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Old 02-06-2014, 03:39 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by sshole View Post
A plug and play LED "bulb" will not work well as a low beam replacement. What manufacturers such as Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Toyota, Honda, etc have done is developed an LED headlight system that works with both reflector and projector optics to create usable patches of light output. This is why they need more LEDs to create a similar output to either halogen or HID.

Replacing your halogen bulb with something like the following will lead to bad times
This LED bulb is a perfect example. Notice how it's flat and has only two large LEDs?

That's not going to project light onto the road very well

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