New Federal regulations introduced to the United States as of January 1, 2020 that now regulate the specific type of bulb you are able to use either in a reflector or projector type headlamp housing as well as a Federal ban has also been placed by the Department of Transportation on the public sale of automotive aftermarket LED and HID type bulbs that can be used to replace an existing OE halogen ‘headlight’ type bulb or an OE high intensity discharge(HID) ‘headlight’ bulb. This law is intended to reduce and prevent the public use of an aftermarket LED or HID bulb (that is not an approved as replacement bulb by the vehicles manufacture or is compliant with DOT public road safety laws & regulations) that may be used in the automotive manufacturers reflector or projector type headlamp housing. The parts that are mainly impacted by this new regulation are aftermarket replacement LED and HID bulb numbers and/or sizes that include a number/size that begins with ‘H’ such as H11, H9, H8, as well as other variations that use a 4-digit bulb number such as 9003, 9004, 9005, 9006, 9008, or 9012. This only applies to front headlamp lighting applications such as a low beam, high beam, or dual low/high beam bulb. The new regulations will not impact front fog lighting, off road vehicle lighting applications or other front lighting applications on automotive vehicles.
Federal Regulations mean nothing. I dont see them out writing a ticket to the guy with the 3' LED bar that blinds everyone for miles. People can and will put LEDs in factory housings forever. Get used to it.
Been working on converting my Ranger headlights to HID lows and LED highs using Spyder housings for a while, THANK YOU for showing me those universal dust covers...that is a major help with the high-beam socket design I have to work with!!
Great video! I have installed low beam LED headlights in my 2004 Honda Civic, and they perform pretty well, the light output its similar as my previous halogen bulbs, and of course after installed 'em I've adjusted the angle to avoid blinding other drivers.
A thing to consider: With the fairly symmetrical reflectors that you have on that Hyundai, you can get good results with LED's. However, on my 2000 Miata, it has a non-symmetrical reflector, and LED's scatter light horribly. And I've tried high end LED's. I'm finally biting the bullet, and installing retrofit LED projectors into the headlight housings, and bringing an end to antiquated filament lighting on my car.
@@GreatGrandmasterWang That's what I have. 6,000 k color temperature with 4000 lumens each bolt. My LEDs are significantly brighter than my original halogens up to 3 times brighter probably
The reason why LEDs seem brighter is due to the white light being emitted. This is a false real world reading for the following reason. Your eyes go into white-balancing mode. Thus, your eyes will see anything white as "better" and "brighter". However, white light gets easily washed out by water and asphalt. So, for real world applications, your eyes will adjust to white better, but intensity is way less. Finally, that glare above the cutoff that you see on halogens is to gently and softly light up road signs and produces no glare. HIDs do the same when used in their respective headlamps. LEDs, not so much.
Chris M I'm not and expert but I think you are half right, cool light (about 5000k and up) is easier for the human eye, but if you also want I greater output you will need to look for higher lumens
What matters is the beam width. And that will not change on those headlights unless you retrofit projectors in them. Then it will change depending on what projector is used
@crazy wheel you can have as many lumens as you want, say 20 million lumens but if they're being scattered everywhere, then an efficient halogen setup will outperform it. Remember, white light is okay. But when they are in a setup that is not designed for it, you will lose output.
Yeap. Which is why there's simply no replacement for a well designed projector like morimoto, and some nice phillips 4300k bulbs (white light = better vision on wet road surfaces) with a proper ballast and relay kit. This is like the same exact HID debate from 15 years ago, all over again. Funny how many lighting trends we've gone through, yet there's always a significant number of the population that refuses to accept the fact that the lens is 90% of it. We went from the fog light trend to the blue halogen trend, to the purple hid trend, to now the led trend. If you WANT quality lights, buy a car that has them from the factory already. OR, do a genuine lens retrofit, or find a company willing to do it and you'll spend anywhere from $400-$1000 to do it properly, but it will actually work properly for the long haul. The retrofitsource and danielstern lighting are both accurate sources of information, both have HID and LED information.
You commented on the light pattern going up to the right and you said that is normal for reflector lights. You are right about that, it is angled that way to get the same light pattern on the ground you also find with projector lamps, manufacturer LED and HID, to shine more light to the right curb (e.g. to see pedestrians earlier) and to blind the oncomming traffic on the left less. Only on the distance you put them to the wall it looks different with reflectors. Oh and by the way, UK, Australia and any country driving on the left will have this inverted. Here in europe you can either electronically switch your lights depending on the model, or you have to put some special decals on certain spots of your headlights, to drive for example with a german car in the UK without blinding everyone else.
I drive on a lot of two lane roads. These lights are so bright and intense I have to almost stop, as I can't see where I'm going. You should try looking into these lights at night when your eyes are adjusted to the dark, and then a vehicle with these lights approaches you, just three feet from you are going at 55 mph.
LED headlights are great - except when you are other cars on the road. I get blinded all the time by those LED lights, it is worse than if someone left their high beams on.
Which is why people need to start buying the car they really want, rather than trying to modify the car they don't really want into something "better" and then end up just blinding others on the road. OR, buck up, and spend the $500-$1000 it's going to take to ship the lights to a source that can put in better lenses, which is the main issue, relfector based lenses are complete garbage once you add amplified lighting to them. See Danielstern lighting or theretrofitsource sites. The best lighting I've experienced took a lot of time/$$$, but it was well executed once completed: 4300k bulbs/relaykit/beefy wireharness/solid grounds for each side/morimoto bi-xenon projectors... and it took months of trial and error to get them aimed properly. Again, just buy a car with the lighting you want up front, it's just works and it's one less thing to deal with. What's insane to me is that people are so caught up on infotainment and other lackluster garbage overpriced stereo systems the dealerships insist on "packaging" with vehicle inventory, yet, no discussion on proper lighting/things that matter when it comes to driving. Zero discussion on the garbage tires that come with vehicles stock that need replacement within 12-36months. BUT! we have neato distractions to keep us pacified into thinking we're getting "more" car for the $$$ ?! I don't get it.
07wrxtr1 do what if my car os a 71 camaro split bumper with a ls3 swap and I don't want to retro fit fugly projectors. For some reason the car I really want is old and I think worth more than yours
Wow thank you i was wanted to sell my led lights because i didn't know how to close the Light bulb socket and now i know that i can buy a led dust cover. Thank you.
Very nicely presented, yes very white light, but is this really a gimmick? Personally I prefer the softer gold tint from the halogen lamp. A lot of natural softness on the eye is lost with diode produced light. Many thanks, I have subscribed to your channel. Robert in UK.
The flickering on the LED headlight is not due to camera shuttering. Digital video recording does not have shutter. The flickering is caused by the bulbs themselves. These LED bulbs do not have a canbus included onto the wiring and some vehicles tend to have flickering while the vehicle is running. While off the flickering stops as they no longer are running on alternating current but instead on the battery. If you were to raise the RPM's while the vehicle is on, the flickering will basically become invisible AND the brightness of the bulbs will actually increase. Reason I know this is because I too have a 2013 Tucson which I installed similar LED bulbs. I ended up purchasing the additional canbus and they completely got rid of the flickering and the bulbs are at their full brightness at all times. Lesson here is, always look for LED bulb kits that already include the little canbus blocks attached to the wires, otherwise order the canbus at the same time.
Just got a 2018 Mustang with LED lighting all around. Replaced a 2013 Hyundai Elantra Coupe that had Sylvania zXe headlights. World of difference, I really love the LEDs over halogens.
