New Mountain Aire Headlights

[429CV23]

Installed new headlights, turn signal and marker lights on the ol' girl today. The original lenses had been polished before and hazed up fairly quickly.
I used 60W (each) LEDs, hopefully they'll light up the night. Had to cut the lock rings down quite a bit to accommodate the heat sink/fan.

[JNSNWT]

That definatly put a "sparkle" on your girls face

Those look a lot like my 2001 DSDP. May I ask what make, model and year of replacements you ordered. Maybe a late 90's Ford P.U. ?

[429CV23]

I used 1996 Bronco lights. About a 1/3 the cost compared to lights listed for the Newmar.

[JNSNWT]

thanks

[tom chelbana]

I see you have LED aftermarket H4 bulbs which we installed in our 04 Essex. We purchased coach new and have always been unhappy with the night lighting until we add LED H4 replacement bulbs and would recommend Newmar owners who are not pleased with the factory headlights change them out along with polishing head light covers.

[1dutchstar]

429CV23 where did you purchase your lights.

[1dutchstar]

Originally Posted by tom chelbana

I see you have LED aftermarket H4 bulbs which we installed in our 04 Essex. We purchased coach new and have always been unhappy with the night lighting until we add LED H4 replacement bulbs and would recommend Newmar owners who are not pleased with the factory headlights change them out along with polishing head light covers.

Tom where did you purchase your lights. I have a 2001. DSDP

[429CV23]

Originally Posted by 1dutchstar

429CV23 where did you purchase your lights.

I sourced everything from Ebay. Six light kit was $65, LED lamps were $35.

Based only on beam pattern sitting in the driveway, I'm unsure if the LEDs are going to work. Seems like the low beams have great throw, but the high beams just fill in just in front of the coach. I may end up using a pair of Silver Star Ultras instead. I'll be able to judge better after taking her for an evening drive, probably tonight.

A word of advice on the LEDs. I first sourced the type that are all-in-one, with a square heat sink/fan assy. The square heat sink is too wide to fit in the lock ring, even with it cut down. The ring would likely need to be cut down to 1/4"-3/8" in order to work. I sourced another pair, this time with the round heat sink/fan and separate driver module (very small) and they work with the lock ring just fine. Both sets were 4-sided, using (4) 15 watt LEDs each. The angle and focal length are different when comparing the 2 sets. However, I can't get the first pair installed into the lock ring in order to compare the beam patterns.

[429CV23]

Finally got a night I could get her out and see if I like the LEDs. Not really. They have good color, brightness and throw, but the high beams simply fill in light just in front of coach; basically like turning on driving lights.
They still need adjustment; they're both too far to the right, the left needs to come up just a bit.
I think I'll put in the Silver Star Ultras and see how they compare.
Low Beam:


High Beam:

[JNSNWT]

Thanks for the update. I'm waiting to see your final results before I take the plunge $$$

Looking at the 1st pic of low beams it "Looks" really high. The second pic of high beams does not appear to go as far down the road. Might your low beams be set so high that when you switch to hi beams they are pointing so far up there is nothing for their light to strike ?

[429CV23]

I haven't adjusted them yet, but while pulling one to replace them with Silver Star Ultras, I discovered the LED housing can be rotated 180* even though it has 2 different sized/keyed tabs that fit into the mounting adapter. You'd think the lamp would be keyed to fit only one position, and it appears it is, but isn't.
I'll get them adjusted this weekend and see how well they work.

[DAJO]

Before you put silver stars in it would be good to read about their actual output. Candlepower forums have a lot of info on lights and lighting myths. The main moderator can be a jerk but there is a lot of good information.


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