Bill, that's an excellent review of these LEDs.

a) Drawing 70 Watts each is getting close to pushing the limits of the 700/900 headlight electrical wiring designed for a stock 35 Watt bulb, especially the current through the bulb out sensor. I'd consider driving those with a remote relay and 12 gauge battery source wiring behind each headlamp assembly. I'd also double check to make sure the bulb connectors don't get warm and start to melt, especially with DRL oin hot weather. That's a known problem area with our 700/900 headlight connectors. One of my 940s came with this issue and it started to get worse. Once the plastic starts to get soft, the terminals may not fully seat, which makes for added resistance, more heat and more melting, ultimately leading to the connectors having to be cut off and replaced. I occassionally peel back the boots and push the wires in to make sure they're staying fully seated, also pull back the boot a bit to compress the connections when it's put back.

b) People should note you're using the Luxster Punisher LED's in the Eurpopean E-code halogen headlight reflector designed for the stock halogen 9003/H4 bulbs used by Volvo in the non-North American market. The 940s in North America used the crappy 9004 halogen bulbs designed by Ford that needed a very different large reflector to try to improve the beam pattern and brightness on the road ahead.

c) I'd be interested in your comments about using those Luxsters under varying driving conditions, especially at night on dimly lit, twisty, hilly roads with oncoming traffic where you've had a friend driving the other way to say how blinding they are.

d) And finally, holy shzt, those bulbs must be bright enough to do a finger puppet show on the surface of the moon. In our old age, your cataracts can get as thick as they want and you'll still be able to see. :)) The Luxster Punisher 9003s are rated at 20,000 lumens (40,000 lumens per pair is how they're typically advertised). That's double the brightness of many LED headlights (such as the Auxito 9004s I'm using) and almost SEVEN/u> times the 3,000 lumen maximum brightness allowed by DOT in a halogen reflector. They're of course nowhere near street legal, only legal for offroad use.
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Dave -still with 940's, prev 740/240/140/120 You'd think I'd have learned by now