The Truth about LED headlights vs Halogen or HID!
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- Опубликовано: 11 май 2021
- The wrong headlights used a problem thats all to common.
Best Headlights LED or Halogen? test performed with a light meter to measure Lux and we check each headlight for the longest distance beam. with a side by side comparison to review the brightest Headlights on the road. Also showing color temperatures example 600k Kelvin which is white but close to blue. 3200k more of a yellow orange warm color. power needed, efficiency. very detailed procedures for you to make a informative decision if you should upgrade stock Headlights. price point not to mention advantages and disadvantages.
we are using Led headlights sent to Nates interactive auto. I have not been paid by Audew but only sent lights for me to test. so we can see who makes the best Headlights. would you like to see HID tested next? we also show how easy and fast it is to install headlights on a 2014 Hyundai elantra gt.
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Bro.some of these LED lights are insanely bright....I don't need to feel like I had a full body xray taken of me just because i drove past you on the opposite side of the road
Lmaooo trueee Am I the only one that if I’m in front of one a kinds of flashes ??
Your just plain overdramatic lol
@@kingOpooPee of people just be runnin their brights all the time around him lmao
Tint your windshield
That’s what u get for not going my way
Funny because any time someone has led coming towards me. I can't see.
Yes,Conclusion is: LED make more accidents.
Don’t look directly into them and you wont have an issue 🥴
@@Dee12327 that's not true, but okay
@@timbango2090 yes it is just focus your eyes on the painted line on the road and it won’t blind you
@@Fatjucvhg you do realize not everyone has the same vision right? There would be no need for eye prescriptions if what you say is true. The fact your saying I'm staring into lights without possibly knowing that to be true. Tells me your talking out your ass. I'm guessing you have these lights and my comment made you feel insecure. But I'm not against them I also like them and believe in a free country. But the truth is the truth.
#1 cause of accidents is blinding people with bad LED lights.
LEDs blind people not with brightness but by being out of focus in headlight housings designed for halogen bulbs.
Thats right the driver side needs to be adjusted and tilted lower so that it's not blinding on coming traffic most don't do that they install and go or they adjust the driver side to match the passenger which isn't how you want it for street driving.
@@neoskater420 what’s the proper way to do it?
Too many people use bad led lights which is why we are all complaining lmao
Exactly! Same problem when people put hids in a housing designed for halogen bulbs
That's actually false the housing don't matter its the installation that's the issue. People buy led or hid lights and just install them which is not the proper way. When installation new lights light led or hid you leave your original Halogen bulb in on one side and adjust the led or hid side accordingly to match the Halogen side then install the other side matching the height of the already adjusted side. Doing this keeps your lights in proper adjustment that doesn't blind anyone. People who do lift kits in trucks also don't adjust for the lift. Ive installed hundreds of lights never had an issue. Led and hid are far superior to Halogen lights
The one reason to get LEDs is so you can see when others with LEDs are coming towards you, the sacrifice - the poor fella rocking Halogen gripping the steering wheel for dear life... this person now traumatized, will turn to the dark side and buy LEDs. RIP Halogen
Halogen are way safer than any LEDs. Specially those old cars running on Brown bulbs are completely safer than any EVs main headlights and EV LED headlamp sometimes doesn't have Fog lamp. So you have to careful driving in foggy situations.
me
Yup, that's me. I'm sick of bring blinded on the road, so I'm going to start blinding other people just for the hell of it. Looking into light bars and stuff. I'm going all out. I'm sick of being the underdog on the road. Time to get aggressive.
Just bought mine. They're coming in tomorrow
Literally me researching leds rn
I agree, using led headlights can be very dangerous
They should only be allowed for High Beam
All DOT approved LED bulbs are safe to use. They are within range to be legal.
Also don’t think all are equal, because I have halogens that are brighter than LEDs
Totally not true. They just need to be aimed properly. Inexplicable how so many people thing that LED light rays somehow bend up toward oncoming traffic, but halogen light rays do not. If "old" bulbs were improperly aimed at your face, that would also be dangerous.