I work at a parts store and try to never sell ZXE bulbs. Have tried them myself and the Silverstar Ultra puts out much more usable light than the ZXE. That said they have a new ZXE gold series that claims to be better than the ZXE but is also 20 bucks more.
If you put LEDs on projector housing the cut off line remains the same, so nobody gets blinded, on reflector housing i have had no luck, light shoots everywhere blinding everybody, any of U had any luck with those 4 sided LED bulbs that mimic the halogen lights?
Dust caps? These caps also serve to keep water and more out of you head light housings. If you try driving for a few days with heavy rain and road spray, without the 'dust caps' in place, you will find out why it importent they are reinstalled. We had bulbs replaced where the mechanic did not replace one correctly (found in lodged in behind the wheel well liner) and a wet road trip later we were having the head light housing removed and cleaned (the mechanic finally replaced it after destroying it trying to clean the inside). If the after market dust cap only exposes the back of the LED fixture and fan, where does it blow (or suck) the air to? ... The inside of the sealed head light housing?
Good video.. nicely produced. One thing I might mention. If you have the intake of the fan in the outside of the dust cover but the output is on the inside of the dust cover in a sealed housing. You won't get much airflow and probably will overheat the bulbs. This would work with those passive style bulbs that have the strap style heatsinks.. you could out those outside the dust cap.
I'm pretty sure he said it sucks the air, and the whole aluminium assembly is a heat sink, i.e. heat gets transmitted towards the fan.Hence the aftermarket dust covers with holes in them If you look at copper heat sinks on a laptop motherboards, you'll see that the fan is not on top of the processor, but a few inches away to the side connected by a thick piece of copper
bridgendesar I fully understand how a heatsink and fan works I work in the IT industry. But if you look at the way he had that installed the rubber boot goes right to the edge of the circle part where the fan is if it's sucking air in from that point and blowing it through the heatsink the heatsink is on the inside of that rubber boot so the hot air will be trapped inside the housing. The air has to flow from one place to another in order to take the heat away from the heat sink. If you cover the outlet or Inlet of a vacuum cleaner the air stops flowing same idea. But it is possible that I misunderstood the way he had it installed or the picture that I saw isn't an accurate representation of how it works.
A heat sink in a computer fan assisted or not, has air drawn in around it by the large rear fan. I think the point he is making is that there is no input/output of fresh cool air!
He installed them correctly, you guys are wrong. All headlights have vents, normally in the form of a small rubber tube facing downwards. The fan will draw air in though this vent and out the back, no headlight is actually fully sealed. You can even see the vent next to where he trimmed the rubber boot. Stick to IT because you know fuck all about headlights.
No, time to be a responsible driver and drive at safe speeds instead. There is nothing wrong with Corolla headlights that prevents drivign safely per the posted MAX speed limit or the lower limit appropriate for the road conditions.
Thank you. Well done video! If the dust guard goes back on, does it notrap the warm air in the headlight fixture and start recirculating that warm air further heating the air? Make two holes in the dust guard and cover with cloth to filter the air?
Oh Sorry. Had to leave on an emergency run before you mentioned the aftermarket duct covers.(Must have a filter over the air going in and an opening to allow air to exit.)
One thing about LED is that it blinds upcoming drivers IF the lights are not angled right. A lot of people do no know how to angle these light. There’s a screw that angles ur lights and every car has it. Great review tho! Thank you
Herman A. Any headlight can blind people if it's not angled correctly, not just leds....whats your point? These leds have mounting tabs so they only fit in the correct orientation as a normal filament bulb. The only reason this may not happen is if they are not correctly installed or they are not made to a high enough standard and do not fully match a halogen location. I am not taking led in a reflector housing argument, just the location within a housing, that is key to a well designed and manufactured led or halogen for that matter.
Yea any light can blind upcoming traffic if not angled right. My point is when installing any LED make sure that the lights are angled properly because just by installing it as is maybe a different angle then the ones you take out. I’m just adding to your great video that you did. Again thank you for the great tips.
Richard Dodd, apparently EVERY car I meet with these lights needs the lights adjusted. Even if they are adjusted properly I can't see where I'm going. That's scary when both vehicles are going 55 mph on a two lane road where the vehicles will pass about three feet apart.
Pretty good review. Some useful comparisons. Good information. What brand of LEDs are these? This is the first headlamp review I've seen where it was mentioned that the comparison between lamps was done by setting the camera to the same light gathering (same aperture and shutter speed for each lamp?). What we need now is an on-road comparison. Either with one headlamp on the R and the other on the L, or 2 trips, one with each set of lamps, over the same road, on the same night (same lunar light, same amount of cloudiness). Then either display the sequentially, or use editing software to display them simultaneously.
+Theodore Zuckerman These bulbs are from JDM Astar. I live in NJ and all the roads have streetlights so I could never get a useful driving clip to compare bulbs.
Great Video, and excellent descriptions. Would have liked to seen night driving comparisons. What universal dust cap did you use. I have a Tucson and like the way this one fits?
The reason the led looks brighter is because the way we measure brightness is unbiased. However our eyes are. You know those old orange street lamps. Our eyes only see about 25% of their Total brightness. Cooler lighting essentially brighter in our perception, making them the best. I use lightening dark H4s in my reflector headlights and love them
Fitted a pair of LED H4s to my 2001 Ford Courier a few months back. As I was not aware of the radio interference problem when I fitted them, I did not buy ones with ferrite beads on the leads. I live in a fringe reception area and the RFI from these lights completely wipes out FM reception. I'll get around to sorting through my electronic stuff one of these days and try out some ferrite rings/cores or beads. Subjectively, these lights are quite bright and white compared to halogens which look dim yellow in comparison. The fact that oncoming drivers don't flash me with their high beams leads me to believe they are not being blinded or annoyed by my LEDs on low beam. I find the HIDs fitted to some European cars to be the most dazzling on low beam. More than half of vehicles in my area (Eastern Victoria, Australia), including mine, have light bars fitted. Not for show, but because we can encounter kangaroos, wombats and sambar deer on our roads at night. Plus other wildlife, but these are the ones that can make a mess of your car. The LED headlights on their own are an improvement over halogens in this regard,but the light bar makes a real difference on the open road.
Personally I use Philips Lumiled in my car, it has reflector headlights but separate 9005 and 9006 bulbs for high and low. It has great beam pattern as the lumileds sizes are more suitable with better placement if the led emitters to mimic the filament in a halogen
Nice video. Unfortunately the glare above the cutoff is noticeably greater on the LED side versus the halogen. Placing a lux meter against the garage wall would be a better practice for measuring light points. One other test would be to allow the LED bulb to fully warm up for 60 minutes. In our testing most LED bulbs will dramatically lose light output as they get hot. And will eventually level out as the driver drops current to keep the emitters from dying from heat. So a LED bulb may appear bright at first but may end up no brighter than halogen in the end.
Plus the led bulb does not produce as much of the spectrum of light as the halogen bulb can, thus less illumination, therefore no better off, but hey i guess people just want new things one after the other
Automotive LED Research these have fans to keep cool and good leds don't get hot anyway lol I would say they are brighter but new cars are coming with them might as well use em
Good LED´s dont get hot?! What are you talking about? How hot an LED get has absolutly nothing to do with how good it is, just how much power it outputs A 50W LED ist going to get much hotter than an 25W LED, just because it has more power.
