The JW Speaker is a legitimate headlamp. It is engineered, designed, manufactured (in the USA), and certified in accordance with the many technical and safety requirements that apply to headlamps. It performs very well and is very durable. None of that can be said of anything sold under the "Morimoto" brand, which is a line of headlamp-shaped toys for kids with a 3-minute attention span, who treat headlamps as fashion toys.
There are other legitimate 7 inch LED headlamps on the market, but the "Morimoto" thing is not among them.
The JW Speaker is a legitimate headlamp. It is engineered, designed, manufactured (in the USA), and certified in accordance with the many technical and safety requirements that apply to headlamps. It performs very well and is very durable. None of that can be said of anything sold under the "Morimoto" brand, which is a line of headlamp-shaped toys for kids with a 3-minute attention span, who treat headlamps as fashion toys.
There are other legitimate 7 inch LED headlamps on the market, but the "Morimoto" thing is not among them.
Oh and I forgot to mention that I had to register again because I screwed up my password and on request to reset it the site sent me a reset request but did not send the new password email. I tried 3 times and I have reported this to Greta. That's why the user is different.
Morimoto, like the radiator company Mishimoto, is a Chinese company that cuts corners and turns out products with a Japanese-sounding name to imply a measure of quality.
Morimoto doesn't bother with the expensive/burdensome/required testing, assaying, certification process that legitimate lighting companies do ----- and they pass along that savings and risk to the consumer.
One of the companies that I do services for makes electronic test and measurement equipment. Auto manufacturers use the equipment to be POSITIVE that none of their electronics interferes in an unwanted way with other electronic systems (or those on other vehicles). This is part of the testing and assaying process that is necessary for all of our safety.
Would you want to turn on your headlight and have the trunk pop open on the car next to you? Have your radio turn off?
Vehicles are becoming more and more complex, more radio waves around, radar for backing up & lane changes, etc. It's vitally important that everything electronic is compliant with safety standards.
Here's a magazine I get: http://www.automotivetestingtechnologyinternational.com/
Take a look at the ezine for an idea of what's going on in the auto world of electronics.
Morimoto, like the radiator company Mishimoto, is a Chinese company that cuts corners and turns out products with a Japanese-sounding name to imply a measure of quality.
Morimoto doesn't bother with the expensive/burdensome/required testing, assaying, certification process that legitimate lighting companies do ----- and they pass along that savings and risk to the consumer.
One of the companies that I do services for makes electronic test and measurement equipment. Auto manufacturers use the equipment to be POSITIVE that none of their electronics interferes in an unwanted way with other electronic systems (or those on other vehicles). This is part of the testing and assaying process that is necessary for all of our safety.
Would you want to turn on your headlight and have the trunk pop open on the car next to you? Have your radio turn off?
DS was just telling me about that Panda thing last week; glad you linked it.....
...have your car's critical safety systems or those of cars around you suddenly behave in an unpredictable manner as described in the links in the right column of the first page of this document...
I was directed to this forum as I was told that it had a tradition of using empirical evidence as a basis for opinion.
What I am looking for is some actual evidence (even if it is only experiential)
Like has been said before: The singular of "data" is not "anecdote".Personal experience (an anecdote) is not evidence...not even if you get five people telling their story, or ten, or fifteen, etc. In today's internet age, it's easy to make the mistake of thinking whatever popular viewpoint (internet "reviews", etc) you find count as "research" or "evidence". They don't.
We all know that you "get what you pay for", but that also means you DON'T get what you don't pay for. Sure, the manufacturing costs here (particularly labor) are higher than in many other countries, but you're also paying for the high-quality design and engineering.What I am looking for is some actual evidence (even if it is only experiential) that the Morimoto Sealed7 v2.0 is a bad, good or just middling product and that the Speaker product warrants the price premium of nearly 100%.
That is to say, "they generated excessive glare".They actually failed to pass FMVSS108 testing only because the measured lux at certain points throughout their beam pattern exceeded the maximum allowed!
It's not chrome. It's vacuum-deposited aluminum. If they don't know one metal from another, how do they know one headlamp from another?In referring to the size of headlights, we're really referring to the dimensions of the chromed free-form reflector, where the projector will install.
You know what keeps the headlamp from fogging? Proper ventilation of the lamp.Product Details
Helfpul: Even a drop of moisture can fog up a headlight lens when mixed with heat. By adding some silica packs in the underbelly of your headlight housings though, you can help prevent that mess before it happens. These 10 gram packets can absorb any ambient water vapor within 2 hours, and will stay dry even at maximum saturation.
Recommended: Sold in pairs, we recommend one pair per headlight for the best results. One near the housing caps, one on the bottom of the headlight.
I see what you did there!it's Apples to watermelons
As far as Morimoto, even TheRetroFit Source says "They actually failed to pass FMVSS108 testing only because the measured lux at certain points throughout their beam pattern exceeded the maximum allowed!"
That is to say, "they generated excessive glare".