that come on with high beam. Or if your really struggling with night vision maybe an appointment with an optician is due... There's no way your defender needs LED headlights other than aesthetics and I still think there fekin ugly
Might be a bit more useful

MJI · Feb 2, 2015

Actually quite a few people have not vision issues and it is not a problem but the way some eyes work.

As an example I cannot bear to use lights if I wake up during the night, my eyes are very sore, so I just move around with no lights.

If it is dark I can see very well, but any glare and I am blinded, it also means I cannot get night vision if I have ANY glare.

If a car has poor lights and there is a lot of other traffic around I struggle a bit. With good lamps I am OK.

Yet if miles from anywhere I could drive by moonlight.

So yes people with good vision can have issues with night driving, and it is not a fault with their eyes.

I wonder if they are the same people with DRL issues?

trax · Feb 2, 2015

mines an 86 and the orig headlights are useless, even with decent bulbs in. be alright pootling around under street lights

martin1512 · Feb 2, 2015

trax said:
mines an 86 and the orig headlights are useless, even with decent bulbs in. be alright pootling around under street lights

Try replacing the reflector bowls and lenses. I did this to my 1986 110, and the results were amazing, even with standard bulbs.

tacr2man · Feb 2, 2015

trax said:
mines an 86 and the orig headlights are useless, even with decent bulbs in. be alright pootling around under street lights

If they are the original fitment , maybe investing in a new set would help, as by now I would think that the reflectors have deteriorated somewhat .
I run the OE H4 headlamps in my 110 (they were replaced about 10 years back with the same ) and other than relaying them so that the contacts on the column switch only the relay current, I have found them to be perfectly ok for travelling at speed when dipped for oncomimg traffic. I have fitted supplementary driving lamps for high beam as saved the bull bar from a few too many roo impacts

Martyn110 · Feb 2, 2015

Datatek said:
a set of Osram night breaker bulbs and a couple of driving lights would be a better option IMO.

+1 I got a set of crystal lenses and a set of Osams more than enough that's without any other driving lamps

trax · Feb 3, 2015

tacr2man said:
If they are the original fitment , maybe investing in a new set would help, as by now I would think that the reflectors have deteriorated somewhat .
I run the OE H4 headlamps in my 110 (they were replaced about 10 years back with the same ) and other than relaying them so that the contacts on the column switch only the relay current, I have found them to be perfectly ok for travelling at speed when dipped for oncomimg traffic. I have fitted supplementary driving lamps for high beam as saved the bull bar from a few too many roo impacts

they are in the shed now. well one is.. i haven't fitted the other yet as it started raining.. err a year ago

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