I would like to point out the only reason HID lights blind and annoy everyone is because the people who install them don't seem to realize that the bulb is much longer then a standard bulb. This does two things, first it raises where the light projects turning low beams into high beams. Second, it changes the scatter pattern because your getting light from a long thin bulb instead of from a short fat bulb. To properly use HID lights you need to buy HID reflectors AND you need to adjust your headlights to aim lower. Me and my father installed HID on his old mustang when i was younger, we replaced the headlight housings with HID headlights, and after we installed the HID bulbs we adjusted the aim of the headlights and nobody ever told us we were blinding them or flashed their high beams at us.
The LED's I put in have a cooling fan. Looks like most do but I don't know why since LED's run much cooler than even florescent bulbs and halogen are very hot. Headlights should be adjusted, aimed after such a change. Mine are much brighter since I also had to polish off some hazing on the old plastic lenses on my 2003 Venture. The Kelvin # on a bulb determines how white it is and these LED auto headlights all look like "daylight" color bulbs. I read that the LED's should be oriented at 3 and 9 o'clock. On my set up it wasn't clear on that.
Great video! 👍👍👍. Concerning the aftermarket dust cap you used on the Hyundai, doesn't it beat the purpose having the LED fan exposed to the outside thus allowing dust going in. The reason me asking is that I really don't understand how the fan on the LED works. Is it blowing only on the aluminum fins and the aftermarket rubber cap is placed tightly snug pass the aluminum fun housing?
So are the LED retrofit lights designed best for use in low beam of both low and high beam applications in reflectors or projectors? Some users claim some high quality LEDs work fine in reflectors without too much scatter. What about halogen fog light reflector housings? Assuming we are looking at high quality, high end LEDs.
@@handydadtv The thing is... the fans needs to blow the air through the cooling fins so won't the fans blow in the "dust air" the same as if you would leave the dustcover off?
pausing it at 7:41 you can see more light reflected on the ground with the halogen... and that's where you need the light, not pointing up at oncoming traffic's face like the LED is doing.
There is one thing I do not understand about the way you sealed off the inside of the housing with that ingeniously designed rubber ring: it seems to only leave a spot open for the fan. My question though is, how can that fan work and properly cool when there is no air inlet and it only has an opening on the side where it is to blow air out?
I have a mod that let's me use the high and low on together. It doesn't work with the leds I have. Are there any leds that let me use both the high and low together? I got h4 or 9003.
My question is how old is the halogen bulb? The led is obviously new so it will be at its brightest but halogens dim with age and time so to get a true comparison between the led and the halogen you should have put a new halogen bulb in when you put the new led light in. It would be interesting to see the comparison with a new halogen bulb compared to the new led.
Tip: Always leave the harness connected while R&Ring bulbs. It helps you unplug the lamp and makes sure you don't drop it. It is also easier to make sure the harness is plugged in correctly when the bulb is shrouded by batteries, intake ducts, etc. // The small issue, scatter, you also report about is a considerable problem nowadays. I truly hate to drive at night now, so when I can, I leave at 4am and beat all the blinding lights out there on the road. // Question: Are those ball-bearing fans? What's the lifetime with and without dust covers? // The flicker on that LED is just horrible. I couldn't drive with that. // I agree, the whiter light does look brighter on the road, even at the same lumen level.
Thank you. You answered my question on if there is a high and a low beam on LED headlights. Now I know the ones I bought for my Mercury Mountaineer are junk.
Led bulbs are a god send for motorbikes that come with 35/35w halogen bulbs!! They do need significant adjustment to be the right height but they're a big improvement in light output.
Chris Weston I agree, my gsxs1000 has them and the light is so much safer, the led 'fang' lights also match perfectly. One thing to add though, they are poorly made leds if you are having to adjust the headlight after fitting. Leds should be made so the centre of the led chip is perfectly aligned with that of a halogen bulb, if you have to adjust it then the chip is manufactured badly. Buy some better quality ones you will see that you don't have to adjust anything, there are so many £20 ones from China that are the same rebranded rubbish. The only was to ensure quality is buy a well known brand, the only ones I personally know of and have used is the philips leds. They are expensive but my headlight only uses one bulb so I split the cost with my brother and he put one in his mt09.
The led you used is only 36W.You can use 55w to obtain more light from the bulb.I think that the reflector is designed to absorb this heat even without the fan.
Good and valuable presentation , but my doubt is light dispersion design differs between LH Drive and RH drive vehicles?, if so, then this comparison would be very generic only.
My high beam has reflector and h1 bulb. I think I can not use hid because they take time to warm up and i use high beam momentarily only for signalling when I want to overtake. So i think i'll have to use led because they light up immediately. Please guide the best bulb in terms of range and brightness. Xhp70 is not available for h1. Xhp50 and luxeon lumileds zes are available. Which will be better among these. Or please suggest some other
Yes they do work better and appear to be brighter, but you have to adjust them so you don't blind oncoming traffic. The cut off line is not the same as the Halogen line because of the bulb design.
Problem I have with my led high beam bulbs with fans is radio interference. After my led crap out in going with heat exchange ribbon type leds. I run HID low beam which is factory on my 02 Altima and LED for high beam.
i own a Mazda CX5 that has projector for low beam and reflector for High Beam+DRL, the projector works great with LED because it focuses the light leveled towards the front low portion, when i tried my High beam , it will shoot light everywhere, mostly high to the front so i could see the top of the trees , not good, i still want to try those leds that has 4 sides mimicking how a halogen behaves shooting light 360 degrees.
Jorge Rodriguez I have a 2016 Mazda CX5 GT and the factory LED lighting is second to nothing else I currently own or have owned in the past. They are stellar for an OEM setup.
LED headlights are great for increased visibility, but a blinding nightmare for all oncoming drivers, especially bad when LED's are behind drivers in lower height vehicles!
Which is why headlights shouldn't be allowed to have more max lux at the same distance than typical halogens. Plus, hills and even small bumps constantly point headlights right into drivers' eyes.
same light output, better night vision color, and the LED looked like it was flickering to me (but this could be refresh rate of camera not syncing with LED), I'm going to stick with halogens. But thanks for the video
You might have seen the mounting plate with the three tabs on both the led and the halogen. That one is indexed and only fits one way. The Bulb type is H4, this standard very exactly specifies all the dimensions and positions.
I see the mounting plate tabs and have them installed the only way they can be. The problem I'm having is that the LED rotates within the mounting plate. And I'm not able to find anything anywhere that indicates whether the LED should be vertically (shining side to side) or horizontally (shining up and down) situated in the plate. THAT'S what's got me unsure of the install.
Ken Gilbertsen they should not really rotate. Look AT the bulb he showed in the video, the two tabs closer together, usually with a notch or flat in the center are the bottom side. The filaments and the center of the small reflector next to the forward filament should be in line with the line through notch and single tab. The reflector has to be on the bottom side. But if it turns it does not even fulfill H4 specs
Alex Ku Yeah, I see. My LED's are different - from another mfg. Mine do turn in the plate, and I'm trying to get them oriented correctly to be sure they're giving me the right beam coverage. If I can't get it resolved, I'll have to try and return them - which will surely involve a bit of back and forth with the seller... Thanks for your help Alex.
White light are bright, yes so true.. but they don't light up the road properly in rain condition, especially night rain.. still need the yellowish hue to the brightness..
You will find that a traditional halogen high beam with a more yellow output will cut through fog much more effectively. LED high beams simply reflect off suspended water particles in the air, i.e. fog.
Does that fan pull in or out? If it pulls in, I think that rubber cover has no purpose because the fan will certainly pull in dust and moisture from the engine. Maybe a filter would solve that, but that's too many parts.
