My kid is really interested in cars and was asking about pop-up headlamps. I had a few with a 1989 Acura Integra RS. It wasn't flawless. I had a few minor collisions and the headlamp alignment was kind of messed up after one in the corner (it's really close to the fender). Eventually I had issues with it not retracting, to the point where I would often use leave them up all the time with the headlamp position switch that allowed it to be up without the lights on.
Still - one of the big pains was when I replaced the H6054 headlamp assemblies. They weren't terribly expensive. I remember they might have cost about $10 - close to the cost of halogen capsules. And of course they were self-contained with their own reflectors built into a glass housing. Like this:
They were a huge pain to install and adjust. I remember there were screws inside the pop up assembly and I had one heck of a time pulling it out, putting in a new one, and then getting it aimed correctly.
However, I've noticed that there are quite a few newer LED versions - probably with lighter plastic housing. I suppose they run cooler, and since the reflector is designed into the assembly that it's not like trying to retrofit an LED into a projector beam headlamp assembly designed for an incandescent capsule bulb. I'm not really in the market for them, but do they work OK? Just curious. I suppose they're legal since they come with purpose-built reflectors, as I've heard that LED capsule replacements are questionable in terms of legality.
Still - one of the big pains was when I replaced the H6054 headlamp assemblies. They weren't terribly expensive. I remember they might have cost about $10 - close to the cost of halogen capsules. And of course they were self-contained with their own reflectors built into a glass housing. Like this:
They were a huge pain to install and adjust. I remember there were screws inside the pop up assembly and I had one heck of a time pulling it out, putting in a new one, and then getting it aimed correctly.
However, I've noticed that there are quite a few newer LED versions - probably with lighter plastic housing. I suppose they run cooler, and since the reflector is designed into the assembly that it's not like trying to retrofit an LED into a projector beam headlamp assembly designed for an incandescent capsule bulb. I'm not really in the market for them, but do they work OK? Just curious. I suppose they're legal since they come with purpose-built reflectors, as I've heard that LED capsule replacements are questionable in terms of legality.
