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LED headlight vs HID headlight comparasion

Discussion in 'Prius v Accessories and Modifications' started by tangcahyadi79, Apr 20, 2015.

  1. tangcahyadi79

    tangcahyadi79 Junior Member

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    Anybody try LED Headlight how its bright ? does better from HID ?
     
    #1 tangcahyadi79, Apr 20, 2015
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    The OEM LED headlamps are fabulous, if that is your question.
     
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    And the so called plug and play LED replacement bulbs that replace standard halogen bulbs are not acceptable yet. It's been discussed many times.

    They are bright, but the LED mounted on a circuit board, can't replicate the point light source, with 360 degree light dispersion, that is created by a hot tungsten filament or an electric arc discharge in the halogen and HID bulbs. The result is poor beam focus and dispersion through the stock reflector and lens of the projector light.

    People have used them in foglights though, since foglights are not the critical primary light source that lowbeams are.
     
    #3 xliderider, Apr 20, 2015
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