I say who cares about that, when you first turn on HID's, they have the blue color and go to a bright white light in about 30 seconds. People write reviews comparing the HID and LED bulbs and use the line for LED's that there is no warm-up time like HID's have. They look easy enough to replace though when and if the time comes. Time will tell how well LED's will hold up. I never had a ballast issue with my Acura's, only changed the bulbs after six years because they do get duller like halogens. LED's will replace HID's for everything in the future because they are cheaper, last longer, easier to replace, etc. Early LED's for a few years ago weren't bright enough, but today LED's look like HID's driving, both great bulbs. They are great, and just look about the same as HID's. Upgraded to the 18 Crosstrek two weeks ago and got the full LED headlights.
Bought a 16 Crosstrek that had halogens and hated them. I had HID's in my two Acura's for fourteen years, and they were incredible. I wanted HID's but weren't available in the US. Also, please don't be the fool who gets 8000K or higher color temperature bulbs thinking it is brighter, you will actually end up seeing less. Color choice for human eyesight is probably best kept at around 3200K to 6000K, though I personally think 6000K is unnecessarily-blue for fashion reasons. The LED bulbs, based on limited pictures I've seen, seem to have better use of factory reflector housings than HID bulbs, which spew light everywhere and can actually worsen vision at night.Īnother thing to add since you're asking about bulbs, Kelvin color temperature doesn't mean higher light output, it just means higher color rating. IMO, if you will inevitably swap bulbs using the stock headlamp assemblies, don't waste your money on HID's and get LED's. This thread on legality also echoes some of my thoughts on the unfortunately-common bulb changing modification: The reflectors in your headlight were designed for halogen headlight bulbs so those are best considering the engineering resources to optimize its use for halogen bulbs. If they just wouldn’t flicker so much.For headlights, it is best to stick with the factory option. LEDs Fall somewhere in between and may be the perfect middle ground between the super bright HIDs and the dimmer halogens. Looking at my old Mercedes S500 which has HIDs for the low beams it actually has halogens for the high beams which works much better than the lows/highs in HID on my new car. I can focus better and I am more attentive.
The light drops off in the distance and I can actually see more of what’s on the road, even the non lit part. A week of driving however I start to notice my sight doesn’t go as tired as usual. Recently I was rear ended and the car went to the shop, so I got a rental and would you know it, I got the old style halogen lights. My vision obviously is so much better, right? I mean they are brighter, more defined where it’s lit and where the light ends. So I have several cars with HID light and when I got my first car with HIDs I was amazed by how bright they were. Will my husband divorce me if I dehydrate tomatoes in his F-150 truck?ĭennis Collins, a Highway Accident Investigator at the National Transportation Safety Board The wonderful and epic tale of Yoshi the Yarisįorget the trunk monkey, check out trash pandas. Trying to identify a car? Try /r/whatisthiscar, /r/namethatcar, or /r/rbi.įor information on content removal, user warnings, and bans, please see the Chain of Action page. Create a text post that includes the link and your thoughts on the subject matter.ħ: Users will need to participate in threads created by others in /r/cars before being able to make their own threads.
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