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Post by captjeff60 on Jul 11, 2015 16:42:13 GMT -5
I have a Taotao quantum tour 150, a new one 2014 I like it, but the headlights are not very bright at all, was wondering if led lighting was available. It already has led turn signals and stop light. What do you think  ? |
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Post by ghcoe on Jul 11, 2015 16:57:58 GMT -5
Not sure which bulb you have, but here is some information on LED upgrades (link below). If they do not make one you could probably convert your housing. I have seen quite a few conversions to HID lighting. Although I think I would stay with the LEDs. Less power consumption and fuss. chinariders.net/showthread.php?t=13947&highlight=headlight |
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Post by rcq92130 on Jul 11, 2015 17:12:45 GMT -5
I have a Taotao quantum tour 150, a new one 2014 I like it, but the headlights are not very bright at all, was wondering if led lighting was available. It already has led turn signals and stop light. What do you think ? Pretty much everyone I know just ditches the ChinBulb and gets an H4 from Autozone or whatever. HUGE increase in light, and your stator will prob. handle it as long as you are not running dual bulbs (then go to an 11-pole stator). |
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Post by geh3333 on Jul 11, 2015 17:18:51 GMT -5
Listen to Rcq ! He is 100% right about the h4 bulbs. Over last summer I noticed the h4 bulbs resembled the socket that my headlight bulbs sat in. After hitting a deer and talking to rcq , he encouraged me to give it a shot and use the h4 bulb. It was the best mod I've done when it comes to seeing at night and for safety. I tried fog lights with little success. But the H4 bulbs are perfect.
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Post by rcq92130 on Jul 11, 2015 17:32:13 GMT -5
Listen to Rcq ! He is 100% right about the h4 bulbs. Over last summer I noticed the h4 bulbs resembled the socket that my headlight bulbs sat in. After hitting a deer and talking to rcq , he encouraged me to give it a shot and use the h4 bulb. It was the best mod I've done when it comes to seeing at night and for safety. I tried fog lights with little success. But the H4 bulbs are perfect. D'jew ever install your 11-pole and turn both those puppies on George? |
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Post by dmartin95 on Jul 11, 2015 18:28:50 GMT -5
He has a quantum tour, both of his head lamp bulbs are in the same housing and two H4's would melt his housing. --------------------------------- CaptainJeff, I too have a quantum tour. Your head lamp bulbs are BA20D... Do a search using Keywords "BA20D LED" ... The really good ones are cree based. Here, I did a search on ebay, click this linkMake sure you get one that has Hi/Lo feature... Some may have the same base, but not the same function. |
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Post by nimajneb on Jul 11, 2015 18:48:56 GMT -5
Yah search BA20D on ebay, and alot pop up. Dont know which one to try yet. Pleasel let me know once you order and try something out. I have the same scoot and want better lighting.
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Post by nimajneb on Jul 11, 2015 18:52:36 GMT -5
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Post by dmartin95 on Jul 11, 2015 19:08:27 GMT -5
Yah search BA20D on ebay, and alot pop up. Dont know which one to try yet. Pleasel let me know once you order and try something out. I have the same scoot and want better lighting. I don't have any plans on upgrading to LED headlights on the Quantum tour.... Instead, I will just get two, High quality Halogens for this particular scooter... Most all of my other scooters have received HID lighting... But the Quantum's housing is so small and get so little air exposure, I'm too concerned with heat... HID's get hot.... The cree bulbs you linked to I do not think will work... They are on/off bulbs I think, not Hi/Low... That's what I was meaning by some may have the same BA20D base, but will function differently. In the picture I'm linking to, the two dots on the bottom of the Bulb function as positive and negative... You need a BA20D where the base of the bulb is the ground and the two dots (connection points) are both positive... Their functions will be to activate different element angled differently to provide hi or low beam direction.  |
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Post by nimajneb on Jul 11, 2015 19:12:02 GMT -5
Im just saying if anyone buys bulbs or anything. Im just wondering whats cheaper and had good light output, and im not worried about the high/low function as long as they work.
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Post by dmartin95 on Jul 11, 2015 19:18:38 GMT -5
and im not worried about the high/low function as long as they work. They wouldn't work. The ones you linked to have positive and negative terminals at the bottom of the base (at least I'm pretty sure) ... You need ones that both terminals are positive and the base of the bulb is the ground. |
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Post by nimajneb on Jul 11, 2015 19:20:10 GMT -5
Well im glad i never ordered them...what do you run?
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Post by dmartin95 on Jul 11, 2015 19:23:43 GMT -5
Right now, just the stock bulbs.
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Post by wilds on Jul 12, 2015 0:44:03 GMT -5
I have also been looking good light bulbs to my scooter but never found anything that worked good enough, so I added some auxiliary LED Cree lights on my scooter. Cree Led LightsReally pleased now! |
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Post by rcq92130 on Jul 12, 2015 1:34:20 GMT -5
Well im glad i never ordered them...what do you run? I believe the link Wilds refers to (GEH - George) is someone who ended up just using H4 halogens, which plug right into the standatd ChinaBulb socket and give about a million times more light. CREE LEDs - if they are reasonably high powered - have to have a radiator fin structure at the base because they generate a good deal of heat. Some have trouble with the size of the fin; others with the heat melting the ChinaPlastic bowl inside the headlight structure. I think that's why the most common solution is to use H4 bulbs. you may / will have to clip off the connector and splice in a connector that plugs onto the H4 - but the main thing is they fit directly into the fizture where the ChinaBulb fits. And the glorious increase in light you get ~~~~ !!!!!!!!! |
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