I am in the process of upgrading headlight bulbs. The main reason for an upgrade is a poor light output and am very uncomfortable driving at night. Much has been said is on this forum about the bulb upgrade; HID, LED halogen etc... Has anyone tried these? H4 LED PHILIPS +300% AUTOLAMPE BIRNEN H4 4000/6000 LUMENS-HALOGEN-Umwandlung | eBay What is your opinion ?
No personal experience but from what I've read, you have the same 'light spray' that you get with HID bulbs and the lumens are less. You are better doing a retrofit like most here will recommend. But if you don't care about 'blinding' drivers, your better off with the HID and not the LED option for a cheap and easy upgrade.
I did the cheap route when i first bought my car. HID bulbs and Ballasts from DDM. Lighting significantly improved but because I was using the halogen headlights with HID bulbs, I got lots of over-spill. ( not the OEM HID headlights are much better ) Honestly the retrofit is SOO worth it. Looks and functionality.
Thanks. Could you please provide link to the tread or the product for a retrofit and will check it out.
Here is one I did: My Headlight Mods: Mini H1, Blacked Housing and LEDs | PriusChat Here is the part of my thread where I started the 2nd time. JustDidIt - Modding My 2007....The 2008 Touring died. | Page 13 | PriusChat here are more... Headlight projector retrofit - HIDs to the max! | PriusChat Mini D2S HID + hallo + horizontal LEDs - RetroFIT | PriusChat Headlight retrofit with demon eyes and switchback halos. | PriusChat Evan has posted two threads himself: Custom Headlights + Projector Retrofit | PriusChat and Headlight Retrofit V2 | PriusChat
Thanks! The Gen2 or Gen3 modding group is practically non-existent up here in Alberta. When I was living in SoCal, the Prius mod group was thriving and supportive!
Well GEN2 is quite old now, but I prefer it against the newer model because few reasons: better mpg, softer seats, cheaper insurance. However newer models do look better and sporty.
