These $60 Bulbs are as Good as a Projector Retrofit | COLIGHT Y12 Mini Projectors
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Thank you for this video. People
Don’t do good videos like this when they do HID or Led. They show the lights in the headlight but never down the road or they do it on the day time. Sometimes they just show the garage or the wall 😭so thank you!
Glad you found the video helpful!
The housing is reflecting all the light leaking in the housing. It’s designed to utilize the reflector for the high beam. You’d have to seal the projector so no light would be hitting the reflector when the low beam is on. To get these to work properly would require a special reflector setup that only reflected the high beam. Cool concept but need some more work, imo.
Nice video!We love it so much!Professional❤👍
Just ordered with your link appreciated your video and I got them for 52$ with the new years sale and free shipping. Excited to try them out.
Awesome, I hope they treat you good! Thanks you!
so its been two weeks. what is the verdict
Two things re replacement head light video. Due to driving in heavy snow I added a pair of Amber RIGID 6" to the front bumper of my 2006 Tundra. Separate switch and they do not turn on the brights-defeats the purpose of better snow lights// I had a 1986 ACURA INTEGRA (1st year). Driving in the mountains around S. California encounter fog spring and late fall. Had a pair of 4" small BOSCH fog lights installed. Whatever wiring was done w fog light switch I was able to turn on Only the parking lights with the fog lights. That was a great combo so no interference in fog from the low beam. I was only stopped once by law enforcement for running that mode. I said I would get that fixed. Moved out of CA in 1990. Sold the car in 1994 with fog/parking lights only mode intact.
Wow. Much easier and cheeper than my Lexus projector retrofits.
Ya, definitely a little cheaper. I love a good set of retrofits though
Thanks for the info! I just ordered a set.
Awesome! I hope you like them!
Do you like them?
@@xsauce3858 yeah they’re a very noticeable upgrade and easy to install the high beams aren’t great but I have auxiliary lights for that.
Just as a heads up the ship time takes awhile with little to no info on tracking. Took me over a month to get them.
Thankyou for answering my question nobody could.
Glad the video helped!
@@208TylerAny update on how they turned out after 11 months? I'm not sure if I should get them for my car.
@@MettToji They turned out good. I went to projector retrofits eventually: czcams.com/video/fSn17LT_Zog/video.htmlsi=8jdmYUZjUj8OP4cT
To fix foglight issue you need 2 resistors to plug into the headlights
That’s what I’ve been hearing. Thanks!
Has anyone tried using the 9006/HB4 version of these mini projectors in the fog lights of the gen 1 Tundra? I was thinking about trying that, but wanted to see if anyone else had beat me to that project. Thanks!
If you want to get rid of the glare, paint the inside of the housings black. That'll remove all the glare you're getting.
Do you have these bulbs? I couldn’t easily figure out if the glare is part of the projector or if it was still coming from the housing.
I prefer the look of the chrome housing
@@208Tylernot myself, but we put the same bulbs from a different brand in my buddies 4runner & the same thing happened. Then we painted the housings & the glare was gone.
@MSTRPHNM On these bulbs It makes zero sense painting the housing since the highbeam uses it. Painting it would make the highbeam useless.
@@eg1789are you sure it’s a mini projector so it runs on a solenoid that opens to give full beam not sure why it would use the reflection as that’s not how projectors work?
@Samjitsuu Its 100% a fact. I own both old and new versions. These mini projector are not the same as common bi-projectors. They dont have any mechanical hi beam shields. With these specific mini projectors, the low beam uses the projector lens while the high beam led chip is in a completely different location so that it uses the reflector from the vehicle's headlights.
I just did this on my ‘07 2nd gen, and it significantly improved the throw of the lights. I think I was blinding other driver with my previous led bulb “upgrade.” But getting the reflector cap thing out was a huge pain, and I did some damage to the housing in the process. I’m not sure I’d recommend it to other 2nd gen owners because of that.
Bit of a bummer there. Glad the lights are working for you though!
These things are realy good. To get rid of these leaking lights, doesnt matter if you're using mini projectors or default headlamps, you need to polish the headlight or change the front less to a new model withou these scars. Some models have it, don't know about your car.
