LED Bulbs
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The general consensus on here is that LEDs should not be fitted into reflector headlights.
Dipped beams will cause light scatter and the DRL function of LED H15 is far too bright and reflect a light that from the outside appears to be too similar to main beam.
Don't let that stop you if it's what you really want to do tho'.
Dipped beams will cause light scatter and the DRL function of LED H15 is far too bright and reflect a light that from the outside appears to be too similar to main beam.
Don't let that stop you if it's what you really want to do tho'.
Thought it was law and an MOT failure?
Don't be sucked in to the whole "blue" thing. Human eyes have evolved to see best in daylight which is around 6000kelvin colour temp. If you start to go "bluer" than that, your eyes can't actually see the light, no matter how powerful the bulbs are. They might look cool, but are useless for night driving.
Correct, and if your unlucky to be pulled by dvsa they won't let you drive it away. Has to be towed and usually rectified including a fresh MOT!
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I’ve got the H7 Osram Intense Blue and they are slightly ’whiter’ than standard halogen bulbs but nothing like LED or xenon. They have lasted 2 1/2 years so far and give out a decent amount of light for a halogen bulb. But not quite as much as say a Nightbreaker 220 but these don’t last as long and are a more yellow colour.
As mentioned above, LEDs in a standard halogen headlamp are illegal and an MOT failure. Your choice though of course.
As mentioned above, LEDs in a standard halogen headlamp are illegal and an MOT failure. Your choice though of course.
Things might well change in the future. In the EU Philips and Osram have manufactured LED Bulbs for replacing halogen Headlamp bulbs in reflectors. These have passes very stringent EU rules for homologation and come I understand with qualifying paperwork for specific vehicles. Unfortunately that will not legalise them for here anytime very soon but it sure to come, after all if someone from the EU comes over here with these bulbs that are legal in the EU are the authorities here going to prosecute them here, I am not quite so sure. Each country within the EU has little things that other member countries might not have but generally each accepts new legislation ans we would have done had we remained however I suspect that their will be some latency in following suit. I have written about this somewhere including reference to particular bulbs but not very good at searching sometimes.
