I work for a well known car parts shop and we fit bulbs and sell bulbs. We sell the led conversion kits which say in big letters “off road or track use only”, our mot centre will fail them straight away as the light isn’t reflected correctly, for my panda I use the 150% brighter bulbs, they dramatically improve my vision without blinding people
I wasn’t sure if they are for off road use or not, but they don’t seem bright enough to be blinding. But worth bearing in mind ! If these don’t work out I’ll look into the bulbs you mentioned !
@@PTP4X4 Halfords do h4 bulbs up to 200% brighter which we run in our defender 90, both my car and my wife’s cars run the 150% so if the led’s don’t work out there is another option
Nice to see someone had the exact same thought process as me, haha. My current car has some Xenon headlamps as standard and some FYRLYT incandescent extra lights. Did use LED conversion and a massive LED ramp, but it was simply TOO bright when it came to road signs, it blinded me almost. So at times there can be things that are TOO much.
Try to use those built-in projector led headlights, they use the lens in the low bream and the housing for the high beam, and don't blind opposing drivers if well aligned. Also they are great for fog time
Do note that they are illegal. The headlight housing is made to reflect the used light source which I assume is normal incandescent or xenon. LED reflects differently and will need their own specific housing to be on the path of being legal (which still requires a bunch of test stamps and costs, at least in the EU) That is also why it's so EXTREMELY important to level them correctly as you will from time to time probably blind people unintentionally due to the reflections, no amount of levelling will remove that, so be sure to make it as good as can be. I made LED conversion myself some time back and even got it passed in inspection due to a relatively good levelling, but they can still just automatically fail you for using illegal light sources if the inspector is cranky or very by the book.
Thanks for the info. I’ll put in the description for the video that they may be for off road use only. I have adjusted them so the beam pattern is in the correct position. They don’t seem to be too high now
@@PTP4X4 I suggest checking ChrisFix's video on headlight levelling. It's 9 years old but it's what I used, a fairly solid measurement and what I personally used.
In my state (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) switch lamps to LED are currently illegal 😭 Luckily my VW UP have good lamps (better than my mother Hyundai Creta), the only thing I can swap are the yellow-ish H4 lamps for some “super white” lamps, because reflective internals of the headlights. But a lot of people with big expensive SUV who blinds everyone doesn’t seem to have any legal problems with it 🤦🏻♂️
They're definitely not legal. Some MOT centres don't care, some it's an instafail. I've got some Philips LED coming for my Freelander 2 but I'll be keeping my old ones just in case.
I work for a well known car parts shop and we fit bulbs and sell bulbs. We sell the led conversion kits which say in big letters “off road or track use only”, our mot centre will fail them straight away as the light isn’t reflected correctly, for my panda I use the 150% brighter bulbs, they dramatically improve my vision without blinding people
I wasn’t sure if they are for off road use or not, but they don’t seem bright enough to be blinding. But worth bearing in mind ! If these don’t work out I’ll look into the bulbs you mentioned !
@@PTP4X4 Halfords do h4 bulbs up to 200% brighter which we run in our defender 90, both my car and my wife’s cars run the 150% so if the led’s don’t work out there is another option
Nice to see someone had the exact same thought process as me, haha.
My current car has some Xenon headlamps as standard and some FYRLYT incandescent extra lights.
Did use LED conversion and a massive LED ramp, but it was simply TOO bright when it came to road signs, it blinded me almost.
So at times there can be things that are TOO much.
Great thanks
You can buy the Osram "Night Breaker" LEDs, with 230%. Osram claims that they are legal for the 169
Try to use those built-in projector led headlights, they use the lens in the low bream and the housing for the high beam, and don't blind opposing drivers if well aligned. Also they are great for fog time
Do note that they are illegal. The headlight housing is made to reflect the used light source which I assume is normal incandescent or xenon. LED reflects differently and will need their own specific housing to be on the path of being legal (which still requires a bunch of test stamps and costs, at least in the EU)
That is also why it's so EXTREMELY important to level them correctly as you will from time to time probably blind people unintentionally due to the reflections, no amount of levelling will remove that, so be sure to make it as good as can be.
I made LED conversion myself some time back and even got it passed in inspection due to a relatively good levelling, but they can still just automatically fail you for using illegal light sources if the inspector is cranky or very by the book.
Thanks for the info. I’ll put in the description for the video that they may be for off road use only. I have adjusted them so the beam pattern is in the correct position. They don’t seem to be too high now
@@PTP4X4 I suggest checking ChrisFix's video on headlight levelling. It's 9 years old but it's what I used, a fairly solid measurement and what I personally used.
nice videos, It looks like the bulbs have been turned upside down, I have LED and the light has to reflect off the top of the headlight not the bottom
Thanks for the info, I’ll check this out
wondering about the red Skoda in the background. my mother owned this from new and I am desperate to buy it back
What a find.
In my state (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) switch lamps to LED are currently illegal 😭
Luckily my VW UP have good lamps (better than my mother Hyundai Creta), the only thing I can swap are the yellow-ish H4 lamps for some “super white” lamps, because reflective internals of the headlights.
But a lot of people with big expensive SUV who blinds everyone doesn’t seem to have any legal problems with it 🤦🏻♂️
They're definitely not legal. Some MOT centres don't care, some it's an instafail.
I've got some Philips LED coming for my Freelander 2 but I'll be keeping my old ones just in case.
Yeah I’ll do the same