LED Lights

[Fey!]

I had to replace a side light this evening and ended up replacing with LED. Huge difference as you can see in the picture.

While I was getting the bulbs I saw that they had H4 headlight bulbs. Unfortunately I was told that they may be illegal (I'm in Ireland, but the tests are probably similar. I've added a picture of our regs).

Has anyone on here made the change to LED, and if so how did it go? Part of my worry is whether or not they run too hot for the headlight, but I think that that may have been older generation replacement bulbs.

1: LED vs standard sidelight
2: Irish light regulations
3: Full headlights with LED lightbar
4: Dimmed headlight

Thanks.

[Albannach]

Good work!

I have LED headlight bulbs for my current project, but haven't got to the stage of fitting them yet. LEDs will run cooler than Halogen, much cooler, so don't worry about heat.

[Fey!]

My bigger worry is the light dispersal, as I'm told that due to the nature of the bulb/light source that it may not work right, ending up with little light or blinding other road users. It could also be a CVRT (MOT) failure.

I have a list of bulb types put together (can't find one anywhere, including the user manual, but there are a couple I can't identify. Does anyone have a comprehensive list?

1998 Toyota Hilux Surf KZN185 1KZ-TE
Type Qty Colour Function
W21/5W (2) Red Stop/Tail
W21W (2) Amber Rear Indicator
W21W (2) White Reverse
P21W (2) Red Rear Foglight
(1) White Rear Number Plate
T10W (2) Red Centre Brakelight
T10W (2) Amber Side Indicator
H4 (0) White Headlight
T10W` (0) White Front Sidelight
(2) White Front Foglight
P21W (2) Amber Front Indicator

Thanks.

[KayZeeEn]

most of the H4 LED bulbs don't give the correct light pattern because of the position of the LED drivers do not match the reflector of the Surf's headlamp housing. Most of the time, it produces excessive light directed towards oncoming traffic. The good ones are Philips Ultinon Line, IPF, and PIAA. Unfortunately, these are also pricey.

[Leo Stolenberg]

Hello Fey! I can share my experience on changing headlights to cool smart bulb that are advised to meet a car service when I pumped my car

[kasaduss]

Hello Fey! I can share my experience on changing headlights to cool smart bulbs that were advised to me at a car service when I pumped my car. I love racing and imitate people in every possible way who have tuned cars, so I pump my car in such aspects. I recently installed these bulbs instead of the usual headlights. They are very powerful and unusual so that they can change the color of the headlights. This is a very cool thing for tuning and I immediately liked it as soon as I was told about it at the car service. Unfortunately, such bulbs cannot be used all the time, so I change the headlights to regular ones when I drive during the day, and when at night I put the headlights with these cool bulbs.