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Jan 08, 2017

LED headlight conversion

The headlights in my 2007 Dodge 2500 are very poor, especially after driving my daughter's 2016 Toyota with LED headlights. I have aimed them with my 5'er hooked up and my airbags adjusted to keep my TV level. I saw LED H13 bulbs on Amazon reasonabilily priced I am considering. Has anyone tried these LED bulbs? Do you like them?
  • I had a 2014 corolla and they were great headlights, when I bought my 2017 camary the lights were not so good. I am diabetic and when it rains I can't see the road, so I bought some LEDs for the camry. better but not great either. drove home from Portland oregon the other night and the leds still leave me not seeing that great. I bought 45 watt leds on the advice of people who bought 30 watt and saying they should have bought more wattage than they did. I am going to wait for a few more test drives before I make up my mind to go back to halogen
    or HID lights
  • Putting an LED bulb in most Halogen reflectors yields an extremely bright floodlight which puts 90% of its usable light in areas where it cannot be used, and blinds oncoming drivers in the other lane.

    if you want better lights, make sure there is not excessive voltage drop on the headlight circuit, that the lenses are not cloudy, and you use Phillips extreme +100 or +130 bulbs.

    LEDs or HIDs installed into halogen reflectors is a Giant ignorant EFF You to everybody on the other side of the road. It has become so prominent that I have installed some high beam assist LED weapons to utilize when I am blinded, so I can return the favor of seared retinas and temporary blindness.

    The LEDs in your toyota experience were designed around an LED emitter. It is not possible to replicate a filament in an LED, so and LED emitter in a halogen reflector can never focus properly and the beam will likely be horrid and blinding.

    But like randomly choosing another person's eyeglasses, they might still allow you to see, somewhat.
  • I don't know that putting LED lights in reflectors that are not designed for them is a good idea. It may be different with cars/trucks but if you do it on a motorcycle it throws the pattern way off. Guys try it but it rarely works out well.

    But I can't say positively because I've not tried it.

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