FAQ: Upgrade Headlight LED Bulb
Are you still struggling whether your car can be upgraded to LED headlights?
In fact, as long as your original car is a halogen lamp, whether it is a sedan or an SUV, you can easily upgrade to LED headlights. However, there are a few points to note when upgrading. If the assembly space of your original car model is relatively small, you need to install a relatively small and exquisite headlight. Secondly, if your car is a European, German or American model, then this type of car needs decoding and needs to be connected to the decoder. However, you can also choose LED headlights with built-in linear decoding, so there will be no decoding problems such as radio interference.
The most important thing for upgrading headlights is car model matching. If the original car is a reflective bowl model, remember to choose those LED headlights with small luminous spacing, 360-degree luminous, and open structure.
If your original car has a lens, choose a large-caliber copper tube and a semi-open structure LED headlight to ensure the effect of leverage. (LED headlights are not just bright, the paving effect is very important. If the paving is uneven, there will be dark areas and shadows. And the higher the power, the better, it depends on the light effect.)
Can I replace the LED headlights myself?
The original car has halogen lamps, which can be installed by myself. Japanese and Korean models, especially the Japanese H11 model, can be replaced in a few minutes. German, European and American models with built-in decoded LED headlights are also easy to replace, but BMW, AUDI, Benz and other luxury cars have compact structures, and some need to remove the bumper. It is recommended to find a repair shop to install them, so LED headlights can be installed by yourself and replaced directly.
There is a dark area in the front lighting, and the light can't reach far？
When driving at night, the light can't reach far. Traditional LED headlights emphasize horizontal paving, that is, illuminating two or three lanes, but they don't provide a light intensity supplement for the longitudinal middle area, so if the lens is thicker, the light can't reach far. Now some new LED headlights have upgraded the lamp beads in the middle area, so the middle area has been supplemented with light intensity, so when it shines on a car with a thick lens like yours, the penetration will be higher, and it can reach 500 meters away without a dark area.
Are LED headlights with copper tubes brighter than those without copper tubes?
The difference between copper tube headlights. Under the same conditions, those with copper tubes are definitely brighter than those without copper tubes. However, the improvement of brightness is a systematic project, which is related to its thermal conductivity, heat dissipation, the light effect of the lamp beads, and the design of its IC chip, etc. Therefore, when buying LED headlights, you cannot just look at whether there are copper tubes.
How to choose between 300W and 55W LED headlights?
There are various powers on the market. Should we look at the power of LED headlights? The power is to increase the brightness and make the light brighter. In the same configuration, the higher the power, the brighter it is. However, the brightness of the car is related to heat dissipation, light effect, and the structural design of the headlights. If the heat dissipation cannot keep up, the light effect will deteriorate. Increasing the power only increases the heat generation, and the brightness may not necessarily increase. The lower the power, the better. If it is too low, the brightness is not enough. 55W is very suitable. This wattage is not too low, the brightness is completely sufficient, and it is not too high. There is enough heat dissipation to ensure that it will not have light decay, and it is more matched with the original car wattage.
Is it necessary to have headlight projector lens when upgrading LED headlights?
It is better to have a projector lens. If your budget is sufficient, you can directly install a headlight lens. However, if the budget is not much, many people choose to directly replace the bulb, but the brightness and light effect are not very good as a projector lens. Although many cars do not have headlihgt projector lenses when they leave the factory, but the reflector bowl is adjusted, so the original car has a light pattern, but it is not as good as the projector lens light pattern, so you must choose an LED headlight that replicates the original car halogen lamp 1:1.
Do LED headlights have high and low beams?
The first thing to know whether LED headlights have high and low beams is to look at the car model. Some car models are integrated with high and low beams. This type of car model does not have high and low beams. One headlight can meet the needs of both high and low beams. Second, the original headlight has a model. If you disassemble it and see that the high beam and low beam are the same model, then you can use the same headlight. It is okay to install the same model of headlight products on the high beam and low beam respectively, but from a practical point of view, it is better to select the high beam and low beam separately. For low beam, the main consideration is the paving effect. Generally, it is recommended to use an LED headlight with a thin copper substrate in the middle and an open structure. The luminous spacing of this headlight is smaller, so the light will be more uniform and wider, and the paving effect is very good. For high beam, the main purpose is to illuminate far, and the requirement for light type is secondary, so you can choose the high beam according to your needs. Generally speaking, the illumination distance of LED headlights on the market is more than 300 meters, so the selection range of high beams will be wider.