@@ckmoore101 Thank goodness someone has a brain... 🙌
If a person has to blind everyone else to get where they're going, then they shouldn't be driving. D.O.T. needs to regulate how bright lights can be.
They already do. It's called 6500k and below
They do. The problem is people can adjust the angle in which the light is pitched. It looks better for them, blinding for you.
yes yes yes
@@madskillzyo 6500k describes light color, not the brightness output. Xenon has approx 3000lm, where LED 100lm/watt.
They do. But all the aftermarket LEDs aren't legal in most states. Keyword: aftermarket.
"you won't believe me"
You're right! I don't! 😂
In the UK, your car has to have an MOT check every year, one of the things they check is headlight angle, to stop you blinding oncoming traffic
They also check the bulb. In the UK, retro fitting LED lights are not permitted unless the vehicle was manufactured before the 1st of April 1986 or originally came with LED lights. Halfords sell LED headlights that would pass the MOT on light pattern, but on the packet, it states they are for off-road use only.
The cause is other drivers getting blinded by led lights not set properly or illegal ones that aren't high quality but insanely bright.
I wonder how people drove around for a century with regular old bulbs.
It's almost like, hint hint, led lights make people go blind.
I gotta tell you, whatever bulbs are in brand new vehicles today are probably going to kill a lot more people because oncoming traffic cannot see the road ahead of them due to the brightness of their bulbs, which is unnatural light at night time it needs to be diffused, not daytime strength
#1 reason for car accidents and migraines are caused by being blinded by those bright lights 😂 ! If I could ban them I would ...
You are 100% correct
I have HIDS not too bright or dim
Those bright LED should be for high beam only
I agree. That's why I installed LEDs in my stock halogen housings, so I could give back the pain to asswipe drivers.
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Quit driving slow in the left lane and they wouldn’t be in your rear view
Please mention that you need to aim headlights after changing from halogen to LED. I swear it's a plague here. People are just blinding others and still can't see any better. 😢
You can’t aim glare…. 🤦♂️. You can’t see any better with LED in general…
You can in fact aim the lights, but what you are speaking of is positioning the LED properly so that they reflect correctly through the assembly to prevent that obnoxious glare.
@@dihaji you have no idea what you’re taking about. Glare can’t be aimed. Glare can’t be controlled. Glare is just what happens when useless scum peasants buy LED bulbs to replace halogen ones….
@@dihaji H* LED
radiates in every direction. if you put them in a Reflector housing. and it can never be aimed.
if you talk about projector housing, then it can be aimed. (or it will be automatic aimed, depends or car). but that will damage the projector.
@@sjfk1306you can when you put them in a halogen housing, like I did. Finally got sick of being blinded by asswipe drivers. Time to give back to my community.
I just love the gay lifted ford pickups, behind me, with these.
While also having the LED Uni Light, as well. I have to Remind Myself that I can't Afford a Premium Increase if I Reverse Ram their Lights. 😂 (A Little like Kathy Bates in "Fried Green Tomatoes" over the Parking Spot.) 😂
So the non-binary Ford trucks that are lifted are ok?
@@matthewgeissinger2856 no such thing. they all gay
Well my lifted Ford must be “Cis” as I get blamed for everything. That’s why I like to pull up to the left a bit to make sure my light is right in your mirror just to piss you off.
100%
LEDs should have a legal limit of 2000lm per bulb
seriously those 5000lm per bulb cause blindness
annoying..
people are just retarded and run the 5000lm capable ones as lowbeams for some reason, i got for fahren forschers for that exact reason as it starts out near ~2300lm which is bright but but not blinding and maintains its light output to ~2100 after like 30mins which is good for long trips where the light output of your headlights is bound to drop yet you still need good, bright lights. i havent got new high beams yet as i dont have much of a need but when i do best believe im gonna match the energy of the retards running 5000lm capable leds and im getting a pair of fahren terminators
I personally use 20,000 Lumen LEDs They're wonderful! I guess no one ever taught you to look at the line if there are bright lights in your face? I personally prefer being able to see something long before there's even a chance of me colliding with it! I also prefer buying headlight bulb 1 single time rather than wasting my money on bulbs that don't provide proper lighting for the pitch black country!