In America we don't seem to care about the laws anymore, it's turned into "it's my rights it's my personal feelings". Great society lawyers, beggars and thieves we have now.
The halogens looked a lot brighter than the LEDs, ie I could see more detail of your T-shirt on the halogen side, put out more total light and had a better cut-off compared to the LED. The LED looked whiter. I prefer 3000K to 5000K. I would never use 6000K or higher as they look blue, are more harsh and effect your night vision. The reason you should never use LED or HID in a reflective Low Beam housing, is that they scatter light something aweful and dazel on-comming drivers. If you use HID in a non projector housing, without the correct RHD/ LHD cut-off, then you are a total doushbag and your vehicle should be defected.
Not often do I physically 'like' a video, but this was perfect for me to understand and see everything. I have reflector housings, and HIDs just annoy everyone but I'll be getting LEDs soon!
HIDs are only annoing if not aligned correctly. Good thing about HID in reflector housing though, after some time they will create they own ventilation. only the in between deforming of the refloctor really could annoy others. Usually reflector Housings as well as projector lamps using halogen lights have a certain lamp type, like H4 or H7, those have pretty straight specifications about dimensions, locations and even the light output.
There are factory reflector HIDs. One of my cars has them - but if your assembly isn't certified for HID or LED ("high output lighting") then stick with halogens (and in europe you'd better be prepared to install automatic levelling headlights and headlight washers if you move up from halogens)
If you put LEDs on projector housing the cut off line remains the same, on reflector housing i have had no luck, light shoots everywhere blinding everybody, any of U had any luck with those 4 sided LED bulbs that mimic the halogen lights?
Brother make sure you adjust the reflectors. They have to be adjusted in such a way that the spread and throw is reduced. You need to concentrate the light in front of the car. Use the rollers behind the light to do so.
Hi.. thanks a lot for the video I was really looking for a video like this. Also if you can please link me to the dust cover that you used in the video? thanks again.
hi i have 06 mercedes vito with the standard halogen bulbs H7s one head keeps blowing would the load resistor fix this and what resistor would i need thanks.
I don’t think load resistors would help prevent a halogen from burning out; in fact, you’d probably blow a fuse. Try replacing them with LED bulbs because they use less power.
I have experience not passing state inspection with both Led and (Xenon) HID in a halogen headlight housing... how did it go with your daughter’s Hyundai??
It's because your halogen housings are only approve for use on the road with the matching approved halogen bulbs. It's easier to get away with it if you have projectors since they look like they were originally led, however they still aren't legal for street use (the same way massive light bars and high power spotlights aren't)
TheTomco11 his daughter’s Hyandai does not have projectors. It has reflector housings. We all know that you need projectors with LED/HID. I was just asking him whether or not he passed with these particular bulbs....
The LEDs you have are a "cool" white while the halogens are a "warm" white. You can order warm white LEDs which are more yellow or you can even go cooler into blue hues. it all comes down to the "temperature" you order which is a number like 4000K - 6000K (Kelvin) for a cool white or 2700K - 4000K for warm white I believe halogen are around 2700K.
hello, I have a question I am in Europe, I have a vw touran of 2011, with halogen headlight H7 refletor (yellow and ugly) I would like to replace them with LED lights but I do not want to dazzle the people coming across! are there any H7 leds, able to do that? I mean, I do not have the fuzzy ball that distributes the light (like HB4), I have it in my fog lights, but not in my low beam. if I take it can be H7 180 degrees it will work better than 360 degree? thanks for enlightening me
+Niko Oliver There is a link to the bulbs in the video description and I just verified it still works. Yes, I recommend them. They are in my daughter’s car and she loves them.
I find the blue light from these led bulbs messes with my eyes compared with traditional halogen bulbs, I don't appear to get the depth of light I do from halogen bulbs. plus the glare off road signs is tremendous. ime sticking with ring extra brilliance halogen. ive tried many led aftermarket choices including these. thank you for your review tho bud.
New Federal regulations introduced to the United States as of January 1, 2020 that now regulate the specific type of bulb you are able to use either in a reflector or projector type headlamp housing as well as a Federal ban has also been placed by the Department of Transportation on the public sale of automotive aftermarket LED and HID type bulbs that can be used to replace an existing OE halogen ‘headlight’ type bulb or an OE high intensity discharge(HID) ‘headlight’ bulb. This law is intended to reduce and prevent the public use of an aftermarket LED or HID bulb (that is not an approved as replacement bulb by the vehicles manufacture or is compliant with DOT public road safety laws & regulations) that may be used in the automotive manufacturers reflector or projector type headlamp housing.
The parts that are mainly impacted by this new regulation are aftermarket replacement LED and HID bulb numbers and/or sizes that include a number/size that begins with ‘H’ such as H11, H9, H8, as well as other variations that use a 4-digit bulb number such as 9003, 9004, 9005, 9006, 9008, or 9012.
This only applies to front headlamp lighting applications such as a low beam, high beam, or dual low/high beam bulb. The new regulations will not impact front fog lighting, off road vehicle lighting applications or other front lighting applications on automotive vehicles.
Federal Regulations mean nothing. I dont see them out writing a ticket to the guy with the 3' LED bar that blinds everyone for miles. People can and will put LEDs in factory housings forever. Get used to it.
Been working on converting my Ranger headlights to HID lows and LED highs using Spyder housings for a while, THANK YOU for showing me those universal dust covers...that is a major help with the high-beam socket design I have to work with!!
MrAcuta73 there is no point of the dust covers as the fan will be blowing in dust and dirt anyways....
The entire fan is outside, not half in/half out.
Great video! I have installed low beam LED headlights in my 2004 Honda Civic, and they perform pretty well, the light output its similar as my previous halogen bulbs, and of course after installed 'em I've adjusted the angle to avoid blinding other drivers.
A thing to consider: With the fairly symmetrical reflectors that you have on that Hyundai, you can get good results with LED's.
However, on my 2000 Miata, it has a non-symmetrical reflector, and LED's scatter light horribly. And I've tried high end LED's. I'm finally biting the bullet, and installing retrofit LED projectors into the headlight housings, and bringing an end to antiquated filament lighting on my car.
Perception might tell you it is brighter but you can see the light density is not the same.
I'd prefer the Halogen after seeing your review
Bjoern H depends with the LED. I’d get a branded one like Philips ultinon
@@GreatGrandmasterWang That's what I have. 6,000 k color temperature with 4000 lumens each bolt. My LEDs are significantly brighter than my original halogens up to 3 times brighter probably
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The reason why LEDs seem brighter is due to the white light being emitted. This is a false real world reading for the following reason. Your eyes go into white-balancing mode. Thus, your eyes will see anything white as "better" and "brighter". However, white light gets easily washed out by water and asphalt. So, for real world applications, your eyes will adjust to white better, but intensity is way less. Finally, that glare above the cutoff that you see on halogens is to gently and softly light up road signs and produces no glare. HIDs do the same when used in their respective headlamps. LEDs, not so much.
Chris M finally someone said it.
It’s just like someone who throws an aftermarket muffle on their car and think because the car is louder, it’s faster
Chris M I'm not and expert but I think you are half right, cool light (about 5000k and up) is easier for the human eye, but if you also want I greater output you will need to look for higher lumens
What matters is the beam width. And that will not change on those headlights unless you retrofit projectors in them. Then it will change depending on what projector is used
@crazy wheel you can have as many lumens as you want, say 20 million lumens but if they're being scattered everywhere, then an efficient halogen setup will outperform it. Remember, white light is okay. But when they are in a setup that is not designed for it, you will lose output.
