So, I've noticed Ingrid's lights are a bit dimmer and significantly more yellow than Liesl's, and been thinking about what bulb to use. Both have euro headlights; Ingrid has standard Osram bulbs, while Liesl has Wal-Mart sourced Silverstars - they've lasted over five years and 30,000 miles of pretty typical usage, which seems excellent since the biggest complaint about them seems to be bulb life.
I was doing some looking on Amazon, and a set of Silverstars or high performance Osrams is about $20 and a straightforward upgrade. But I also notice a wide selection of LED conversion bulbs, such as this one: https://amzn.com/B01JQV8R1W. One obvious problem is that they have a heat-sink that sticks back about 1.5". The biggest question is whether the LED replacements replicate the beam pattern of a typical H4 halogen. There was a thread a while back talking about xenon bulbs, and there seemed to be legitimate issues caused by the placement and the shape of the filament on HID conversion bulbs. Would LED replacements have the same issue? Anyone try this yet? I'm definitely not sold on the idea, and if I lost the tight low beam pattern of the euros I'd switch back, but I am tempted to experiment...
I was doing some looking on Amazon, and a set of Silverstars or high performance Osrams is about $20 and a straightforward upgrade. But I also notice a wide selection of LED conversion bulbs, such as this one: https://amzn.com/B01JQV8R1W. One obvious problem is that they have a heat-sink that sticks back about 1.5". The biggest question is whether the LED replacements replicate the beam pattern of a typical H4 halogen. There was a thread a while back talking about xenon bulbs, and there seemed to be legitimate issues caused by the placement and the shape of the filament on HID conversion bulbs. Would LED replacements have the same issue? Anyone try this yet? I'm definitely not sold on the idea, and if I lost the tight low beam pattern of the euros I'd switch back, but I am tempted to experiment...