I'm wondering what the current state of LED replacement headlights is?
I know that in years past, LED bulbs did not work well as low beams because they would flood and blind people with light, like when you put HID bulbs in a regular old non-projector headlight lens. Is this still the case? Are there LED bulbs that emit in whatever way a halogen emits, such that they are appropriate for use as regular low beam lights driving around other cars in the suburbs?
I assume this isn't an issue at all with high beams?
LED bulbs do draw less power than halogens, correct? So no special wiring is needed, they're just plug and play?
I noticed that most have some kind of built in heat sink. Some with fans, some with braids, some with simple fins. I don't fully understand why that is needed though. If these lights are drawing less power than a halogen, wouldn't it necessarily generate less heat? Also and this is maybe a little off topic but wouldn't it be better for these bulbs and their heat sinks to be inside the lens somehow, to help aid in ice/snow melting? I love my LED brake lights but the one down side is that you have to fully clean them off in the winter because nothing melts.
And the last question I have is, what is up with the color of these lights? I'm using the selection as superbrightleds.com as my reference, but they're basically all 6000K+. There are no 5000K, 4300K or even 3000K bulbs available. Why is that? I find 6000K to be particularly ugly, which is my my HID kit was 4300K. I've had 4300K projectors on previous cars and they don't look yellow to my eyes, they look perfectly white. If I do end up going with LED bulbs, I would definitely opt for something in the 4300K to 5000K range if it were an option.
Edit Note: I have already done a relay based DRL-killing mod. DRLs are not a big concern for me.
I know that in years past, LED bulbs did not work well as low beams because they would flood and blind people with light, like when you put HID bulbs in a regular old non-projector headlight lens. Is this still the case? Are there LED bulbs that emit in whatever way a halogen emits, such that they are appropriate for use as regular low beam lights driving around other cars in the suburbs?
I assume this isn't an issue at all with high beams?
LED bulbs do draw less power than halogens, correct? So no special wiring is needed, they're just plug and play?
I noticed that most have some kind of built in heat sink. Some with fans, some with braids, some with simple fins. I don't fully understand why that is needed though. If these lights are drawing less power than a halogen, wouldn't it necessarily generate less heat? Also and this is maybe a little off topic but wouldn't it be better for these bulbs and their heat sinks to be inside the lens somehow, to help aid in ice/snow melting? I love my LED brake lights but the one down side is that you have to fully clean them off in the winter because nothing melts.
And the last question I have is, what is up with the color of these lights? I'm using the selection as superbrightleds.com as my reference, but they're basically all 6000K+. There are no 5000K, 4300K or even 3000K bulbs available. Why is that? I find 6000K to be particularly ugly, which is my my HID kit was 4300K. I've had 4300K projectors on previous cars and they don't look yellow to my eyes, they look perfectly white. If I do end up going with LED bulbs, I would definitely opt for something in the 4300K to 5000K range if it were an option.
Edit Note: I have already done a relay based DRL-killing mod. DRLs are not a big concern for me.
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