Have you ever noticed that driving at night can make you tired? I’ve given you some of the reasons to change from halogen to LED but surely the images speak for themselves as there is a clear difference between the two and a noticeable improvement of visibility when using the LED’s. Whereas, an LED uses a semiconductor which means there is no filament to burn out. The Halogen has a current pass through it and then the thin filament gives off a bright light which will then degrade and eventually fail. The headlights were initially trialed by Audi and their team of elite endurance racers, then onto the supercar (R8) and now finally, we have them on our day to day road cars.Īnother good feature of the LED is that they don’t actually burn out so you don’t get the dimmed look when they have been in for a while. LED headlights are relatively new, although the bulb has been around for some time as it has been used on tail lights and side lights of performance motorsport cars for quite sometime In motorsport LED headlights have been around for quite a while and like most other improvements in this sport, you will generally find them filtered down to the everyday road users. Quite a difference I’d say… What’s so good about LED Headlights? Here’s a comparison of the two types of bulb below, which type would you prefer? There are so many reasons for changing from halogen to LED lights so I thought I’d list a few and convince you to do ‘the big switch’. Comments Off on Halogen v LED Headlights?Ĭonverting from halogen car headlights to LED headlights should be a no-brainer, here’s a short guide to help when choosing the best LED light bulbs….

Halogen vs led headlights