Headlight bulbs

[Cookyclub]

Want better headlights as bulbs are rubbish, don't want full led bulbs so what's the best option
Don't want a blue hue or any other colours, just plain white, no idea what k that would be. Are they def hb3 fitting?
Does brighter bulbs have an effect on the battery usage.
Btw I've got a 70 reg zs exclusive

 

[Skippy]

All the same power unless you go for non-road legal stuff.
I fitted Osram Nightbreaker Lasers as I’ve found them good in the past. Brighter and a bit whiter than factory.

 

[Kithmo]

I think 3500K are the whitest halogens that are road legal.
Edit: seen some road legal ones for sale claiming 4500K.

 

[Septian]

HE-909 PIAA HB3 (9005) HYPER ARROS 3900K
I bought these, I've not put them in yet, but they were recommended by KC Talks EV (He also goes in to a bit about colour temps on that video)

 

[Chrispydoc]

I wasn't impressed with mine....upgraded yet again....

 

[Kithmo]

All the same power unless you go for non-road legal stuff.
I fitted Osram Nightbreaker Lasers as I’ve found them good in the past. Brighter and a bit whiter than factory.

I was looking at Nightbreakers before I went LED, but they only had a 6 month warranty.

 

[Cookyclub]

Thanks all, so it's a toss up between nightbreakers and the piaa ones.
Can't find many reviews for the piaa ones though
Anyone had issues with either before I buy some

 

[morty]

I was looking at Nightbreakers before I went LED, but they only had a 6 month warranty.

Which LED's did you get, if i may ask?

 

[Wazzmania]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07VFHKSNR/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_Wp1LFb8X9B5SK

 

[Kithmo]

Which LED's did you get, if i may ask?

These ones. Night Eye LEDS
Listing says "each" but it's for a pair.

 

[Mark Holmes]

Don’t know about LED headlights, but just ordered some internal LED mood lights to fit, should be here on a Sunday. They can also interact with my beats...how old am I again!! The kids will love it...

 

[Kithmo]

Don’t know about LED headlights, but just ordered some internal LED mood lights to fit, should be here on a Sunday. They can also interact with my beats...how old am I again!! The kids will love it...

They sell LED bulbs that are supposedly for fog lights but fit the MG headlights that pulse and change colours with the beat. Imagine, UFO spotted whizzing down the M1.

 

[Jazzy2002]

is it easy to swap over?

 

[Mike]

These ones. Night Eye LEDS
Listing says "each" but it's for a pair.

I have a pair of these. Pretty good. Not perfect. Great dipped beam, but main beam okayish.

is it easy to swap over?

Yes.

 

[shikoku14]

Do you guys who are using the LEDs plan on swapping over to the OEM halogens when it comes to service and MOT time?

 

[Chrispydoc]

play it by ear when the time comes, in the meantime I feel much safer driving at night, than I did before.

 

[Srp111]

Wouldn't LED lights be better for this car as they draw less power than traditional halogen bulbs.

 

[Kithmo]

Do you guys who are using the LEDs plan on swapping over to the OEM halogens when it comes to service and MOT time?

Probably, for the MOT, depends if I can get the backs off the headlamp unit easy enough for the servicing.
I'm thinking of 3d printing a tool to make it easier.

 

[Noraf142]

Try using led lights in snowing conditions, especially if it's wet snow, and you'll miss the halogen lights.
LEDs, in my experience, does not generate enough heat to keep the glass ice free.
And, ofcourse there's the case of the legality of the LEDs, if they aren't type approved for the car.

My biggest gripe is the lacking heat though.
But then again, I live in a place where snow is measured in meters, and winter temperatures ofthen goes below -20 degrees Celsius, and that kind of impact my opinion on stuff

 

[Kithmo]

I live in Rotherham, too much pollution in the air for snow.
Not had any problems with the LED headlights on the Prius in the last 4 winters.