Can I use this on my reflector based High Beams? (originally H7 halogen bulb)
Scatter is to be expected when using halogen housing. This is why most people retrofit onto clear and smooth surface aftermarket head lights when it comes to older vehicles.
This is a mini-retrofit, so there should, ideally, be no scatter.
Is it possible to retrofit in h4 housing
@@Artificial.-_-.intelligence Yes, I have had retrofits in other H4 housings. However, these mini bulbs are a pretty good substitute
H4 bulb is best for H4 mini led projector since housing is biger , projector is bigger, light cone is wider and no scatter at all. This one are good but i cant see is it have narrower cone light. H4 projector has narrower cone then standard. imagine h7 or 9005 are even smaller so is projector
Good info as usual! Maybe do a follow up video in a couple months and tell us how many oncoming drivers flashed their brights at you. That’s how I judge if my LEDs are aimed too high 😂
Haha will do! I need to level the truck a little, I can’t quite compensate for the squat I have going on.
@@208Tyler in regards to the on coming people flash in me. when i adjust the height of my headlights i pull up behind a normal height sedan (around 15 behind it) and make sure my lights are right below their side mirrors. unless you have a major lift on your vehicle it seems to work well. no disrespect ridefaster.
I'm guessing you're getting that scatter due to still having reflector housing. I'm gonna order these up and try them with my mostly blacked out housing and see how they run. A bit goofy about the fog button, but total bonus of not having the annoyingly distracting bright blue hibeam indicator in your face. Obviously can't use the fogs, but I never use them anyway. Thanks for the vid man. These have been helpful messing around with my 03.
In a perfect world, a projector bulb/assembly doesn’t catch the reflector. It should all be shooting out the projector.
Glad you like the videos! I’ll have a video out soon comparing these to an actual projector retrofit
Thinking of doing this for my F25 X3, any news on blacking out the reflector housing? Does the LED light need the reflector housing at all?
@@waelabdula7922 I've moved on to projectors. The LED does not rely on the reflector, it's a projector
I know it hasnt been too long, but have you had any issues with these so far? I couldnt find any warranty info on the Carbon Monoxide light website. (CO lighting... that's what the old gas lamps burned in the early 1900s!)
In all seriousness, though, I crashed my Tundra earlier this year and my old HID retrofits got destroyed. They were very expensive. Now that the Tundra is fixed and nice and shiny, I'm seriously considering these. At $60 a pair, maybe I shouldn't worry about a warranty, but I just never want to mess with them again.
I have not had any issues, save for the fog light / Brights switch issue demonstrated in the video (not an issue for me, but could be for others).
The one thing is if you don’t like them, you’ve modified your housings by removing the center reflector. It makes the mod fairly permanent.
If you baked the headlights and removed the lens, maybe you could preserve the OEM reflector thing. Just a consideration.
All things considered, these are staying on my truck for the time being.
Thanks! I ordered them. The Amazon link is dead, so I went directly to their website.
@@Dwigt_Rortugal I only see a link to their website in my description… hopefully you still got the 15% off!
Hey I just installed these but they’re flickering a little bit when the truck is off and headlights are switched off. Any advice? I haven’t added the resistor to it yet still gotta order it because I’m having the fog light issue but hope that’ll help.
Thanks for commenting. Flickering shouldn't happen... a resistor would likely fix the excess voltage coming to the light.
I have a question, does it make the headlight less reflective? Like where the whole headlight isn’t lit up. Just the led projector and everything around it is dark?
Correct. This is a projector. It does not use any of the reflector housing to emit light. You could black out the reflector assembly and get the same result.
@@208Tyler Thank you!!! I have reflective headlights and i’m using LED bulbs, but noticed it’s glares a lot and the whole headlight is lit up. This is perfect then!
@@RLJ-ns5yu Perfect! Make sure to use my link/discount code!
You need to get a resister for the headlights, that why it the fog light switch turns the brights on and disables the fog lights, I had the same problem and I got it solved when I got a resister
Ohhhhh, good to know. Where in the circuit do you place the resistor?
