![]() This isn’t surprising because an HID headlight produces 3000-5000 lumens while LED produces double. Hence, it’s safer and easier to avoid potential danger. Contrastingly, HID and LED produce much brighter lights. This is a great discussion because of lighting safety. In a high beam configuration, 1200 lumens is the highest light halogen can illuminate. In any case, if it is an LED or HID plug-and-play bulb versus a retrofit, people should do their homework. This is a decent video showing what a plug-and-play bulb with stock halogen housing versus a projector retrofit looks like. Here is a good video how it all assembles: ![]() I did have to grind down flat the plastic tabs in the rear of the reflector so the projector screws on level. It even came with a Canbus relay so it doesn't create an error. With free shipping and a holiday discount, I got mine for around $300. The retrofit lens screws through the original halogen bulb opening. Mine has a sharp cutoff, the projector lens is great, it is bi-xenon with the high beam flap opening, and the aim adjusts with the regular haolgen adjusters. Compared to even 5 years ago I was surprised. So, just depends on the bulb.Ĭlick to expand.The new retrofit HID and LED projectors are really good. Many of these bulbs say 4500K or 5500K, but they could be closer to 5000K. The 5500K ones are more a brighter white. Unlike the HID projector retrofit where the ballast is mounted outside of the housing, the LED bulb H11 replacement is all inclusive in the housing.Īs far as the color, I found the 4000K ones to be less like sunlight as it is a little yellow. BTW, my cousin had his LED bulbs melt the wiring and affect the housing. The retrofit projectors have a cutoff so as not to blind oncoming cars. This gave too much blinding light to oncoming drivers where the aim had to be lowered. I would not recommend an LED bulb in the Halogen housing. The kit I purchased from Retrofitsource came with an H11 connector and relay so it doesn't cause a light error. You would have to go with a clean aftermarket Halogen housing first because the lens will be clear and the separation of the seal is easier than the factory one. The best retrofit is opening up the housing and putting a projector, whether it is HID or LED. I posted about this in several other threads. The only way to get the HID light to disperse correctly is to use an Hid projector, which the halogen housing does not have. That is the best solution to me because you can't put the OEM xenon assemblies in and the only guy that got it to work right, that I'm aware of, had to do surgery on the halogen assembly to get the Hid projector into the halogen housing. I ended up taking mine out and going with the halogens, but the kind that look like HID, back in. There are many thread dating back years on this topic which you can search for and verify. If that doesn't bother you then the error messages will. I had them on and would get retaliation high beams in my face all the time. Throwing an HID bulb into the halogen unit is not going to give you LED performance. It will annoy oncoming drivers due to the halogen units don't have HID projectors. ![]() Xenon bulbs in halogen housings look like ****. I'm replying about hid because all the responses seem to event though your post was about led's. ![]()
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