NEW BULBS ON THE MARKET! 9006 LED bulbs? PLEASE REPLY ASAP!!!!

[9iteRider]

anybody installed LED bulbs in there low beams yet? or am I am going to be the first guinea pig to do so? well I saw some new bulbs in the market and they go about $50-$60 for a pair which is not bad but wondering how bright are they? well the dealer said it is as close to HID's and they are super bright...so I did some research on them and people did install them on there civics and mazdas but wondering if anybody tried them on a 05 corolla....PLEASE REPLAY ASAP

[Bitter]

i'm going to say no, but go ahead and give it a spin, post before and after pics.

[mikered30]

I would be interested in some pics. As of now, HIR bulbs are the closest to HID.

[JasonA]

It will be extremely difficult to control the optics with an LED bulb. LEDs are very directional in nature, so you have to have a number of them pasted onto an axis to get 360 degree light. But that takes space (physically), so the "bulb" ends up being relatively large in size. A halogen's light source is almost a pin point in size, especially relative to how large an LED cluster would be, and the optics of the head lamp are designed around that point source of light.

So installing an LED cluster "bulb" in place of a halogen light source would likely produce a lot of glare. I wouldn't recommend it simply because I don't think you'll like the results. You'll likely get light everywhere, and not a whole lot of light where you WANT it, which is on the road.

[drjay1116]

I would try it, if they dont satisfy then just throw them in your foglamps and get something else! if not ill buy them from you! haha, post pix, sounds very interesting.

[9iteRider]

apparently the LED is not made for headlights but its for ur foglights because it doesnt have a control beam so the light will shoot everywhere!!! no focus or focal point its perfect for foglights cause its pointed to the ground....but hopefully they make LEDs for headlights!!!!!