@@icypanda2376 Funny you mention the pitch black country. I'm in the mountains. When it's pitch black and someone with the LEDs is approaching, it's tough to see if that's a pothole, rock, roadkill, tree limb, or whatever because I'm looking at the line... and I'm in an SUV. Can't imagine what older sedans go through, though I remember last decade being blinded in my '96 Outback simply because it was lower to the ground while everyone in newer vehicles were higher up with their low lights aimed right in my face and still blinding me.
It's not just about looking to the line. It's car/ driver height. It's headlight angle. It's pitch black vs lights in your face. It's not as bad in the cities when there is some ambient light. But you get on the winding backroads with a waning moon or cloud cover? Opposing traffic can blind you at the worst time, and no amount of "look to the side" can prevent some accidents.
@@Undomaranel I guess I never looked at it that way. I personally can't say that I've been "blinded" by another person headlights, is it more difficult to see sometimes... a little bit, but I almost always just look towards the line and I can see everything I need to. Maybe it's the windy roads where the main issues occur. I don't have too many windy roads around me and the ones that are near are pretty wide and you can usually see when someone's coming around the next corner. Also just wanted to say the 20,000 lumens was just me joking I do have LED's but they're nowhere near that strong!
@@icypanda2376 I'm in WA. Out east we have wide, straight roads that aren't an issue except the odd tumbleweed and deer. In the middle we have winding highways filled with trees, rocks, coyotes, porcupine, skunk, you name it. Then out west it's trees on either side blocking out every scrap of light, clouds and rain, and all the wildlife I mentioned plus elk, bear, beaver, otter, etc. And birds, owls to magpies you _will_ hit a bird and/or marmot out here. Being able to see is key, which is why I don't begrudge people the LEDs (though the reflections on puddles are trippy). But at the same time, older vehicles get it the worst because everything newer than '00 is just higher off the ground.
It's one of those situations where there's pros and cons, and if you're driving then just be aware... and doubly aware in the dark anyway. Safe driving fam!
in EU if you put led bulbs into a headlight that has homologation only for halogen you can lose your vehicle registration certificate
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LMFAOOOOOOOOOOO
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Some of these LEDs are like looking directly at the sun. I have quite sensitive eyes, and, even with driving glasses on, I'm momentarily blinded by the intensity of the beam. I'm sure that's more dangerous than Halogens.
That warm spot on the halogen pattern is to light the road in front of the vehicle without blinding oncoming traffic. LED's blow out an object because they tend to have bad unfocused CRI output. Lighting something and seeing something clearly are two different things. It's like having a loud stereo with blown speakers. Now when I drive down the interstate everyone on the east coast has their high beams on blasting your mirrors with their crappy blue light.
Funny, I thought you were going to say LED lights blinding people were the cause for accidents; I would have actually believed that
That’s my favorite when a car is brighter on the opposite lane than a fucking rocket launch. And when the 25 year old BMW 5 series has an aftermarket led in a placement where halogen was the original. Fucker can see the end of the galaxy with it and I can only hope practically that nothing’s on the road before me.
How about when these blind fools are slow driving with these brights on, and it kust happens to be a one lane road. Very annoying...
I always upgrade halogen with halogen. OEM halogen bulbs are always BAD. I buy Phillips X-treme Vision halogen's to replace the OEM and the difference is always a serious improvement.
Try Xenon bulbs next time, much brighter!