Yeap. Which is why there's simply no replacement for a well designed projector like morimoto, and some nice phillips 4300k bulbs (white light = better vision on wet road surfaces) with a proper ballast and relay kit. This is like the same exact HID debate from 15 years ago, all over again. Funny how many lighting trends we've gone through, yet there's always a significant number of the population that refuses to accept the fact that the lens is 90% of it. We went from the fog light trend to the blue halogen trend, to the purple hid trend, to now the led trend. If you WANT quality lights, buy a car that has them from the factory already. OR, do a genuine lens retrofit, or find a company willing to do it and you'll spend anywhere from $400-$1000 to do it properly, but it will actually work properly for the long haul. The retrofitsource and danielstern lighting are both accurate sources of information, both have HID and LED information.
I give you a 50/50 note vocal elocution, its clear and easy to listen i dont know if you are a teacher , but you got the voice for it , cheers
Thanks! Not a teacher.
Slick production and expertise. I have a Hyundai Sonata with projectors and those same dust covers so you've provided a ton of useful information.
You commented on the light pattern going up to the right and you said that is normal for reflector lights. You are right about that, it is angled that way to get the same light pattern on the ground you also find with projector lamps, manufacturer LED and HID, to shine more light to the right curb (e.g. to see pedestrians earlier) and to blind the oncomming traffic on the left less.
Only on the distance you put them to the wall it looks different with reflectors.
Oh and by the way, UK, Australia and any country driving on the left will have this inverted.
Here in europe you can either electronically switch your lights depending on the model, or you have to put some special decals on certain spots of your headlights, to drive for example with a german car in the UK without blinding everyone else.
I drive on a lot of two lane roads. These lights are so bright and intense I have to almost stop, as I can't see where I'm going. You should try looking into these lights at night when your eyes are adjusted to the dark, and then a vehicle with these lights approaches you, just three feet from you are going at 55 mph.
LED headlights are great - except when you are other cars on the road. I get blinded all the time by those LED lights, it is worse than if someone left their high beams on.
Yeah I use LED brake lights
RED ULTRA BRIGHT ones to fend off tailgaters
Works great BTW worth the 20$ i spent
Which is why people need to start buying the car they really want, rather than trying to modify the car they don't really want into something "better" and then end up just blinding others on the road. OR, buck up, and spend the $500-$1000 it's going to take to ship the lights to a source that can put in better lenses, which is the main issue, relfector based lenses are complete garbage once you add amplified lighting to them. See Danielstern lighting or theretrofitsource sites. The best lighting I've experienced took a lot of time/$$$, but it was well executed once completed: 4300k bulbs/relaykit/beefy wireharness/solid grounds for each side/morimoto bi-xenon projectors... and it took months of trial and error to get them aimed properly. Again, just buy a car with the lighting you want up front, it's just works and it's one less thing to deal with. What's insane to me is that people are so caught up on infotainment and other lackluster garbage overpriced stereo systems the dealerships insist on "packaging" with vehicle inventory, yet, no discussion on proper lighting/things that matter when it comes to driving. Zero discussion on the garbage tires that come with vehicles stock that need replacement within 12-36months. BUT! we have neato distractions to keep us pacified into thinking we're getting "more" car for the $$$ ?! I don't get it.
Their dumb bitch
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07wrxtr1 do what if my car os a 71 camaro split bumper with a ls3 swap and I don't want to retro fit fugly projectors. For some reason the car I really want is old and I think worth more than yours
Nice job with the video...generated some good discussion about the pros and cons of LEDs and Halogens...
Wow thank you i was wanted to sell my led lights because i didn't know how to close the Light bulb socket and now i know that i can buy a led dust cover. Thank you.
Good video, I like the side by side comparison.
Really thorough! It's too bad those LEDs have bad light fall off to the edges. Thanks for making this video
My pleasure. Thanks for watching!
LED save more power, especially in the time of Alternator had the problem
Very nicely presented, yes very white light, but is this really a gimmick? Personally I prefer the softer gold tint from the halogen lamp. A lot of natural softness on the eye is lost with diode produced light. Many thanks, I have subscribed to your channel. Robert in UK.
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The flickering on the LED headlight is not due to camera shuttering. Digital video recording does not have shutter.
The flickering is caused by the bulbs themselves. These LED bulbs do not have a canbus included onto the wiring and some vehicles tend to have flickering while the vehicle is running. While off the flickering stops as they no longer are running on alternating current but instead on the battery. If you were to raise the RPM's while the vehicle is on, the flickering will basically become invisible AND the brightness of the bulbs will actually increase.
Reason I know this is because I too have a 2013 Tucson which I installed similar LED bulbs. I ended up purchasing the additional canbus and they completely got rid of the flickering and the bulbs are at their full brightness at all times.
Lesson here is, always look for LED bulb kits that already include the little canbus blocks attached to the wires, otherwise order the canbus at the same time.
Just got a 2018 Mustang with LED lighting all around. Replaced a 2013 Hyundai Elantra Coupe that had Sylvania zXe headlights. World of difference, I really love the LEDs over halogens.
I work at a parts store and try to never sell ZXE bulbs. Have tried them myself and the Silverstar Ultra puts out much more usable light than the ZXE. That said they have a new ZXE gold series that claims to be better than the ZXE but is also 20 bucks more.
Imagine how much better it would be if you didn't buy those cheap crap Sylvania bulbs
@@pv3566 Yeah, glad I never have to worry about buying halogens again. LED lighting rules.
So if they look brighter from the front (but generate the same amount of light) won't they bother other drivers in traffic?
They will. A lot. There is a ton of light above the cut off line. According to european legislation, there is allowed only
Its allowed for Prius drivers to blind other drivers - they get special rules because they are 'saving the planet' dontcha know
Yes, and modifications like these are illegal in most European countries
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If you put LEDs on projector housing the cut off line remains the same, so nobody gets blinded, on reflector housing i have had no luck, light shoots everywhere blinding everybody, any of U had any luck with those 4 sided LED bulbs that mimic the halogen lights?
Congratulations!, Very good work!.
Dust caps? These caps also serve to keep water and more out of you head light housings. If you try driving for a few days with heavy rain and road spray, without the 'dust caps' in place, you will find out why it importent they are reinstalled. We had bulbs replaced where the mechanic did not replace one correctly (found in lodged in behind the wheel well liner) and a wet road trip later we were having the head light housing removed and cleaned (the mechanic finally replaced it after destroying it trying to clean the inside).
If the after market dust cap only exposes the back of the LED fixture and fan, where does it blow (or suck) the air to? ... The inside of the sealed head light housing?
Awesome tip about the dust covers with holes in them, I wonder how many people have had led's fail, not knowing why!
Thank you for this video!!! Saved me money and time
Good video.. nicely produced.
One thing I might mention. If you have the intake of the fan in the outside of the dust cover but the output is on the inside of the dust cover in a sealed housing. You won't get much airflow and probably will overheat the bulbs.
This would work with those passive style bulbs that have the strap style heatsinks.. you could out those outside the dust cap.
