Should you choose LED or HID Bulbs? Everything you need to know!

In this video, Chris explains the difference between HID and LED bulbs. He goes in-depth on how each one works, output colors, and which is better for your application.



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Table Of Contents
00:00 - Introduction
00:30 - Topic #1 Color
01:03 - How HID Colors are Made
02:34 - How LED Colors are Made
04:55 - Topic #2 Components
05:14 - Ballast
06:11 - HID Bulbs
08:50 - LED Bulbs
10:26 - Topic #3 Brightness
11:19 - Halogen / HID / LED Approximate Lumens
12:37 - Difference in Brightness
13:35 - Topic #4 Beam patterns
13:34 - Beam Patterns In a Projector Housing
14:58 - Beam Patterns In a Reflector Housing

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[Mr_raqi]

it's 3:30am, I have no idea why I'm learning all this info about car light bulbs, I don't own a vheichle... 😂

[varanidguy]

You have to be the only person on the internet that's actually concerned about the safety of other drivers when it comes to upgrading headlights. So many people out there are of the mindset "I'm going to create the sun, good luck everybody else and have fun getting blinded by my inconsiderate self." Kudos to you!

[kwazee]

I didn't know someone could be so knowledgeable about head lights. He is a very good presenter. I'm definitely gonna buy from them

[Biden_]

*From my experience riding motorcycles, HID’s caused much more damage to my bike from an electrical stand point it kept blowing fuses and it was installed by a professional, it was a hassle, but that was almost ten years ago, now with LED’s they are much Easier to install and look better with out the extra crazy wiring /overheating/ blowing fuses AND most importantly draining way less power*

[NinjaOnANinja]

Never once did any research on lights. Spoke to a friend in person about needing new headlights. Never once went to the internet. 1 week later, today, suddenly this channel shows up.

Your phone is constantly listening to you or this is really lucky or this channel just blew up.

Either way, watching videos now and they are very well done. Learning a lot and got a good idea of what to look for.

Thanks and keep it up.

[zakthompson]

As an electrician, a lighting expert, I can tell you that LED is no longer a new technology. Instead, it's absolutely a reliable technology. In almost all cases now, LED is an option, and when it is, it's often the longest lasting option.

[waltervetri]

It 5.30am South African time. This video lights up my day, you get it, just pardon the pun. Thanks Sir 🙏🇿🇦🇿🇦🙏

[ELEVOPR]

I'm downgrading to a horse and a lantern. No Speed camera traps, no red light Camera Traps 🤷🏻‍♂️

Thanks for sharing 👊

[radomark]

I've had both but I still prefer 5k 35w HID for my lows, regular/LEDS for highs, and regular/LED for fogs. I do like LEDs for interior lighting, reverse, license, and brake lights.

[gordonweiss]

I wish all of the physics teacher teach like this guy, thank you for comparing this two.

[angsucvat]

More and more I noticed that driving a small vehicle at night is getting harder and harder because of all this new lighting stuffs. They kept the combination of head lights and fog lights on unnecessarily not concerning they’re blind sighting the vehicles in front and/or vehicles oncoming.

[ikokovidis]

For somebody, who wants or needs to learn the pros and cons of all kinds of car lighting, this is the most informative video I've ever seen.. Bravo...

[Jcheval]

All I want is something that's bright enough to help me see better but not so bright that I'm blinding oncoming traffic

[Alexwaltman]

Just jump to 10:28 everything else before that is all repeated information from other videos

[UnholySwan]

Only issue i have living in Minnesota with LEDs is on a wet winter night the headlights ice over because LEDs don’t put out heat. BUT your explanation is very helpful for those in doubt.

[cfauvel]

stumbled on here by accident....SUPER informative....the speaker's demeanor, flow of speech and style of speaking is quite pleasant. I stayed for the whole thing.

[RS-fccq]

It’s awesome to see someone specialize in headlights. More people need to be educated on all the types bulbs (new and old), as well as how to properly set them up. Your helping me decide which aftermarket headlight bulbs I want to use. I’m after a certain look, performance, and an uncluttered install. Don’t want a box for each high beam, each low beam, each fog light and/or a mass mess of wires to tuck lol 😆 thanks for your help Headlight Revolution!

[g.k.]

In my first car (1970 Chevelle SS) I replaced the high beam lights with aircraft landing lights.  Those were a surprise to anyone that would come at me and turn on their high beams at night.  They turned night into day.

[genesclean]

My 2000 VW Beetle has projector headlights. I first installed LED bulbs and found shadow and poor beam pattern. Glad you addressed this. I didn't know at the time. Now have HID and much better, but aiming the headlights is a challenge since VW does not make it easy to adjust .

[losiightyew]

Thank you so much for spreading awareness about putting HID bulbs in your halogen housing. I went through so much touble converting my bikes halogen headlights to projectors mainly for better night vision without blinding incoming drivers with a scattered beam. I see so many people just slapping HID's in their stock housings and it friggin sucks to share a road with them. If you want HID's do the extra work and buy projector housings or do a proper retrofit like I did.