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by Anton » Sat Sep 28, 2019 2:04 pm
LED headlight bulbs are often crap. You have to be careful as they're often made in such a way that they don't throw the correct light pattern, meaning you'll fail an MOT even with the headlights adjusted properly.
They're also often no brighter than standard bulbs for most cars, but with the weakass headlights we have to put up with, I doubt they can be worse.
I did swap all my bulbs to LED's apart from the headlight bulbs on my offroading Zuk - and I'd read really good things about "Cougar Motor" LED headlight bulbs, and I was going to get a set but I had to get rid of my Zuk before I got the chance. I was planning on swapping every bulb on the vehicle to LED, mainly for reliability, but also to put less strain on the Zuk's aging wiring.
I've swapped out the brake bulbs on my "shiny" zuk to Osram bulbs, and very happy with them I am. Just be careful to test them when you fit them, as they will put out full power (brake light levels of power) when you turn on the sidelights if you fit them one way around, with the brake pedal doing nothing to make them brighter. Rotating them 180 degrees makes them work correctly.
Basically, one pin on the bulb lights up half the LED's, the other pin lights up *all* of the LED's. So be careful how you install them.