DEPO Headlight Questions - LEDs and sealing issues

[Papa Popov]

Installed my DEPOs a few weeks ago, and since then we've had some very heavy rain which has caused condensation in the passenger side headlight. Does anyone know of a good way to prevent this? Is my light defective?

Also, planning on installing Morimoto 2stroke 3.0s. Does anyone have experience installing these bulbs? I'm hoping to avoid cutting into into the headlight cover, but I ordered the rubber mount extensions JIC. I want to make sure I don't introduce an additional moisture issues!

[markslc1]

Interested as well

[Papa Popov]

Originally Posted by markslc1

Interested as well

Looks like my moisture issues were caused by a turn signal bulb not being seated properly. It is currently raining here and there are no signs of moisture in the housing, knock on wood.

The Morimoto 2stroke kit that I ordered didn't fit. There was plenty of room for the ballasts, but the heatsinks were too long and I wasn't going to cut the cover and potentially introduce more moisture issues. Oddly enough they fit just fine when I test fitted them in my stock halogens, so maybe I'll try installing them in the DEPOS again. I wasn't committed to bending the retaining brackets, so that might have had something to do with it.

[Thunderguts]

I'm curious how the beam pattern looks with the DEPO projectors.

I installed the PIAA system and HATED it. The color was nice, but the beam pattern from the stock halogen reflectors was a joke. The PIAA system was supposedly designed with reflectors in mind. I had them installed one night and ripped them out and sold 'em on eBay.

[Papa Popov]

Originally Posted by Thunderguts

I'm curious how the beam pattern looks with the DEPO projectors.

I installed the PIAA system and HATED it. The color was nice, but the beam pattern from the stock halogen reflectors was a joke. The PIAA system was supposedly designed with reflectors in mind. I had them installed one night and ripped them out and sold 'em on eBay.

Beam pattern seems to match up with the stock Xenons from the pics I've seen. Currently running the halogens that come with the DEPO units when ordering from fishcakes, but I doubt that it would affect things at all. Very happy with the units since I resolved the moisture (read: turn signal bulb install error) issues.

How was the quality of the PIAA kit? Any fitment issues? I know Morimoto is the go-to for lighting, but I'm not cutting up my covers to make them fit.

[Thunderguts]

Originally Posted by Papa Popov

How was the quality of the PIAA kit? Any fitment issues? I know Morimoto is the go-to for lighting, but I'm not cutting up my covers to make them fit.

Well, I only had them in one night so I never tested their sealing properties. I don't remember any issues at all. I think the fit was pretty good. The quality was top notch, they just don't work with reflectors at all.

[Papa Popov]

Originally Posted by Thunderguts

I'm curious how the beam pattern looks with the DEPO projectors.

I installed the PIAA system and HATED it. The color was nice, but the beam pattern from the stock halogen reflectors was a joke. The PIAA system was supposedly designed with reflectors in mind. I had them installed one night and ripped them out and sold 'em on eBay.

I'm an idiot and didn't realize that the adapter/collar on the Morimoto 2strokes comes off. Ended up installing them in the DEPOs no problem and am very happy with them after 2 months. Not the brightest bulb but the beam pattern is great. Might be worth giving them a go in the stock halogens, cause these bulbs were designed for reflectors (much more inclined to take Morimoto's word for it than PIAA). TheRetrofitSource has a video on them with some solid info.

That being said, DEPOs are well worth the money. Only issue I've had is that one of my highbeams doesn't work. Haven't had time to play around with it but I rarely use them given how solid the low beam projectors are w/ the LEDs.