Headlight bulb options

[M.Ako]

Hi All,

I'm thinking of upgrading dipped beam from halogen and am interested in what others have.

Will there be issues with beam patterns ie dazzle with LEDs and HIDs?

Mark,

[M.Ako]

Sorry, forgot to add they will be for a 3R,

[SwankBaton]

LED H7 bulbs are useless , throw little light down the road compared with Halogen but loads of foreground light so initial 'wow that's bright' soon becomes rubbish on a dimly lit road.

90mm hella LED are available but expensive. Other LED 90mm units can be made to fit but you need brackets to mate up to the hella mounts.

HID bulbs are OK but the ECE cut off pattern means that unless you aim low you will be dazzling oncoming drivers on any left hand corner, not very considerate.

I made DOT cut off Shields using tin snips and alloy flashing for a straight cutoff step with a bit of blue at the cutoff , looks just like my OEM BMW albeit with less width.

Never had an MOT fail on ECE or DOT style cutoff running HID's

Edited by swankBaton on Wednesday 17th February 16:24

[M.Ako]

Thanks for that Alastair, some of those units are works of art, food for thought.