I'm pretty sure he said it sucks the air, and the whole aluminium assembly is a heat sink, i.e. heat gets transmitted towards the fan.Hence the aftermarket dust covers with holes in them
If you look at copper heat sinks on a laptop motherboards, you'll see that the fan is not on top of the processor, but a few inches away to the side connected by a thick piece of copper
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I fully understand how a heatsink and fan works I work in the IT industry. But if you look at the way he had that installed the rubber boot goes right to the edge of the circle part where the fan is if it's sucking air in from that point and blowing it through the heatsink the heatsink is on the inside of that rubber boot so the hot air will be trapped inside the housing. The air has to flow from one place to another in order to take the heat away from the heat sink. If you cover the outlet or Inlet of a vacuum cleaner the air stops flowing same idea. But it is possible that I misunderstood the way he had it installed or the picture that I saw isn't an accurate representation of how it works.
A heat sink in a computer fan assisted or not, has air drawn in around it by the large rear fan. I think the point he is making is that there is no input/output of fresh cool air!
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That's what I was trying to explain. Thx
He installed them correctly, you guys are wrong.
All headlights have vents, normally in the form of a small rubber tube facing downwards. The fan will draw air in though this vent and out the back, no headlight is actually fully sealed.
You can even see the vent next to where he trimmed the rubber boot.
Stick to IT because you know fuck all about headlights.
good job, good explanation , nice review
Thanks! Like the video. Want to upgrade my low beams, on Toyota corolla! Had the car for 1 year. Time to upgrade
No, time to be a responsible driver and drive at safe speeds instead. There is nothing wrong with Corolla headlights that prevents drivign safely per the posted MAX speed limit or the lower limit appropriate for the road conditions.
I love my JDM Astar leds. Got them replaced every bulb in my car
Great video, anything about annoying modern headlights?
* cheap self adjustable in Nissans etc
How does the dust cover affect fan's cooling ability? Is the fan recirculating previously warmed air and building up heat?
No, the entire fan is outside of the boot.
Thank you. Well done video!
If the dust guard goes back on, does it notrap the warm air in the headlight fixture and start recirculating that warm air further heating the air? Make two holes in the dust guard and cover with cloth to filter the air?
Oh Sorry. Had to leave on an emergency run before you mentioned the aftermarket duct covers.(Must have a filter over the air going in and an opening to allow air to exit.)
There is no filter. The entire fan is outside of the boot. No air circulates inside the headlight.
Great video dad
One thing about LED is that it blinds upcoming drivers IF the lights are not angled right. A lot of people do no know how to angle these light. There’s a screw that angles ur lights and every car has it. Great review tho! Thank you
Herman A.
Any headlight can blind people if it's not angled correctly, not just leds....whats your point?
These leds have mounting tabs so they only fit in the correct orientation as a normal filament bulb. The only reason this may not happen is if they are not correctly installed or they are not made to a high enough standard and do not fully match a halogen location.
I am not taking led in a reflector housing argument, just the location within a housing, that is key to a well designed and manufactured led or halogen for that matter.
Yea any light can blind upcoming traffic if not angled right. My point is when installing any LED make sure that the lights are angled properly because just by installing it as is maybe a different angle then the ones you take out. I’m just adding to your great video that you did. Again thank you for the great tips.
That's exactly the reason why I installed 72 watt, 7000 lumens LED bulbs in my SUV. So I can blind them right back. Those jerks turned me into a jerk
Richard Dodd, apparently EVERY car I meet with these lights needs the lights adjusted. Even if they are adjusted properly I can't see where I'm going. That's scary when both vehicles are going 55 mph on a two lane road where the vehicles will pass about three feet apart.
Not every car.
Pretty good review. Some useful comparisons. Good information. What brand of LEDs are these? This is the first headlamp review I've seen where it was mentioned that the comparison between lamps was done by setting the camera to the same light gathering (same aperture and shutter speed for each lamp?). What we need now is an on-road comparison. Either with one headlamp on the R and the other on the L, or 2 trips, one with each set of lamps, over the same road, on the same night (same lunar light, same amount of cloudiness). Then either display the sequentially, or use editing software to display them simultaneously.
+Theodore Zuckerman These bulbs are from JDM Astar. I live in NJ and all the roads have streetlights so I could never get a useful driving clip to compare bulbs.
Great Video, and excellent descriptions. Would have liked to seen night driving comparisons. What universal dust cap did you use. I have a Tucson and like the way this one fits?
I just picked one from Amazon.
The reason the led looks brighter is because the way we measure brightness is unbiased. However our eyes are. You know those old orange street lamps. Our eyes only see about 25% of their Total brightness. Cooler lighting essentially brighter in our perception, making them the best. I use lightening dark H4s in my reflector headlights and love them
Fitted a pair of LED H4s to my 2001 Ford Courier a few months back. As I was not aware of the radio interference problem when I fitted them, I did not buy ones with ferrite beads on the leads. I live in a fringe reception area and the RFI from these lights completely wipes out FM reception. I'll get around to sorting through my electronic stuff one of these days and try out some ferrite rings/cores or beads.
Subjectively, these lights are quite bright and white compared to halogens which look dim yellow in comparison. The fact that oncoming drivers don't flash me with their high beams leads me to believe they are not being blinded or annoyed by my LEDs on low beam. I find the HIDs fitted to some European cars to be the most dazzling on low beam.
More than half of vehicles in my area (Eastern Victoria, Australia), including mine, have light bars fitted. Not for show, but because we can encounter kangaroos, wombats and sambar deer on our roads at night. Plus other wildlife, but these are the ones that can make a mess of your car. The LED headlights on their own are an improvement over halogens in this regard,but the light bar makes a real difference on the open road.
Personally I use Philips Lumiled in my car, it has reflector headlights but separate 9005 and 9006 bulbs for high and low. It has great beam pattern as the lumileds sizes are more suitable with better placement if the led emitters to mimic the filament in a halogen
Nice video. Unfortunately the glare above the cutoff is noticeably greater on the LED side versus the halogen. Placing a lux meter against the garage wall would be a better practice for measuring light points. One other test would be to allow the LED bulb to fully warm up for 60 minutes. In our testing most LED bulbs will dramatically lose light output as they get hot. And will eventually level out as the driver drops current to keep the emitters from dying from heat. So a LED bulb may appear bright at first but may end up no brighter than halogen in the end.
Plus the led bulb does not produce as much of the spectrum of light as the halogen bulb can, thus less illumination, therefore no better off, but hey i guess people just want new things one after the other
Automotive LED Research these have fans to keep cool and good leds don't get hot anyway lol I would say they are brighter but new cars are coming with them might as well use em
Good LED´s dont get hot?! What are you talking about? How hot an LED get has absolutly nothing to do with how good it is, just how much power it outputs
A 50W LED ist going to get much hotter than an 25W LED, just because it has more power.
And that dust cap only exposes the inlet or the outlet of the fan. The air can't flow. It just builds pressure...
Perhaps but the led should last much longer than the others. Using a 3000k or lower colour will help with the glare.
I would like to point out the only reason HID lights blind and annoy everyone is because the people who install them don't seem to realize that the bulb is much longer then a standard bulb. This does two things, first it raises where the light projects turning low beams into high beams. Second, it changes the scatter pattern because your getting light from a long thin bulb instead of from a short fat bulb. To properly use HID lights you need to buy HID reflectors AND you need to adjust your headlights to aim lower. Me and my father installed HID on his old mustang when i was younger, we replaced the headlight housings with HID headlights, and after we installed the HID bulbs we adjusted the aim of the headlights and nobody ever told us we were blinding them or flashed their high beams at us.