Those Phillips tinted halogen bulbs are only a tiny bit brighter or the same as oem you need HID or LED for a significant difference
@@beikdw5762 those suck so does the Philips not sure if you are in a car or truck but my nissan frontier needs better bulbs after trying those. I drive the city during the week an d offroad camp on the weekends those lights are not enough when it's too dark even in the city they are just not enough for me to see properly so I need to upgrade to led see if there is an improvement over those crappy halogens as my friend has led everything on his Tacoma from 2004 you can see everything even his dome lights are led very nice to actually see 👀
Are they really good? Pls reply
All people in your oncoming lane thank you in advance!
I wear sun-tan lotion while driving at night so my face doesnt bake from the LED headlights..
I can tell you right now, this dude has a projection style headlight assembly on one side, but not the other. If you have a halogen in a projection style headlight assembly, it will make a perfectly flat line, just like the LED did in this video. Now, if you have a reflection style headlight assembly, it doesn’t matter what kind of bulb you put in, it will not make a line like that, but instead will leave a large pool of light.
I have halogen housing and it produces a clean perfect line.
@@hmsailor6133 From the way you described it sounded like a regular reflector housing. A projector housing has just one big lens in the middle and you won't see the bulb directly.
The absolute best thing is being infront of a lifted truck, or big suv with an array of lights that are all bright leds. I especially love it when they're right behind me in stop and go traffic and they decide every light they have needs to be turned on. Really helps light up my interior if I drop something 😊
I never felt blinded before use of leds, even when trucks used their bright behind me. Now I get blinded when trying change lanes at night and see purple spots for 30 min after. They need to aim them correctly, it's ridiculous. Some drivers with the leds don't see pedestrians til the last minute either, very dangerous.
Terrible, use the bulb type designed for your car. Theres reflectors that go for it, I can't see anything in my low car cause of yall doing this in SUVs
So get a bigger vehicle
@@Turbinelife87 nah
another cause I believe is that LEDs are WAY TOO far over on the cool side of the kelvin spectrum. LED headlights ought to be LEGALLY CAPPED at 3500 kelvin, PERIOD!
Halogen is safer. LEDs are WAY too bright very dangerous. If you need blinding lights to see you shouldn’t be driving
Exactly, i had in my car H7 halogen. And once i ordered 2 led h7. after a night drive. a busdriver warned me, with his bi-Xenon lights. Because i felt bad for him, i stopped my light and changed back to halogen. drive back to him. and he did a
thumbs up to me. :) Now i changed the entire headlights to factory Xenon.
@@multiomer1997 xenon lights are just as bad in my opinion, the way to go is led high beams and halogen low beams, that way you can see the future with your high beams and your low beams won’t hurt anyone’s eyes
@@shaneomac5074that's, still a lamp not LED. But is more on upgrade compared to halogen because. Now instead of using any kind of reflection to maximize the lighting, now you don't need reflection in a bulb because now it has untransparent glass that looks like a projector called "the projector lamps"
So whats the cause? Having one LED and one halogen bulb?
Right terrible commentary
If you can't see the road with halogens, you shouldn't be driving at night.
The best is when Audi used the motto "its like having the sun in your headlights"... but like why? The moon in my headlights is good enough.
you mean LED beams blinding the oncoming traffic drivers and casuing accidents? I agree
My friend bought a new car and he came to pick me up to show off, it was night time and I told him "turn off your high beams" he said "they are off". I didn't believe him so I asked him to prove it and he turned them on and I swear it was like a flash bang going off.
The only reason to use LEDs is to enact revenge on LED users.
Ban both.
If you need that much light to drive, you don't need to be driving. You need an eye exam.
You need abit of bright lights but not wayy to bright like LEDs conventional halogen or projector lamps with normal fog lamp brown color lights are alot safer than any LEDs which EV is using sometimes EV don't have any fog lamps which is abit critical in foggy situations.
