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> I cannot find LED lamps in 5000 k color. They are all 6500 k. I’m are fairly sure moving back to a 5000k lamp color would fix the issue for most. The tempera

> I cannot find LED lamps in 5000 k color. They are all 6500 k. I’m are fairly sure moving back to a 5000k lamp color would fix the issue for most. The temperature isn't the issue, it's the brightness and incorrect angle. When 99% of consumers simply shove a LED into where the Halogen bulb was, not only is it 3x brighter as a result of LEDs being more efficient, it is another 3x brighter, because the diffuser was never designed for a LED-like light source. I personally still drive with old halogen lights. Whenever a more recently manufactured vehicle comes up behind me, their lights usually completely flood the road, to the point that I'm not even sure I have my headlights on. They could be 50 feet behind me, and their lights are BRIGHTER than both of my lights. This is insane. I'm not sure why this isn't being legislated out of existence ASAP. I guess I'll have to start wearing sunglasses for nighttime driving.

croutonwagon 5y ago
Mine stayed at the same angle (I checked it at install and even adjusted it based on oncoming driver feedback) I THINK I looked up the lumens of the lights I had previously used and bought the same/most similar I could find. It was definitely one of those things I spent at least some time researching. I actually returned the first set I ordered and got a different set. And I’m not one of those savages that runs my fog lamps 24/7 either. So that left me at the temp being the main difference maker as to why it was blowing people out. At least to my estimation. And like I said, I’ve seen new SUVs and even cars that blew me out and my truck does sit on the higher side I would estimate (it’s stock, but the suspension is designed with clearance for light off-road duty)
- muzika 5y ago
  The issue is that the LEDs are concentrated in a slightly different area of the housing than a filament on an incandescent bulb, so the rays are not all reflected as expected when an LED bulb is installed.
- bradlys 5y ago
  You might’ve thought you angled them correctly but leds literally don’t emit light in the same way and the “bulbs” are never the exact same shape. This creates hotspots and light scattering in directions that aren’t intended. No amount of “aiming”/leveling the headlights will fix that. The housing for many halogen based car lights is very specific. It’s completely designed around a specific light bulb and doesn’t have as much tolerance as you might think.

croutonwagon 5y ago

Mine stayed at the same angle (I checked it at install and even adjusted it based on oncoming driver feedback) I THINK I looked up the lumens of the lights I had previously used and bought the same/most similar I could find. It was definitely one of those things I spent at least some time researching. I actually returned the first set I ordered and got a different set. And I’m not one of those savages that runs my fog lamps 24/7 either. So that left me at the temp being the main difference maker as to why it was blowing people out. At least to my estimation. And like I said, I’ve seen new SUVs and even cars that blew me out and my truck does sit on the higher side I would estimate (it’s stock, but the suspension is designed with clearance for light off-road duty)

muzika 5y ago
The issue is that the LEDs are concentrated in a slightly different area of the housing than a filament on an incandescent bulb, so the rays are not all reflected as expected when an LED bulb is installed.
bradlys 5y ago
You might’ve thought you angled them correctly but leds literally don’t emit light in the same way and the “bulbs” are never the exact same shape. This creates hotspots and light scattering in directions that aren’t intended. No amount of “aiming”/leveling the headlights will fix that. The housing for many halogen based car lights is very specific. It’s completely designed around a specific light bulb and doesn’t have as much tolerance as you might think.