The LED's I put in have a cooling fan. Looks like most do but I don't know why since LED's run much cooler than even florescent bulbs and halogen are very hot. Headlights should be adjusted, aimed after such a change. Mine are much brighter since I also had to polish off some hazing on the old plastic lenses on my 2003 Venture. The Kelvin # on a bulb determines how white it is and these LED auto headlights all look like "daylight" color bulbs. I read that the LED's should be oriented at 3 and 9 o'clock. On my set up it wasn't clear on that.
Any updates on the universal dust caps? Did work good.. no moist or dust in it?
My daughter brought the car to Texas so I haven’t seen it for about a year, but she hasn’t had any issues with the dust caps.
Great video! 👍👍👍. Concerning the aftermarket dust cap you used on the Hyundai, doesn't it beat the purpose having the LED fan exposed to the outside thus allowing dust going in. The reason me asking is that I really don't understand how the fan on the LED works. Is it blowing only on the aluminum fins and the aftermarket rubber cap is placed tightly snug pass the aluminum fun housing?
The entire fan - intake and exhaust - is outside of the cap. The fan may clog with dust over time, but the light itself is still “sealed”.
you ever drive in a ice storm you will pray you dont have LEDS
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So are the LED retrofit lights designed best for use in low beam of both low and high beam applications in reflectors or projectors? Some users claim some high quality LEDs work fine in reflectors without too much scatter. What about halogen fog light reflector housings? Assuming we are looking at high quality, high end LEDs.
LEDs work in any of those situations.
The fan blade is exposed, but the heat-sink is completely covered. Wonder how this affects the performance long-term.
The fan is inside the heat sink. It’s hard to see, but it’s all outside of the dust cover so it works perfectly.
@@handydadtv The thing is... the fans needs to blow the air through the cooling fins so won't the fans blow in the "dust air" the same as if you would leave the dustcover off?
pausing it at 7:41 you can see more light reflected on the ground with the halogen... and that's where you need the light, not pointing up at oncoming traffic's face like the LED is doing.
Yea, if you never leave the city and never drive over 20.
There is one thing I do not understand about the way you sealed off the inside of the housing with that ingeniously designed rubber ring: it seems to only leave a spot open for the fan. My question though is, how can that fan work and properly cool when there is no air inlet and it only has an opening on the side where it is to blow air out?
It’s hard to see, but the whole fan protrudes from the rubber hole so it has plenty of air flow.
Whats the point of putting the dust cap onto the LED when your covering up the heatsink entirely by doing so lol
I have a mod that let's me use the high and low on together. It doesn't work with the leds I have. Are there any leds that let me use both the high and low together? I got h4 or 9003.
My question is how old is the halogen bulb? The led is obviously new so it will be at its brightest but halogens dim with age and time so to get a true comparison between the led and the halogen you should have put a new halogen bulb in when you put the new led light in. It would be interesting to see the comparison with a new halogen bulb compared to the new led.
Great video
What do you do with the wire clip harness ? those the LED bulb hold without it ?
The new bulb is clipped in the same way as the original.
You are a great dad buddy
No driving video after full install?
+FNTony 496 They look the same, just whiter and awesome.
thanks for the video deputy
Tip: Always leave the harness connected while R&Ring bulbs. It helps you unplug the lamp and makes sure you don't drop it. It is also easier to make sure the harness is plugged in correctly when the bulb is shrouded by batteries, intake ducts, etc. // The small issue, scatter, you also report about is a considerable problem nowadays. I truly hate to drive at night now, so when I can, I leave at 4am and beat all the blinding lights out there on the road. // Question: Are those ball-bearing fans? What's the lifetime with and without dust covers? // The flicker on that LED is just horrible. I couldn't drive with that. // I agree, the whiter light does look brighter on the road, even at the same lumen level.
installed H4 LED and the high beam doesn't work. but when paired with one standard halogen the high beam works fine. any idea what should i do?
Could you please put a link as to where I can get projector housing to fit those led bulbs with the fan to the back. Thank you
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such a good video. Thanks for the info!
Thank you. You answered my question on if there is a high and a low beam on LED headlights. Now I know the ones I bought for my Mercury Mountaineer are junk.
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Led bulbs are a god send for motorbikes that come with 35/35w halogen bulbs!! They do need significant adjustment to be the right height but they're a big improvement in light output.
Chris Weston I agree, my gsxs1000 has them and the light is so much safer, the led 'fang' lights also match perfectly.
One thing to add though, they are poorly made leds if you are having to adjust the headlight after fitting. Leds should be made so the centre of the led chip is perfectly aligned with that of a halogen bulb, if you have to adjust it then the chip is manufactured badly.
Buy some better quality ones you will see that you don't have to adjust anything, there are so many £20 ones from China that are the same rebranded rubbish. The only was to ensure quality is buy a well known brand, the only ones I personally know of and have used is the philips leds. They are expensive but my headlight only uses one bulb so I split the cost with my brother and he put one in his mt09.
Chris Weston:::: They work well on my Super Tenere.
Thanks, what universal dust cover did you use ?
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The led you used is only 36W.You can use 55w to obtain more light from the bulb.I think that the reflector is designed to absorb this heat even without the fan.
Reflectors don't absorb significant heat...the heat sink on the bulb does pall of the heavy lifting...
What is wrong with that Hyundai? Is it diesel?
Thank you for showing me how to install and modified.. very helpfull =)
Good and valuable presentation , but my doubt is light dispersion design differs between LH Drive and RH drive vehicles?, if so, then this comparison would be very generic only.
My high beam has reflector and h1 bulb. I think I can not use hid because they take time to warm up and i use high beam momentarily only for signalling when I want to overtake. So i think i'll have to use led because they light up immediately. Please guide the best bulb in terms of range and brightness. Xhp70 is not available for h1. Xhp50 and luxeon lumileds zes are available. Which will be better among these. Or please suggest some other
Yes they do work better and appear to be brighter, but you have to adjust them so you don't blind oncoming traffic. The cut off line is not the same as the Halogen line because of the bulb design.
The 'dust caps' are actually to prevent condensation and moisture in general form entering the lamp enclosure.
Problem I have with my led high beam bulbs with fans is radio interference. After my led crap out in going with heat exchange ribbon type leds. I run HID low beam which is factory on my 02 Altima and LED for high beam.
The halogen would be better for frost or snow melt on the head lights
If you put the dust cover over the opening will the LEDS overheat?
+Hunter Yes eventually
HandyDadTV I have a Mazda 3 and the cover has a pass through for the back of the bulb. Hopefully it will work.
i own a Mazda CX5 that has projector for low beam and reflector for High Beam+DRL, the projector works great with LED because it focuses the light leveled towards the front low portion, when i tried my High beam , it will shoot light everywhere, mostly high to the front so i could see the top of the trees , not good, i still want to try those leds that has 4 sides mimicking how a halogen behaves shooting light 360 degrees.
Jorge Rodriguez I have a 2016 Mazda CX5 GT and the factory LED lighting is second to nothing else I currently own or have owned in the past. They are stellar for an OEM setup.
LED headlights are great for increased visibility, but a blinding nightmare for all oncoming drivers, especially bad when LED's are behind drivers in lower height vehicles!
Which is why headlights shouldn't be allowed to have more max lux at the same distance than typical halogens. Plus, hills and even small bumps constantly point headlights right into drivers' eyes.
same light output, better night vision color, and the LED looked like it was flickering to me (but this could be refresh rate of camera not syncing with LED), I'm going to stick with halogens. But thanks for the video
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Very important question: Are these road legal?
Is there a 'top' and 'bottom' when installing the LED?
You might have seen the mounting plate with the three tabs on both the led and the halogen. That one is indexed and only fits one way. The Bulb type is H4, this standard very exactly specifies all the dimensions and positions.
