I Made a Huge Mistake Buying These Headlights

Why Not to Buy New Headlights for Your Car, DIY and car repair with Scotty Kilmer. LED vs HID vs Halogen headlights, which is better? How to make headlights look brand new. How to install headlight bulbs. How to restore headlights. How to change headlight bulb. LED headlight bulb installation. LED and halogen headlight review. Car advice. DIY car repair with Scotty Kilmer, an auto mechanic for the last 51 years.

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[bobburnell]

Pretty funny how Backup cameras are now required, but headlights that blind every oncoming driver is permitted.

[PrinceRevolver]

I hate these lights. Especially on Trucks. So many jackasses love to tailgate.

[swabby]

The worst offenders are the folks who jack up their pickups and install bright blue headlights. The lights are the same height as car windshields. There ought to be a law against that.

[KR]

Scotty, I’ve noticed a lot of people often have misaligned headlights or their low beams aimed way too high.

[SwarthyPlinker]

Lights on police and other emergency vehicles have gotten absolutely ridiculous. They often wash out everything else on the road at night creating a hazard of their own.

[realShadowKat]

Should be noted that the beams should be adjusted to a proper height by the set screws on the headlamp unit. A lot of people just toss the bulbs in and go which is a huge part of the problem.


Moving from one technology to another, often the tilt of the beam needs to be adjusted. This is the main reason a lot of people get "blinded"


I did replace the halogens in my Hyundai with the Boslla LED set that Scotty talks about and they are definitely brighter, but no one oncoming would notice because I had to adjust them down quite a bit.

[DanielIles]

I’ve seen some headlights on the highway that are cloudier than old Tupperware

[mikemitchell]

I tried LED light bulbs for a year in my 09 Equinox Sport. I put the original halogen bulbs back in. The hi beams in the LED weren’t any brighter than the low beams. And you really couldn’t adjust them very well. I think it depends on your headlight housing if LEDs work properly. The halogen headlight housings were designed for halogen bulbs.

[RexWort]

Kids?
More like old hags who use high beam on their LED.
You have no idea how many soccer moms in their SUV are blinding everyone around them.

[hairydeck]

I live in the “country area” and let me tell you on back roads I can’t see anything if newer cars drive past on the 2 lane roads they are crazy dangerous

[rmwright]

My car used to go through regular headlights relatively quickly until I converted to LEDs. I also had them professionally installed so they would be aligned correctly. I love them. They last tremendously longer and I can see the road better.

[MisterNobody]

If someone is tailgating me on their high beams, someday, I'm going to prop up a mirror on the rear window or chrome wrap my car to see what's up.

[Datsun]

LEDs should be aimed down to avoid blinding people. If you live up north then stick with halogens so it can melt the snow off the headlights

[MrWoodyBalto]

I wonder if Blinding headlights is part of the reason so many people in the US want to drive SUV's. Perhaps they want to be the Blinder, Not the Blinded.

[xq]

It's pretty incredible the utter failure of government on all levels on protecting road users from these hazards.

[Cragified]

Adaptive beam technology is such a good example of things coming full circle again. The origins of "High" and "Low" has nothing to do with power. As auto lights were originally gas fired. The projector literally had a rod connected to them that you pulled back for Low which dipped the headlight down and pushed forward for High which raised it up more parallel to the ground.

[marshallallensmith]

They are too bright and the new white/blue color makes them blinding.

[bugs]

You forgot to factor in that electrical systems increase resistance with age which typically decreases total voltage and overall light output of halogen. I used to get flashed all the time on my Mustang. As it had aged the lights have dimmed even with electrical maintenance, new bulbs, and a high output alternator.

Also, as for using HID bulbs in a standard reflector you were getting flashed because the focal point of light is not in the stock location so you beam was different from factory. Yes they are definitely brighter but putting in a reflector not specifically designed for HID it makes the problems much worse as light shines in places, IE higher, than designed by the factory. It's the same reason good aftermarket LED bulbs mimic the single filament and you can also tune the exact location to have the factory light spread.

[baezn]

Scotty, you didnt aligned the lights after installing the HID. is to why you would get people flashing you with the high beam.