Upgrade to LED headlights, 2012 Yaris

[Faramir]

Originally Posted by mitch9521

You aren't gonna get dedicated OEM LED performance from a set of cheap LED replacement bulbs in halogen reflector housings. Sorry to burst your bubble.

True, but it's better than the halogens that came stock with the Yaris. As I said, I will take every little bit of help I can get with night driving vision.

The stories I read about "light splayed all over the place" blinding other drivers has not happened. No oncoming vehicle has flashed me, and the LEDs illuminate at least as wide an area as the halogens did.

Will report here if that changes.

[sh0rtlife]

Originally Posted by Faramir

True, but it's better than the halogens that came stock with the Yaris. As I said, I will take every little bit of help I can get with night driving vision.

no ..no it isnt and the "drop off" is a disaster...also any "cheep" LED is going to burn down real fast, while even the cheepest HID will last years

if you want some real "light" go HID...you just cant touch the output with anything else in a "retrofit".....even an HID in an old "sealed beam" style 7 inch glass lens is AMAZING its like having a bunch of KC hilites all focused on the road

[mitch9521]

Originally Posted by sh0rtlife

no ..no it isnt and the "drop off" is a disaster...also any "cheep" LED is going to burn down real fast, while even the cheepest HID will last years

if you want some real "light" go HID

Cheap HIDs are every much of a fire hazard as cheap LED bulbs. Hell, even more so cause HIDs pull a lot more current than LEDs and run considerably hotter. Cheap LEDs with poor cooling properties will also run very hot but HIDs run quite a bit hotter.

Originally Posted by sh0rtlife

you just cant touch the output with anything else in a "retrofit".....even an HID in an old "sealed beam" style 7 inch glass lens is AMAZING its like having a bunch of KC hilites all focused on the road

Lol what, I've built nearly 20 sets of HID projector retrofitted headlights with both aftermarket projectors and OEM projectors from various cars over the years and every single one of them will out perform a set of HID bulbs in a reflector housing in output, cutoff, width and brightness.