Do you have a link?
I don't have a particular link, but I had a very long email conversation with the technical support person at Diode Dynamics last month. Most of that conversation was regarding fitment issues, because I wanted to buy their H11 bulbs but there were ongoing fitment issues with the Ranger. Eventually, they took the bulbs off of their Ranger page and are no longer recommending them.
That's very interesting. During the design of our MACK Anthem LED head lamps, development suppliers expressed great regarding winter cold temperatures and the LEDs were not producing the needed heat to keep the lamps from freezing over. However, the integrated heat sinks (which are large) would be a viable source of energy and fans were considered to distributed the warm air within the sealed lamp cavity. I live in the south were we don't experience extreme cold but I wonder how people with LED conversions would deal with freezing issues. Perhaps having them contained (as in your case) would solve that problem to some degree.
How did these covers work out? Do you have a pic of the installation?
That's an interesting point. It's possible that the desirability of the closed environment might be dependent on the location and climate. We live in an intermediate climate in Northern CA in the eastern Sierra. Our winter temps get into the low single digits, but only rarely below zero. We have a different brand of LED headlamps in our '93 Ranger (Hikari "ultimates"), and due to the nature of the older headlight enclosure, there wasn't much choice other than to have the heatsinks exposed to the inside of the engine compartment. I didn't notice any reduction of light output last winter, so it seems like at least single-digit temperatures don't seem to have much of an effect. It will be interesting to know if that's different farther north where the temps can be another 20 deg. colder.
I bought them, but unfortunately I haven't had the time to install them yet. I ended up focusing on some other things like air bags for the rear suspension and getting our camper moved over from the old truck. My plan is to install them so that the heatsink is exposed to the engine compartment, as they show in the pics on Amazon. After looking at them, it also seems there's no reason you can't turn them around and install them over the heatsinks so that the heatsinks are inside, similar to the original dust covers. You would just have to close the hole with a small piece of rubber or plastic, or even leave the hole so there can be some air exchange with the outside. They seem nice in that you can try both configurations.
Sounds good and please do give me shout when you get around to installing them
I'm looking forward to trying it out. I'll post when I get around to it.Sounds good and please do give me shout when you get around to installing them
Hmm, was getting close to pulling the trigger on a couple of Diode Dynamics 6" light bars. Maybe should take a look at these, they might integrate a little better.
Just purchased! Looking forward to getting these!
Yes they will and they put out crazy amounts of light
Awesome thank you for the purchace! Cant wait to see more of these awesome kits out in the wild.
Its very close! We have also been told by other customers that if you rotate the collar on the bulb, it will sit differently and allow the dust cap to fit.Hi Panda guys...how's the LED conversion bulb cover coming along? I'm waiting for these before going into dusty off roads
same tho, but been on some dusty off roads and haven't had anything get in there yet...Hi Panda guys...how's the LED conversion bulb cover coming along? I'm waiting for these before going into dusty off roads
Really? I tried so many different rotations and couldn't get it to fit. I wonder how their rotations look. Would love more insight on that.