Is built-in drive better or external drive better？
For built-in drive, its chip is inside the lamp body, and external drive is an independent module. The chip of the driver is in this independent module. The advantage of external drive is that its chip is easier to dissipate heat, so the power can be made larger, but external drive also has some disadvantages, that is, its installation ability will be relatively poor. Some, some models with follow-up steering must ensure that there is enough space in front, behind, left and right to avoid the module getting stuck and affecting the normal use of the driving steering. However, the built-in driver also has disadvantages. Its chip is inside the lamp body, closer to the light source, so its heat is larger than that of the external driver, and the chip is more difficult to dissipate heat inside, so the power of the built-in driver was relatively small in the past, but with the advancement of technology and the improvement of the light efficiency of the lamp beads, the power of the built-in driver can now reach more than 45W.
Will upgrading LED car lights cause astigmatism?
Changing the lens may affect the airtightness and water leakage. If the lens is not changed, there is a concern about astigmatism. A better solution to achieve a focused light without changing the lens is a LED car light upgrade solution. Before leaving the factory, the manufacturer will calibrate it with our halogen lamp to ensure that its light type is more focused. However, when we upgrade LED car lights, we will find that the principle of LED car lights is different from that of our original car halogen lamps. LED car lights emit light on both sides, while halogen lamps emit light 360 degrees. This creates a problem, that is, our upgraded LED car lights are not matched with our headlight assembly, so this is why there is astigmatism. The main problem is that most of the current LED lights have a thick aluminum body, which blocks the light, so the light cannot come out. So you must choose LED lights that are 1:1 replicas of the original car halogen lamps.
Which LED lights are prone to light decay？
1. LED lights with coated surfaces are more prone to light decay than LED lights without coatings. Coatings are not conducive to heat dissipation and have a higher light decay rate
2. LED lights with copper tubes are more heat-conductive than LED lights with copper substrates, and their light decay will be smaller. The larger the diameter of the copper tube, the better the heat dissipation effect and the smaller the light decay.
3. Look at the materials used. The full-body aluminum alloy design has a better heat dissipation effect than the semi-aluminum alloy design, so the light decay is also smaller.
Will upgrading LED lights cause battery loss?
The biggest reason for battery loss is that a car is equipped with multiple electronic products with electricity, such as a high-power audio system, ambient lights, multiple high-power lights, and a one-button window lifter. These are the culprits of battery loss. Another reason is that your battery is aging and leaking electricity, which requires repair at a repair shop. So, will upgrading LED lights cause battery loss? If we choose lights with the same power as the original car, it will not cause battery loss under normal circumstances. If we choose high-power lights, and fog lights, low beam lights and high beam lights are all equipped with high-power lights, and they are used for a long time without starting the car, this will cause our battery to lose power.
What are the effects of upgrading LED lights on the car?
Will upgrading LED lights cause spontaneous combustion, damage the route, damage the original car, and cause natural accidents?
The main reason for the spontaneous combustion of car lights is temperature. The temperature of the original car halogen lamp is about 200-400 degrees, the center temperature of the xenon lamp is 500-600 degrees, and the temperature of the LED headlight is 70-80 degrees. Therefore, the use of conventional power LED lamps will not cause spontaneous combustion. If the power is too high and the quality is not up to standard, it may cause the circuit to overheat, accelerate the aging of the circuit, and overheat the lamp cup. Increase the risk of spontaneous combustion, generally will not cause spontaneous combustion. The headlight itself has insurance to prevent spontaneous combustion. If the load is too large, its insurance will burn out to ensure the safety of the car line. Therefore, choose an LED lamp with a power of about 55W. The brightness is guaranteed enough and consistent with the original car power. It is more assured to use.