As a driver(not known by anyone else from the neighborhood), I can tell you, these are so annoying to deal with even as driven at night in a tractor-trailer combination. Sometimes these people will block the left lane, and just sit while blocking traffic from passing me. They deliberately sit back there with these annoying bright LED lights. I have resorted to turning my rearview mirros back at them out of retaliation, because this is just so annoyingly bad. These need to be dimmed down or something, geez...
no, the main cause is probably too bright lights. whenever i drive by a car with led headlights, its blinding as fuck and you
cant see for like 3 seconds when a car drives by you.
The main cause of accidents isn’t a light bulb itself but the positioning, the light has to be pointing down where it won’t temporarily blind someone, that’s why you adjust them to be properly balanced.
Another vote for either banning LED headlights or highly regulating them.
All you have to do is correctly sight them in to the correct position but every dummy with a $2 Harbor Freight screwdriver is sure they are an auto tech and usually end up pointing straight up. Also I don’t believe they are the #1 cause of car accidents
you didn't say which one is causing the accidents. which one is it? thanks!
The shitty yellow ones
Yes led cause crashes at night because they blind on coming traffic White light destroys night vision leds would be the better choice if the manufacturer would adjust the color temperature of the light to be closer to that of halogen
I do a lot of night driving and if leds are aligned properly can be acceptable but do still cause issues with blinding on coming traffic I also have driven a couple of trucks with leds and love them in the rain but I still prefer my halogen lights for my high beams they seem to do a better job than high beam leds but I do think low beam leds could be the best with some work from the manufacturers with proper alignment and a slightly different color temperature
Tired of having my eye balls burned out of my head every night by misaligned leds
Actually they don't if a person adjusts them correctly the lights won't shine brightly in your face
@@tdbone35 thanks for sparing my time
No. if the led lights are in the proper projector housings and aimed correctly then they're far superior to any halogen.
@@xarch7208Yeah, but who has that? 90% of vehicles that currently have LED lights do not have lighting regulations, and cause glare to other drivers.
The number one cause of accidents is bad tyres. It's just a fact, LED bulbs are extremely dangerous, but they are not the biggest killer
People will tell you LEDs blind other drivers the truth is yes LEDs in reflector headlight housings blind people but most people don't understand the difference between a reflector style headlight and projector style headlight.
Projector style headlight housings can have LED bulbs installed without blinding other drivers because projector style headlight housings direct the light beam on the road much more effectively.
Unless its a 4Runner...or a Corolla FLM
Interesting. Thanks for informing me of that.
I thought I crashed because I was distracted while being on my phone! Turns out it was actually my headlights!
Yes the LEDs definitely cause a lot of accidents, I can’t see when they are coming along at me on the opposite side of the road. They also void your insurance in Australia
My low beams must be pointed up because the aliens be complaining and flashing there's at me
I actually feel a slight pain when seeing these bright led lights. But i am gonna invest in some night driving glasses so it doesn’t hurt any more.
I feel like in 20 years everyones gonna go blind and this’ll be why lmao
You said i wasnt going to believe it. You're right...
Yes yes, number one cause of car accidents are LEDs because no one driving around these guys can see
I thought for sure this video was going to admit the truth about headlights and accidents...
That the guy with the LED's is BLINDING everyone who has to drive on the same road with him.
I love putting my full beams on when going past what I suspect to be a retrofit HId/led bulb in reflector housing. It’s very fun.
Even then ours is not as bright as their retrofit bulbs...smh
I used to do that but every time they woudk turn on their highbeams, and then theres nothing i could do to outmatch that 😂
White lights look horrible and disrupt your circadian rhythm, and therefore they disrupt your health. Please only use yellow tone lights.
Shabash bhai, only one sane person here
#1 cause of accidents is distracted driving not headlights. I do agree that most people do not adjust the angle of headlights properly on their vehicles and cause blindness on oncoming traffic.
So it appears Halogen is better than Light Emitting Diodes or High Intensity Discharge.
If you must install LEDs in your reflector lights, install then in a 9-3 o'clock position and aim them down a tad. Better if you get projector retrofits though.