I see the mounting plate tabs and have them installed the only way they can be. The problem I'm having is that the LED rotates within the mounting plate. And I'm not able to find anything anywhere that indicates whether the LED should be vertically (shining side to side) or horizontally (shining up and down) situated in the plate. THAT'S what's got me unsure of the install.
Ken Gilbertsen they should not really rotate. Look AT the bulb he showed in the video, the two tabs closer together, usually with a notch or flat in the center are the bottom side. The filaments and the center of the small reflector next to the forward filament should be in line with the line through notch and single tab. The reflector has to be on the bottom side.
But if it turns it does not even fulfill H4 specs
Alex Ku Yeah, I see. My LED's are different - from another mfg. Mine do turn in the plate, and I'm trying to get them oriented correctly to be sure they're giving me the right beam coverage. If I can't get it resolved, I'll have to try and return them - which will surely involve a bit of back and forth with the seller... Thanks for your help Alex.
Wouldn't the dust cover kill the LED then if it makes the fan useless?
Yes
White light are bright, yes so true.. but they don't light up the road properly in rain condition, especially night rain.. still need the yellowish hue to the brightness..
You will find that a traditional halogen high beam with a more yellow output will cut through fog much more effectively. LED high beams simply reflect off suspended water particles in the air, i.e. fog.
Well, practically every new car comes with LED headlights so I guess people in foggy areas are screwed.
Does that fan pull in or out? If it pulls in, I think that rubber cover has no purpose because the fan will certainly pull in dust and moisture from the engine. Maybe a filter would solve that, but that's too many parts.
It pushes out
Is this in america legal to change halogen bulbs into led bulbs? Because here in Germany its Illegal
It's illegal. Some places just don't enforce it.
I have yet to see a kit DOT (equivalent to ECE) approved so no it's illegal
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2004-title49-vol5/xml/CFR-2004-title49-vol5-sec571-108.xml
It is illegal, but unfortunately not enforced.
In America we don't seem to care about the laws anymore, it's turned into "it's my rights it's my personal feelings".
Great society lawyers, beggars and thieves we have now.
I'm glad you did this on a tucson, I was looking for a vehicle like mines to see where the high beam should be. Top or bottom
The halogens looked a lot brighter than the LEDs, ie I could see more detail of your T-shirt on the halogen side, put out more total light and had a better cut-off compared to the LED. The LED looked whiter. I prefer 3000K to 5000K. I would never use 6000K or higher as they look blue, are more harsh and effect your night vision. The reason you should never use LED or HID in a reflective Low Beam housing, is that they scatter light something aweful and dazel on-comming drivers. If you use HID in a non projector housing, without the correct RHD/ LHD cut-off, then you are a total doushbag and your vehicle should be defected.
Not often do I physically 'like' a video, but this was perfect for me to understand and see everything.
I have reflector housings, and HIDs just annoy everyone but I'll be getting LEDs soon!
+Michael Lawley Glad to hear this was helpful. Thanks for the comment.
HIDs are only annoing if not aligned correctly. Good thing about HID in reflector housing though, after some time they will create they own ventilation. only the in between deforming of the refloctor really could annoy others.
Usually reflector Housings as well as projector lamps using halogen lights have a certain lamp type, like H4 or H7, those have pretty straight specifications about dimensions, locations and even the light output.
There are factory reflector HIDs. One of my cars has them - but if your assembly isn't certified for HID or LED ("high output lighting") then stick with halogens (and in europe you'd better be prepared to install automatic levelling headlights and headlight washers if you move up from halogens)
If you put LEDs on projector housing the cut off line remains the same, on reflector housing i have had no luck, light shoots everywhere blinding everybody, any of U had any luck with those 4 sided LED bulbs that mimic the halogen lights?
Brother make sure you adjust the reflectors. They have to be adjusted in such a way that the spread and throw is reduced. You need to concentrate the light in front of the car. Use the rollers behind the light to do so.
Hi.. thanks a lot for the video I was really looking for a video like this. Also if you can please link me to the dust cover that you used in the video? thanks again.
amzn.to/2wDitqA. They are generic; find a size that works for your bulbs and car.
You say the LED flicker is the camera not the LED but at 6:00 you dont see the halogen flickering
The filament in a halogen takes time to heat up and come to brightness. It also takes time to go dark after the power is cut. So they never flicker.
You mentioned that the LED lamps were fanless but all the LEDs you link to have fans. What??
The original ones in my car had no fans, just a bigger heat sink. Fans allow them to be smaller and fit in tighter spaces.
hi i have 06 mercedes vito with the standard halogen bulbs H7s one head keeps blowing would the load resistor fix this and what resistor would i need thanks.
I don’t think load resistors would help prevent a halogen from burning out; in fact, you’d probably blow a fuse. Try replacing them with LED bulbs because they use less power.
Do you have LEDs in your Pilot?
Not yet ;)
I have experience not passing state inspection with both Led and (Xenon) HID in a halogen headlight housing... how did it go with your daughter’s Hyundai??
+k2010Si Haven’t been through inspection yet. We’ll see.
It's because your halogen housings are only approve for use on the road with the matching approved halogen bulbs. It's easier to get away with it if you have projectors since they look like they were originally led, however they still aren't legal for street use (the same way massive light bars and high power spotlights aren't)
Best way is to move to a state that does not do them
TheTomco11 his daughter’s Hyandai does not have projectors. It has reflector housings. We all know that you need projectors with LED/HID. I was just asking him whether or not he passed with these particular bulbs....
k2010Si I know, I'm saying that it shouldn't pass, and it also shouldn't pass if they're projectors designed for halogens
The LED itself can be rotated in the housing, and the LED's I have are both aligned at different angles...
The LEDs you have are a "cool" white while the halogens are a "warm" white. You can order warm white LEDs which are more yellow or you can even go cooler into blue hues. it all comes down to the "temperature" you order which is a number like 4000K - 6000K (Kelvin) for a cool white or 2700K - 4000K for warm white I believe halogen are around 2700K.
4300k is the typical xenon bulb which is still quite yellow. Pure white is around 5500k and above that will start to be blueish
hello, I have a question
I am in Europe, I have a vw touran of 2011, with halogen headlight H7 refletor (yellow and ugly)
I would like to replace them with LED lights
but I do not want to dazzle the people coming across!
are there any H7 leds, able to do that?
I mean, I do not have the fuzzy ball that distributes the light (like HB4), I have it in my fog lights, but not in my low beam.
if I take it can be H7 180 degrees it will work better than 360 degree?
thanks for enlightening me
Will you be stopped by the police for being too bright? Are any led hi/low bulb dot compliant?
Daughter: "Dad!! How am I supposed to date my boyfriend with a headlight this bright!?"
Dad: "Over my dad LED."
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do u recommend this Jdma astar G3 led? tnx
+Niko Oliver These are the ones I used in the video: amzn.to/2h6RVcV. I like them.
cant find in the link the one you used in the video
do u recomment this JDM astar G3 led?
+Niko Oliver There is a link to the bulbs in the video description and I just verified it still works. Yes, I recommend them. They are in my daughter’s car and she loves them.
thank you
bulbs? filament?
I find the blue light from these led bulbs messes with my eyes compared with traditional halogen bulbs, I don't appear to get the depth of light I do from halogen bulbs. plus the glare off road signs is tremendous. ime sticking with ring extra brilliance halogen. ive tried many led aftermarket choices including these. thank you for your review tho bud.