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Originally Posted by mrhayes1
HIDs being better than LEDs in terms of light output? Not sure about that one. That definitely used to be true but I don't know about anymore. LEDs have come a long way.
I have the new Morimoto LED headlights and they are brighter than the base model FRS headlights equipped with 35w Morimoto 5000k HIDs.
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Not according to Morimoto or TRS:
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showp...&postcount=172
They have more scatter, so they may appear to be brighter, especially up close, but this is like throwing a set of HIDs into a projector headlight and another into a reflector headlight then claiming the reflector headlight is brighter because looking at it is often blinding. If you want focused illumination then HID will have better penetration for seeing down road, but LEDs may offer better visibility up close because of the scatter.
I want better visibility to see what is down road to plan what to avoid versus seeing better of what is too late to avoid.