LED headlights

[Chris4099]

Do you know if these need to have the wire switched on the plug to get low beams working?

The specs say they have an H4 plug, so you most certainly will need to switch the wires around. Easy enough to do as you can just unclick the wires in the receptacle and move them around. Good time to give the contacts a good clean too while they are out.

[Helirich]

Anybody got this kit from Deloreango?

https://www.deloreango.com/us/comple...-bulb-kit.html

I hate their website. It jumps around when I scroll and they don't list a price for the complete kit. Also, no pic of the lights installed.

[Chris 16409]

These are high Quality Hella H4 housings:

https://www.rockauto.com/en/parts/he...assembly,10762

I really like these.

[Rich]

A. I haven't used that kit from DeloreanGo
B. The webpage looks fine on my Firefox browser. Nice magnifying tool floats around for a closer look at the main photo.
C. Yes, I'm not seeing a price listed clearly for the kit, either. Workaround: Press the Add To Cart button at the bottom of the page. After that my cart held 123 parts for a total price of ~$590.

It's not clear to me what the headlight/bulb situation is in this kit. At least one item looks like the Hella H4 upgrade Chris mentions in the previous post. They do say the main HLs are not LEDs.

Use their Contact Us button and ask Arran your questions. His email response time is normally 1 day or even same day.

Anybody got this kit from Deloreango?

https://www.deloreango.com/us/comple...-bulb-kit.html

I hate their website. It jumps around when I scroll and they don't list a price for the complete kit. Also, no pic of the lights installed.

[Midnight Specialist]

I have Toby's LEDs from DeLorean Parts Northwest and they were a stupid simple install.

[jangell]

I just did this the other day. My car had previously been converted to H4 halogens with Hella lenses. I also already had the wire swapping adaptor installed. The harness was not modified -- it's just an adaptor that swaps the relevant wires. I don't actually know where I got that from, but I remember it coming with some halogens at some point. They're readily available on Amazon if you don't want to pop the pins out of your existing connectors, like this one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KC13WVL...8MYNBH4KD7EZYS .

I just checked the reviews on Amazon and bought some decent-sounding self-contained LED bulbs that were specifically designed to replace H4 bulbs. I think it was $40 for a pair, so I got two packs so I could use the same bulbs for the low beams and high beams. LED headlights seem to be soled in cooler color temperatures (6500k, in my case), but I like cooler lights, so that was a plus for me.

Installation was basically trivial (well, once you get by the annoyance of the fascia covering all the screws you need to get access to), and was no different than replacing a normal H4 bulb. The new bulbs are much brighter, sit in exactly the right place H4 housings, and focus light the same way the halogens did.

In fact, the hardest part was aiming the lights, since I don't have a 25' flat run to a wall that I could use. I wound up backing the car into the garage, then placing a folding table on the sloped driveway and sticking a board under it to make sure it was vertical, which worked just fine. These new bulbs are definitely brighter than the old halogens were. My lights were way out of adjustment, so I'm glad I went through the trouble to aim them so I wouldn't blind other drivers.

-- Joe

[dmcerik]

I was looking to do this conversion to my Delorean very soon. All the parts are here. I just need to get in the garage and start doing it.

https://www.dmc10515.com/delorean-led-headlights/

[Timeless]

Update: Installed the new to market Holley Retro Bright headlights in 5700K. Holy crap - amazing. Perfect beam pattern and as bright as my '21 Porsche Taycan headlights. High beams are ridiculously great. For less $ than the JW Speaker units + the period correct look these are the way to go. No cheap eBay garbage just fantastic headlights that plug-n-play. 20 minute installation. This should be the standard for Deloreans today.

https://youtu.be/Luync7UYwsI

[iflights]

Update: Installed the new to market Holley Retro Bright headlights in 5700K. Holy crap - amazing. Perfect beam pattern and as bright as my '21 Porsche Taycan headlights. High beams are ridiculously great. For less $ than the JW Speaker units + the period correct look these are the way to go. No cheap eBay garbage just fantastic headlights that plug-n-play. 20 minute installation. This should be the standard for Deloreans today.

https://youtu.be/Luync7UYwsI

These look really nice. Of course, I just installed Toby's.

[ssdelorean]

Update: Installed the new to market Holley Retro Bright headlights in 5700K. Holy crap - amazing. Perfect beam pattern and as bright as my '21 Porsche Taycan headlights. High beams are ridiculously great. For less $ than the JW Speaker units + the period correct look these are the way to go. No cheap eBay garbage just fantastic headlights that plug-n-play. 20 minute installation. This should be the standard for Deloreans today.

https://youtu.be/Luync7UYwsI

Are housings glass or plastic?