{"id":28441,"date":"2024-11-13T00:01:20","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T08:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/?p=28441"},"modified":"2024-11-06T15:32:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T23:32:45","slug":"exnotes-long-term-test-oxilam-led-headlight-bulb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/11\/13\/exnotes-long-term-test-oxilam-led-headlight-bulb\/","title":{"rendered":"ExNotes Long Term Test: Oxilam LED Headlight Bulb"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>By Joe Gresh<\/h6>\n<p>As you&#8217;ll recall from the Oxilam headlight review we published on ExhaustNotes a while back, I loved the thing. It gave a much brighter view at night and the light source was positioned in the correct spot for the reflector on the ZRX1100 Lawsonsaki. Low beam was wide and had a sharp cutoff so as to not blind oncoming drivers, and high beam lit up the dark New Mexico roads nicely.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately. the bulb burned out on my bike after only 3000 miles. Considering the original halogen bulb lasted 35,000 miles, 24 years, and was still going strong, I was disappointed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28460\" src=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_0449.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_0449.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_0449-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Taking the bulb apart revealed a neatly constructed circuit board, a cooling fan, heat transferring grease to the large aluminum heat sink, and broken solder connections at the main board\/plug connector junction.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28459\" src=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_0448-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_0448-copy.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_0448-copy-300x139.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The board connections are tiny and I may try to re-solder the connections (there are four of them broken: two on either side of the circuit board) but I don&#8217;t hold out much hope.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Oxilam Motorcycle Light Failure\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C10KxwQZvD8\" width=\"524\" height=\"496\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Oxilam kit came with two bulbs, and I&#8217;ll pop the other one in to see if my failure was just a fluke. I do like the quantity of light produced and riding with a plain old halogen seems dark now.<\/p>\n<p>My new, revised rating on the Oxilam LED headlights is: Don&#8217;t buy them just yet. Wait until the second Oxilam has proved itself for 24 years. 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