Hello All,
Let me start out with I am new to this forum but i mainly hang out on the JKowners forum mostly under the same user name. I have been meaning to join here for a little bit and figured this would be a great first post over here.
So over the past 4 months or so I have been in a LED headlight search for what I feel is the best option. So far i started of with the KC/Peterson LED headlights, then moved to the trucklites, and now I ended up with the Quadratec units. I was up in the air on this last purchase maily because I was tired of swaping out LED headlights, and was torn between the JW's or the Quadratecs. The price of the JW's was just not in the cards for me right now or even ever really. With my circumstances I cannot justify the price of the JW's. Some can but not me. I will explain my experience with these brands of LED headlights...
KC/Peterson - I purchased these units about 4 months ago. Brand new from Amazon (I am a prime member so the sameday shipping enticed me) Let me start off by saying these are built great and have a 23 year warranty. From my understanding Peterson supplied LED headlights to motorcoaches and big rigs. Install was easy as all headlight assembly swaps are but I was less than impressed with the anti flicker harness. It was very stiff and I felt like i could easily snap it in half if I was not careful. The lag from going from low to high beam was by far the worst I tested. It was on about 4 to 5 seconds to go from low to high. To me i felt unsafe taking that long and it just irked me. The light quality itself was not as great and I was not happy at all. There was a lot of unlit areas that were in front of my vehicle that should have been lit up. The worst part of the headlights were I could actually see the lines off the reflector projected in front of me on the road or on a wall/car.The cut off was non existant as the headlight seem to throw light in every direction. There was no real focus on anything in front of you. The high beams seem to be pretty decent but still I could see the lines of the reflector. For the price I wanted them to be perfect and they were not. Good thing is Amazon Prime has no hassle returns, So they were returned.
Trucklite LED - These were purchased from a vendor on here as part as a Christmas special with the anti flicker harness. This headlight was even worse than the KC/Peterson. Light was scattered everywhere, no focus, no cut off, and this headlight had the "yy" artifact that drove me bonkers at times. I found myself staring at the 'yy" while driving and it was very distracting. The unlit areas were very pronounced with the trucklites compared to the KC's I had prior. The high beam was pretty good with this unit and I found myself using it more than I should have just to not see the artifacts and "yy" pattern that the headlight through out in front of the jeep. The cut off was so wavy that these headlights were near impossible to align compared to the KC's. At least the KC's had a small flat spot to use when aligning. The anti flicker harness was much better than the KC. The switching from high beam to low beam was quick and I did like that but I ended up removing these and selling them to a forum member for only a little bit less than what i bought them for so I was not to bent out of shape about it.
Quadratec LED - So I was hesitant to try these because these are made by Anzo (over seas company) but there were really little to no negative comments about them when i google searched them. I actually was thingking about these or the JWs but like I said price was a factor. I figured why the hell not and try the quads. I am glad I did. The anti fliker harness is nice and quick when going from low to high much like the TL unit. The low beam was nice and bright, and while the high beam was nit that much brighter, It was angled enough to light up what was far far far ahead of me and not to far up where I was lighting up the top of trees and above highway signs. on overpass's. The cut off beam rivals that off OEM HID's that you would find on a high end car today. There are no and i repeat no artifacts that are visible and no annoying "yy" pattern like the TL units. I see no reflector lines projected in front of me like the KC's had. I just wished I bought these first! I highly recommend These to anyone wanting to go LED.
I hope this review helps making your choice. This review was based of my experience. I know plenty of people love their Trucklites and Peterson/KC LED headlights. This review was just based on my opinion. I wish I had pictures from my TL and KC experience but I do not. I do have pictures of my Quad units though. Forgive my crappy Cell Phone pics but you will get the idea.
Low beam
High beam
Low Beam
High Beam
Let me start out with I am new to this forum but i mainly hang out on the JKowners forum mostly under the same user name. I have been meaning to join here for a little bit and figured this would be a great first post over here.
So over the past 4 months or so I have been in a LED headlight search for what I feel is the best option. So far i started of with the KC/Peterson LED headlights, then moved to the trucklites, and now I ended up with the Quadratec units. I was up in the air on this last purchase maily because I was tired of swaping out LED headlights, and was torn between the JW's or the Quadratecs. The price of the JW's was just not in the cards for me right now or even ever really. With my circumstances I cannot justify the price of the JW's. Some can but not me. I will explain my experience with these brands of LED headlights...
KC/Peterson - I purchased these units about 4 months ago. Brand new from Amazon (I am a prime member so the sameday shipping enticed me) Let me start off by saying these are built great and have a 23 year warranty. From my understanding Peterson supplied LED headlights to motorcoaches and big rigs. Install was easy as all headlight assembly swaps are but I was less than impressed with the anti flicker harness. It was very stiff and I felt like i could easily snap it in half if I was not careful. The lag from going from low to high beam was by far the worst I tested. It was on about 4 to 5 seconds to go from low to high. To me i felt unsafe taking that long and it just irked me. The light quality itself was not as great and I was not happy at all. There was a lot of unlit areas that were in front of my vehicle that should have been lit up. The worst part of the headlights were I could actually see the lines off the reflector projected in front of me on the road or on a wall/car.The cut off was non existant as the headlight seem to throw light in every direction. There was no real focus on anything in front of you. The high beams seem to be pretty decent but still I could see the lines of the reflector. For the price I wanted them to be perfect and they were not. Good thing is Amazon Prime has no hassle returns, So they were returned.
Trucklite LED - These were purchased from a vendor on here as part as a Christmas special with the anti flicker harness. This headlight was even worse than the KC/Peterson. Light was scattered everywhere, no focus, no cut off, and this headlight had the "yy" artifact that drove me bonkers at times. I found myself staring at the 'yy" while driving and it was very distracting. The unlit areas were very pronounced with the trucklites compared to the KC's I had prior. The high beam was pretty good with this unit and I found myself using it more than I should have just to not see the artifacts and "yy" pattern that the headlight through out in front of the jeep. The cut off was so wavy that these headlights were near impossible to align compared to the KC's. At least the KC's had a small flat spot to use when aligning. The anti flicker harness was much better than the KC. The switching from high beam to low beam was quick and I did like that but I ended up removing these and selling them to a forum member for only a little bit less than what i bought them for so I was not to bent out of shape about it.
Quadratec LED - So I was hesitant to try these because these are made by Anzo (over seas company) but there were really little to no negative comments about them when i google searched them. I actually was thingking about these or the JWs but like I said price was a factor. I figured why the hell not and try the quads. I am glad I did. The anti fliker harness is nice and quick when going from low to high much like the TL unit. The low beam was nice and bright, and while the high beam was nit that much brighter, It was angled enough to light up what was far far far ahead of me and not to far up where I was lighting up the top of trees and above highway signs. on overpass's. The cut off beam rivals that off OEM HID's that you would find on a high end car today. There are no and i repeat no artifacts that are visible and no annoying "yy" pattern like the TL units. I see no reflector lines projected in front of me like the KC's had. I just wished I bought these first! I highly recommend These to anyone wanting to go LED.
I hope this review helps making your choice. This review was based of my experience. I know plenty of people love their Trucklites and Peterson/KC LED headlights. This review was just based on my opinion. I wish I had pictures from my TL and KC experience but I do not. I do have pictures of my Quad units though. Forgive my crappy Cell Phone pics but you will get the idea.
Low beam
High beam
Low Beam
High Beam