Never put aftermarket garbage in stock housings! Blind oncoming traffic and have no idea what you're doing!
Correct! Aftermarket headlights are blinding and horrible!
I switched from halogen bulbs to LED bulbs since the City of Los Angeles passed a law named "The Right To Walk." That law allows pedestrians to cross the streets and exempt pedestrians from adhering to the rules. They don't have to walk to the light or to a pedestrian sign to cross the streets safely. In many occasions I see people at night wearing dark clothes jumping onto the streets even when they see traffic coming. If it wasn't for my LED headlights, I would have ran over a guy who was under the influence of drugs kneeled on the street in an area where it was really dark and he was wearing black clothes. The brightest factory headlights among sedan vehicles are the ones on Tesla vehicles. No government will force Elon Musk to recall all of his vehicles to change the LED bulbs and replace them with halogen bulbs. They will go after low end vehicles with LED headlights, but governments will give a pass to expensive vehicles' manufacturers. What about SUV and trucks that have bright LED headlights and two sets of LED fog lights? I don't see the police or the highway patrol stopping them when they have both sets of fog lights and their headlights on.
Number one cause to most car accidents in 30 seconds
I come from the UK- where retro fitting LEDs is illegal- and moved to Australia a few years ago- where everyone uses LEDs.
I can confirm my retina have suffered significant, irreparable scarring from the weapons grade LEDs people are using here- I have a Ginger friend who hasn't shaved in several years, he only has to travel at night and he'll be stubble free for 2 days.
My immediate advice to you would be to buff both of your headlights. In the thumbnail, it looks like you've polished one of them- the fog on the surface scatters your beam. It's why one of your headlights looks like a headlight, and the other looks like you've trapped Tinkerbell in some milk.
my truck came with stock bulbs, switched to led’s, drove with them for 2+ years, recently switched back to original and never been more satisfied.
Real #1 cause of car accidents is being blinded by led lights being installed in units that are not made for them 😅
What he doesn't tell you when you slap LEDs in halogen sockets is A) the heat issues, B) the light is scattered, not focused. It's been thoroughly tested and whatever he's saying is debunked, and C) it'll very illegal. Why the cops don't do anything about it, beyond me
Cops rather destroys weeds plants instead of giving them fines...
Some cars LEDs are so bright that I bright them with my new halogen replacements and they bright me back Im like damn those must be bright if youre brighting me
And the #2 cause of car accidents is being blinded🙄🙄
I'm switching back to the old French style yellow headlights, I just wish everyone would do the same and we'd all be able to see clearly and at the same time not be blinded by other drivers.
This is why i installed the brightest damn LED high beams i could fiind, basically mini spot lights... every dog driving with bright LEDs got sick of being stunned every 2 seconds.....
Lol the main cause of car accidents are THESE LEDs BLINDING OTHER DRIVERS
Cause of accident: blinded driver in the other lane
Dats why I want LED lights forbHi and Low because I have to blind them back
LED headlights will be illegal before long. WAY TOO BRIGHT. If you need LEDs to see at night, you shouldn't be allowed a driver's license.
#1 reason why people are having car accidents it's because the oncoming driver is blinded by LED headlights, you can't tell if they have their high beams on or not, and lifted trucks are the worst
With led loaded vehicle approaching you definitely you can’t see. Because the beam is always spreaded and messed up. Better to use halogens.
Car accidents didnt happen until leds were invented
Yea, pretty sure your LED downgrade will cause more accidents as you are removing the ability of other drivers to see….
He said cars not trucks
To switch you need what adaptor ?
Id argue that led lights are the number 1 cause because everytime i see a person with led lights i always lose the road in the light and find myself drifting towards them.
#1 cause is putting LEDs into halogen specific lamps, you won't pass a MOT with these
Save the halogen and just swap it out before the MOT it takes all of 5 min.
