So, I'm doing a little study on LED headlights
09-10-2014, 01:36 PM
#22
09-11-2014, 04:17 PM
#24
The question to be asked and answered is...what is objective to bulb changes?
If its to see clearer brighter and farther then HIDs are clearly the choice.
LEDs do not yet come close to the HIDs for performance lighting.
If you want super bright light right in front of you to make your truck look like something from star trek then the LEDs will certainly fill that need.
If you have stock non-HID housings and are looking for a good bulb that will provide good clean lighting both distance and side to side my recommendation is a PIAA Extreme Plus...about $90 a set and gives good clean light.
I personally do not like LED lights, seems everyone has their own do-it-yourself LED retro kit going on and most of them are burning the retinas off most motorists on the highways at night.
If its to see clearer brighter and farther then HIDs are clearly the choice.
LEDs do not yet come close to the HIDs for performance lighting.
If you want super bright light right in front of you to make your truck look like something from star trek then the LEDs will certainly fill that need.
If you have stock non-HID housings and are looking for a good bulb that will provide good clean lighting both distance and side to side my recommendation is a PIAA Extreme Plus...about $90 a set and gives good clean light.
I personally do not like LED lights, seems everyone has their own do-it-yourself LED retro kit going on and most of them are burning the retinas off most motorists on the highways at night.
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Jared Hall (09-11-2014)
09-11-2014, 04:39 PM
#25
Just the answer I was looking for^^^
09-13-2014, 08:36 AM
#27
Senior Member
The question to be asked and answered is...what is objective to bulb changes?
If its to see clearer brighter and farther then HIDs are clearly the choice.
LEDs do not yet come close to the HIDs for performance lighting.
If you want super bright light right in front of you to make your truck look like something from star trek then the LEDs will certainly fill that need.
If you have stock non-HID housings and are looking for a good bulb that will provide good clean lighting both distance and side to side my recommendation is a PIAA Extreme Plus...about $90 a set and gives good clean light.
I personally do not like LED lights, seems everyone has their own do-it-yourself LED retro kit going on and most of them are burning the retinas off most motorists on the highways at night.
If its to see clearer brighter and farther then HIDs are clearly the choice.
LEDs do not yet come close to the HIDs for performance lighting.
If you want super bright light right in front of you to make your truck look like something from star trek then the LEDs will certainly fill that need.
If you have stock non-HID housings and are looking for a good bulb that will provide good clean lighting both distance and side to side my recommendation is a PIAA Extreme Plus...about $90 a set and gives good clean light.
I personally do not like LED lights, seems everyone has their own do-it-yourself LED retro kit going on and most of them are burning the retinas off most motorists on the highways at night.
09-13-2014, 09:18 AM
#28
I don't see how the led's in the halogen housings can't scatter light, that is how the reflector bowl is made and designed to do, putting in a brighter lamp either halogen, HID or led seems to me it's going to be the same only brighter than stock which is why they use the low lumen halogen bulbs to begin with, just bright enough to keep you from crashing but not so bright to blind oncoming traffic.
I would however be curious to see if they could be a direct replacement for D3S HID bulbs in a projector housing and comparison lumens that way.
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09-13-2014, 09:32 AM
#29
Senior Member
I don't see how the led's in the halogen housings can't scatter light, that is how the reflector bowl is made and designed to do, putting in a brighter lamp either halogen, HID or led seems to me it's going to be the same only brighter than stock which is why they use the low lumen halogen bulbs to begin with, just bright enough to keep you from crashing but not so bright to blind oncoming traffic.
I would however be curious to see if they could be a direct replacement for D3S HID bulbs in a projector housing and comparison lumens that way.
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Evidence vs. Claims, ya know?