The resistors go in line between the led bulb and the factory harness. Just make sure it's secured to metal since they can get hot!
I just
Installed co light bulbs into my 06 tundra. It came with a resister. My fog lights don't work anymore. Instead fog lights turn on high beams.
McKenna did you resolve this issue
@@EzratheConqueror8did you resolve this issue
can you show picture of the front of vehicle with the led bulb on? I wanna see whether they glare.
They do. You can se the scatter just above the cut-off line.
Do you have a comparison to the y6 from what It looks like there isn’t a really large blueish cut off color from your video on the y12
I do not. I’ve never had the Y6
Is the blue cutoff pretty noticeable reflecting off the backs of cars?
@@EricB.1 no, it has not bothered me in the ~4 months that I’ve had these
@@208Tyler I have the y6 set that’s why I was asking all these questions. They seem to put out a 3 to 4 inch pretty strong blue purple cut off when about 5ft from garage door. I saw the y6 is a 6500k instead of 6k like these y12. I was hoping these newer style would reduce that blue line. I suppose I should get them sometime to test since a video is going to be hard to tell from.
So I did try the y12s but those upper bright spot beams on each light just above the cutoff line made them much worse than the y6s. Seemed when I had the cut off-line adjusted correct on the y12s then those bright beams would still beam into the eyes of people in cars.
It's the glass of the headlight
No, I don’t think it is. Checkout my comparison video to a full retrofit: czcams.com/video/fSn17LT_Zog/video.htmlsi=qN-4HtRrEC4R_tf0
Definitely an improvement but can tell its no where near as good as a quality projector. The beam on the bulb isnt very wide and it lacks range.
No, but for just $60 there’s not a lot to complain about
ow my eyes hurt theyre so brite. i have both these mini-jectors and full projector housing retrofits. I prefer the mini-jectors.
How’s the oncoming glare? Anyone high beam ya? Considering this for my 2015 Pilot
No one ever flashed their lights at me
Nice!!! Yep gonna have to make that leap now lol
So what if, this bulb were used in conjunction with a projector lens
It already has a projector lens. I would just use a typical projector with a typical projector bulb.
Would these fit in 1997 Tacoma Housings?
I would think they would, provided it’s an H4 housing. Most Toyotas are H4, my tundra is
Should paint the reflector housing
Shouldn’t have to for a “projector” to work
Are those bulbs still working?
Yup. Still working, still on my truck!
Dapper Lighting H4 Relay Kit
worked on my 03 pathfinder
Gotchya! That’ll fix the brights issue?
@@208Tyler its a stand alone relay. i did the projector retro fit on my lenses with H1 Led bulbs and had same issue. i also used there Dapper Lighting H4-H1 Adapter with power control unit to control the door on the projector insert. Hope that helps.
On my 04 Double Cab, I had two problems after installing an aftermarket HID kit years ago. 1. The fog light switch would force high beams. 2. The blue high beam indicator wouldn't illuminate.
Only very recently did I discover that an "anti flicker" adapter solved both of these issues. It's basically a box that plugs in inline between the H4 harness and the bulb, one on each side. It made the headlight circuit "happy". Based on wiring diagrams, it seemed like the fog light circuit was backfeeding the high beams. I'm not completely clear on how the issue is fixed. I'm guessing there's either a resistor or a capacitor inside the anti flicker box. Regardless, it solved the issue for me at around $25 for a pair, and installation is painless.
@@Dwigt_Rortugalhave a link to it?
@LEDCOLIGHT using your video to promote their lights on the install 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Don't be deceived here people, the light is very very weak, those l.e.d are in no way compared to bi led or bi xenon lenses ! In the dark you won't see a darn. The real deal is hid still, and some modern led projectors. This video is total nonsense and the information given is incorrect, let's compare his old halogen v.s the new led in lux.. i know the outcome !😂
No ones behind decieved. I have a video on this channel where I compare these to a set of retrofits.
All info given in this video is correct. If you have an old halogen-equipped rig, this is how the mini projectors compare