I have LED in my van and have them pointed downwards because of being flashed by drivers. and have same issue in my mini. LED lights are so much worse for blinding your vision. that you literally see nothing for a second. have now got a yellow visor to help reduce the glare . I’m amazed they were even permitted !
I was just about to buy rgb led lights for my audi, its an old car and has slightly yellowish lights, never botheren me before. Now I think I will go for a yellower version becasue I dont want to blend others with crystal light leds! THey have nice yellow ones and still fancy
The next cause of accidents is idiots putting cheap led bulbs in headlights not designed for them causing everyone else to crash instead.
The number one cause of car accidents are people not paying attention. Period
Idk about yall, but where i live, you want as bright of lught as you can get. Hitting deers and animals can really mess up your vehicle.
Power of halogen lights is just right:
Enough to have good vision at the speed limit.
But not over bringt to blind everyone else.
People who say they can't see are the same people who are texting and driving, relax, and look away. IDK what yall do when the sun reflects off cars. Do you just accept your fate and die?
#1 actually is fallen sleep while driving.
Only idiots put led in halogen headlights. It's blinding to oncoming drivers
FACTS! if it was allowed, then the factory would do it, before.
The biggest problem is why do they sell this piece of garbage...
This video is making me question my decision to buy a set of hikari hyperstar LEDs. I get that 20000 lumens is unnecessarily bright but at the same time, they’ve got a good beam pattern. If you need good headlights though that are halogens, I’d go with Sylvia is silverstar ultra, silverstar ZXE, or ZXE gold bulbs. I work at an advance auto parts and I can say from owning the golds that they’re some of the best halogens that money can buy that aren’t at the LED level of brightness.
It will never be 20000lumen. 6000lumen per bulb is the maximum nowadays.
Those silver star bulbs are crap they arnt much brighter and they always burn out in like 6 months
@@ledcarlightmanufacturer6714 bro, xenon has 3000lm with automatic height adjustment/headlight washing, where in halogen headlight there is nothing. And to put there a 6000lm LED bulb, fok me. It should be illegal(it is, actually). Fix you fking headlights first.
I plan on getting the BRIGHTEST FREAKING LIGHTS I CAN FIND and making sure they are pointed right at peoples eyes because I am sick to death of being blinded by everyone, I guess we all can be blind
Do I need to change my headlight housing to get the full effect of the LED lights, my car came with halogen headlights...
No they aren’t bright enough they need the sun strapped to the front of their car.
Imo from what I've seen driving LED themselves aren't the problem, it's the HIGH BEAMS. I'd say about 50% of people I see on the road nowadays just drive with high beams on 100% of the time and give 0 craps about anyone else on the road.
#1 cause of accidents is changing lanes. Headlights aren't in the top 5. LED lights generally have a WORSE pattern and blind other drivers more.
LED's are not the problem. People putting LED's in older cars and not adjusting them to point further down than the halogens is the problem.
No matter how much you adjust LEDs, you will still have hills. Headlights should only be soft lights. I run LEDs in my halogen housing because I'm sick to my ass of being blinded. Now, everybody else can get a free skull x-ray, too. I'm not usually for more legislation but LED headlights should be banned.
most people bliding other people, are because of improperly aimed headlights. Most people dont realize that headlight aiming can changes noticeably after a full load, new tires, new shocks, and ride height adjustments. Even difference between empty and full tank of gas. But especially after changing to a different style of bulb from OEM. Like going from Halogen to LED. They have different light shape patterns. I would be money, all those annoying truck LEDs out there, would be safe if they simply reaimed headlight properly after changes.
You just did an uno reverse card. Any car with reflective lens is calculated to halogen. If you swap an led unit, you're going to change that calculation.
LEDs are illegal in my country for that exact reason. They dont have a pattern and are essentially just flood lights blinding everyone else
If you're going to fit LEDs make sure they're aimed properly. If they're too high you'll be blinding everyone.
driver's side headlights are sometimes meant to go a bit higher than the other, for purposes