This thread needs some clarifications..
1. The Holley retro-brights were introduced >2 years ago, at that time there was little competition.
2. Regarding Octane before I bought the Holleys, I visited their store looking for LED headlights. At that time the only 5.75" LEDs that was available, had a strange front lens and extended rear end that forced mounting into a B body major surgery for the headlight bucket.
3. Holley retro-brights are available @ far below their stated retail price, but one has to search and negotiate this.
4. Regarding Octane, now they do carry some 5.75" LED headlights that has a shallow depth but its availability followed the introduction of the Holleys by more than a year.
5. A close comparison of the Octane LEDs to the Holley retro-brights explains the respective cost differences. The Octane have a thin metal outer housing whereas the Holleys have an outer, extruded aluminum heat sink. This makes a big difference in cooling efficiency but at a higher material cost.
Conclusions.
As I posted previously the introduction of the Holley retro-brights emphasizing LEDs headlights forced the competition to upgrade their products to having a more OE appearing lens and short depth, following the lead behind Holley. The positive thing is now the consumer has a wider choice of available, compatible products. In the end, LED headlights are a great update for our vintage Mopars and don't require modifying the OE wiring due to their lower current draw. Now available @ wider price range.
Just my $0.02....
For the Octane’s are the housings keyed properly for inside and outside mounting? I got a set of led housing from a vendor and all four were keyed for the outside low housing only. Now am considering on getting the Octanes per the video link. ThanksMy comparison goes back to early last year, electrical specs are available on each respective website. The major reason I chose the Holley retro-brights was not for their brightness but rather physical dimenisons, Octane is local for me in SoCal and I actually went to their distributor location store to measure their samples. At that time the Octanes were deeper than the Holleys, which required modifying the mounting buckets to accomodate their deeper depth, whereas the Holleys dropped rite in without any mods. I don't know for sure but perhaps since that time Octane might have come out with a shorter depth product to address this. I wanted to switch to LEDs versus the OE incadescents because I wanted more brightness due to my nightime driving which any LED headlight should provide. Others have modified their OE wiring to relays and have experienced some minor brightness of the OE incadescents, however a major strength of LED headlights is that OE incadescents are sensitive to voltage whereas an LED is not. Regarding brightness U may have seen some of my previous postings as I fabricated some Y connectors so I have (4) high beams or (4) low beams. Another thing I found out with my (4) Holley retrobrights that their light output was brighter and wider than the OE incadescents without being too piercing, I have been on the road for almost (2) years with my install and had no issues with the cops. Note below I did attach a couple photos of my RoadRunner.
Just my $0.02...
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