https://www.autotrader.com/car-news/how-did-we-see-halogen-headlights-281474979975575
I'm appalled...
I'm appalled...
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For shame, Doug... Retrofitting LEDs into headlight assemblies for halogens? For shame...
I don't understand why halogen is bad.
I don't understand why halogen is bad. the lumen output is very similar, the lux is almost exactly the same. I have never been impressed by stock headlights. those Escalade are the worst though, designed for halogen use and instead use LED I think, anyway nothing is more annoying than headlights. it's really made me develop the one-eye closed technique of preserving vision. Should get those things horses use to not be spooked by people.
idk what ecalade you talking about but it is definitely not a factory set up. prbly some aftermarket junk, or someone's led kitdesigned for halogen use and instead use LED I think
I agree. I miss the glass headlight lenses. I think it is ironic that few decent flashlights have plastic lenses usually those with plastic are cheap throwaway lights.I saw much better with nothing but halogen headlights back then; most car headlights were closer to the road & not shining right in my face, nobody was blinding me with their HID's, and when it was dark everyone actually drove with their lights on.
I saw much better with nothing but halogen headlights back then;
... At Consumer Reports, 55 percent of the 2018 models we tested had LED headlights. Of the 2019 models we've tested, 86 percent had LEDs.
... in CR's testing, we discovered that these new lights don't offer any more illumination than traditional halogen and/or high intensity discharge (HID) headlights
Both LED and HID headlights can produce a brighter, whiter light than halogens, and they illuminate the sides of the road well. But how far a headlight illuminates straight ahead, in the direction a car is traveling, is what's most important, Stockburger says. In that respect neither HIDs nor LEDs have proved to be superior over halogens in CR's testing.
"Even with the new technology, low-beam headlights don't always provide enough forward seeing distance for the driver to react to an object in the road and stop in time," Stockburger says...
That looks like an OEM ZKW (plastic) lamp, the ECE (or harmonized?) H4 version having been mentioned among the recommended 7-inch halogen lamps, years ago, by one or the other Scheinwerfermann. And who knows what junk or long-life bulbs they put in during the overpriced Cali-Federalization.That vehicle uses standard round sealed-beam halogens so I'm hoping he replaced the entire fixtures...
Edit: Looks like he did: https://youtu.be/rs0khSZ72Xs?t=1388
I'm seeing the '02+ headlamps in the linked video. Has anyone seen pics of the vehicle with whatever LED headlamps he installed?
Or as the A4638200059 lamp is DOT/ECE/CCC legal, maybe the pre-2019 Swiss (or a previous) owner had done the modernization.I'm pretty sure the ones in the video are the ones he installed...
I did a image search for 1999 Mercedes-Benz G500 and noticed most have diffuser lenses not clear.