LED Headlights

[Lotus Monkey]

Hi

Now I am not much of a poster more of a lurker but i want to share something with you guys.

I have a Lotus Elise s1 with the start of the dreaded headlight corrosion on the inside chrome. I did do a lot of searching on forums about replacement headlights but not at £119.94 each from Elise parts, now I found a company that had LED headlights for the Elise s1 but was not sold mainstream YET But they did sell me a pair with the 3 clamping clips now the 3 headlight clamps were not standard & i had to modify them a little myself. Now even after modifying the clips to fit snugly it was still a little tight to fit so now i post some pics for you to decide yourselves.

Oh & it was only 1 headlight with a bit of corrosion, they still passed an M.O.T & i wanted to go down the route of the LED anyway

Before the LED lights. Notice the passenger headlight with the corrosion

After

& this is the actual LED headlight. now it does have the sidelight in them notice the little led between the two circles, that's the LED sidelight

Love them or Leave them YOU decide

[ramjet]

Welcome to TLF Stevie.  

Have you got any photos with both the old and the new lights turned on? I don't think they look bad actually.

You should duck over to the Introductions section and say hi in there as well.  

[Lotus Monkey]

Not had her out in the dark yet but will grab pics as soon as poss

[ramjet]

I just had another look at the pictures and the spotlights seem to match up with the headlights. The indicators look like the poor cousins now.

[Lotus Monkey]

ye i agree the driving lamps or spotlights is another story i am currently upgrading them to LED too they too have sidelights. If you look closely at the 2 pics you might see that they are different

unfortunately i haven't fount alternative front indicators for the Elise s1 so i think they might be staying as is

Edited September 18, 2018 by Lotus Monkey

[Lotus Monkey]

So i took the lotus out tonight to see how the LED headlights were & what a difference

[James K]

Hi, awesome!  Are they from PNM or elsewhere?  Cheers

James

[S2111S]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-75-45W-LED-Motorcycle-Headlight-Daymaker-Projector-DRL-For-Harley-Silver/172714524047?hash=item2836967d8f:g:UXoAAOSwIaFZK4ge&redirect=mobile

https://forums.the playground.org/viewthread.php?tid=437163

http://www.pnmparts.co.uk/elise-exige/elise-exige-s1-96-01/lotus-elise-led-lamps-6111

[Lotus Monkey]

I got mine from pnm parts

as S2111S posted here is the link

http://www.pnmparts.co.uk/elise-exige/elise-exige-s1-96-01/lotus-elise-led-lamps-6111

also in black

http://www.pnmparts.co.uk/elise-exige/elise-exige-s1-96-01/lotus-elise-black-headlamps-led-6111

Edited March 21, 2019 by Lotus Monkey

[PAR]

Has anyone tried to replace bulb so with the Osram nightbreakers sold on Elise parts?

It feels like it could be a valuable improvement for not much money.

how difficult is the switch/can it be done without removing the wheels?

[mezzogio]

Hi Lotus Monkey,

 

can you tell me whether or not the installation was difficult/easy/...? would you have some kind of a tutorial on how to do it?

 

Many thanks for the video and your experience feedback

I have already tried the osram nightbreakers with a small (really) upgrade for the nightvision. you really wonder where the claimed 20% additional lumens are

 

[Petrolgeneration]

I'm also really looking for a decent headlight option for a 2019 Cup 250. Very interested if anyone can help me get started!

[Stubox]

2 hours ago, Petrolgeneration said:

I'm also really looking for a decent headlight option for a 2019 Cup 250. Very interested if anyone can help me get started!

I found following other cars was quite useful...