Spyder headlamps.....my take on 'em...and LIGHTING in general

[michael hurd]

Here's a good read on CRI and spectral power distribution, albeit for home A19 replacement bulbs in incandescent, LED, compact fluorescent.

Some real graphs as well. Post #13 has an overlaid graph of different types.

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb...ent-v-Compact-Fluorescent-v-LED-Pop-Mechanics
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb...ent-v-Compact-Fluorescent-v-LED-Pop-Mechanics
Note: automotive white LED's are a lot more blue, with less red output ( different phosphor blends )

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RGB LEDs aren't really white, and serve as an extreme example of 'spiky spectral power distribution.' Any frequencies outside each LEDs narrow output range are absent. This leads to some colors "working" and others not. I have a printer whose pages are black under one RGB light and colored under another. Why? Because the ink isn't the right color. This effect to a lesser extent leads to creepy appearances under spiky sources.

In automotive painting, color matching should be done outdoors in direct sunlight, or using a specially designed light source inside, when no natural light is present.

If I want a vehicle color to stand out under fluorescent lamp or mercury vapor street lighting, it will always be a blue.

 

[92silverado1500]

Sorry to bombard the thread with pics but just throwing a few ideas out there.
Shovelbill, this is a set of the lights you just bought that I put into my buddy's F150

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[92silverado1500]

I have a 6.5 inch flood light as my backup light, lights up everything very well. And the anzo led tail lights I bought on amazon with an led tailgate bar I bought from tractor supply

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[shovelbill]

Sorry to bombard the thread with pics but just throwing a few ideas out there.
Shovelbill, this is a set of the lights you just bought that I put into my buddy's F150

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ok, very cool.....would you or your buddy happen to have a "beam shot" from standing next to the truck looking back?

 

[shovelbill]

I have a 6.5 inch flood light as my backup light, lights up everything very well. And the anzo led tail lights I bought on amazon with an led tailgate bar I bought from tractor supply

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i'm blind from my house! how does yours look from inside the cab as if you were about to back up?
these little LED work lights are very impressive.....and for reversing or working behind the truck i'm fine with it.....i just don't like the "temperature" of LED's for driving...though some are better than other....it seems i like around 4-4,300K halogen lighting to drive by.

and that strip really increases the visibility of the truck.......now-a-days people don't pay attention to ****.....a UFO could land on their hood and they'd be clueless.

 

[92silverado1500]

ok, very cool.....would you or your buddy happen to have a "beam shot" from standing next to the truck looking back?

I currently don't have one but I'll get one

 

[shovelbill]

i have LED tails on 2 of my bikes....they're run/turn/brake in red....and they strobe when i hit either lever. when braking the center tail light strobes and the turn signal acts normal, to not confuse your intentions.....the strobe has 10 different sequences to choose from.....much safer, because another rear hitwill paralyze or kill me.

this:

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i put it on all my customers bikes....they don't want to get hit after getting to know me and what i've endured

i have 4 strobes, then steady.....repeat

it's not legal, but i don't give a ****....and it's not dazzling, it just gets your attention better than stock.

especially with these meat whistle foreign fu@ks that have NO business operating a motor vehicle......last week they were wearing sandals and riding a ****** camel, this week they're wearing the same ****** sandals driving a taxi!

fu@k these fu@kin fu@ks.....

 

[92silverado1500]

i'm blind from my house! how does yours look from inside the cab as if you were about to back up?
these little LED work lights are very impressive.....and for reversing or working behind the truck i'm fine with it.....i just don't like the "temperature" of LED's for driving...though some are better than other....it seems i like around 4-4,300K halogen lighting to drive by.

and that strip really increases the visibility of the truck.......now-a-days people don't pay attention to ****.....a UFO could land on their hood and they'd be clueless.

Haha yeah its pretty bright. Backing up its great, honestly I could probably drive down the street in reverse at night and have no problem seeing anything. I'll take a couple pictures tomorrow night. And I always liked the white lights as well but once I started putting the "cool" temperature lights on I made all of the light the same color temp.

The package my truck has came without a 3rd brake light so absolutely makes it safer driving at night, each side also lights up with the side markers which is a plus

 

[92silverado1500]

i have LED tails on 2 of my bikes....they're run/turn/brake in red....and they strobe when i hit either lever. when braking the center tail light strobes and the turn signal acts normal, to not confuse your intentions.....the strobe has 10 different sequences to choose from.....much safer, because another rear hitwill paralyze or kill me.

this:

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i put it on all my customers bikes....they don't want to get hit after getting to know me and what i've endured

i have 4 strobes, then steady.....repeat

it's not legal, but i don't give a ****....and it's not dazzling, it just gets your attention better than stock.

especially with these meat whistle foreign fu@ks that have NO business operating a motor vehicle......last week they were wearing sandals and riding a ****** camel, this week they're wearing the same ****** sandals driving a taxi!

fu@k these fu@kin fu@ks.....

Really off topic but it's kinda crazy, back in high school I got paralyzed in a wrestling match and even while I was paralyzed I told the doctors I'd be wrestling again the next season and 2 days later I had all my movement back and exactly a year later I wrestled again and noone understood why. Thought I was crazy til you said another hit would paralyze you but you still ride.

That's a great setup, hopefully that will keep the idiots behind you alert

 

[shovelbill]

they setup works great.....when an ******* is too close i just tap my brake and i see them back off.....damned monkeies