Not really, no.? There are H3 LEDs out there, but they are too big for our very 'not very deep' housings.
The ones that do fit, are NOT as bright as OE wattage either, because they are compromised by heat dissipation.
I tried about 4 different ones, including woodpeck's kit, they all came out in under 10 minutes.
On Sun, Dec 10, 2023 at 5:30?PM Joe Elliott <
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While I realize that the short answer is probably "no," because any attempt to replicate the optics of an incandescent filament with LEDs on a board is inevitably a bit compromised, I know that sometimes one can get lucky and find an LED retrofit that actually works OK in a given lamp if not universally.
And so I've been thinking:
1) The driving lights on the S4 are there primarily to provide the flashing function when the headlights are stowed, so there's not much downside to a somewhat-flawed beam pattern (i.e. I'm not convinced they contribute noticeably to the net illumination you get when the high beams are turned on).
2) While looking through the wiring diagrams for something else the other day, I was surprised to discover that the driving lights on the S4 are NOT powered through a relay, but rather all their current goes through the column switch (not just for flashing, which is typical, but also when the high beams are on, despite the current for the high beam filaments within the headlights going through a relay).
My first instinct in response to #2 was that I should add a relay, just like I would for an older car that didn't have any headlight relays to begin with.? But considered in conjunction with #1, maybe the more elegant means of prolonging the life of the column switch would be to simply replace the driving light bulbs with LEDs!? Have any of you tried this, and have you found a solution that doesn't suck?
Thanks,
Joe
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