Which led headlights blub are brightest available in market?

[ahmed_11]

I have the same car, GLi 2007. And I have somewhat upgraded the lighting system as per my taste & liking.

Low beam:
The low beam bulbs are called 9006 or HB4. I have intalled genuine Philips RallyVision purchased from Babar bhai @smartdevil_striker. The upgraded bulbs are of 70watts while the factory fitted were 51watts.
The light is more than enough with genuine cut-off hence does not affect on-coming traffic.

Do I recommend these? Absolutely yes, these are the best upgrade in Halogens.

I’m posting below some on-road results of the upgraded bulbs. Sadly I didn’t capture the result of factory bulbs so not a really good before/after. But the naked eye feels the difference in person.

Low beam (9006/HB4) Philips RallyVision 70watts:

Beam Cut-off:

Upgraded Low beam vs. Stock high beam (low switched off when on high):

High beam
The high beam bulbs are called 9005 or HB3. I have installed Kaier brand (cheap Chinese) LEDs in the high beam for shashkaa purpose & specially the instant flash effect for dipper. (LEDs illuminate faster than halogens.)
They are good for their price i.e. Rs. 1800/- (in Sep-22).
But obviously cannot compare to high-end expensive ones. Their light is OK but the beam spread is a bit scattered and hence a bit glary for on-coming traffic.

PS: I don’t use high beam all the time, only for dipper purpose when necessary & on highway when no one is coming from the opposite direction.

Do I recommend these? For the budget, (under Rs. 3,000/-) these are good value for money & get the job done.

On-road results of High beam (9005/HB3) stock bulbs: (please note that my headlight switch was faulty at this time as turning on the high beam would cause the low beam bulbs to turn off and only high beam bulbs would stay on. So you might notice only upward area lit. I got the switch fixed later.)

High beam (9005/HB3) Kaier LEDs: (there was some mistake on my part while installing the LEDs as I didn’t adjust at the correct angle, hence you might notice the right side is a bit out of direction. I fixed that later & the light spread became equally good as the left side.)

A comparison of high/low beams upgraded:

The factory ones are fairly sufficient, but for added visibilty on highway & much dark areas one can upgrade to a higher color temperature and/or higher wattage bulbs for own satisfaction.

The ideal setup for high beam in my opinion will be getting 100watts halogen bulbs installed (the factory ones are 60watts). But I’m skeptical in as those might be an overkill & maybe harmful for the wiring, headlight switch & reflectors.

PS: I’ll try to get photos of all 4 upgraded beams working & will share with you.
For now, posting this screenshot from a video:

Hope this helps.

[haseeb.basharat]

Bevinsee v55 (availabe at aliexpress) or apollo xseven (available at daraz).

Here are results of bevinsee v55 in high

Low is oem koito led of 11th gen Thailand corolla.

[Xulfiqar]

100W bulbs burn the reflectors badly, the factory lamps are only meant to accomodate the heat of a 60W bulb - with LEDs this problem isnt present, but even by looking at the pictures, the high beam LEDs give a very strange light pattern, the front wash is almost non-existant.

[devils_smile]

I've seen so many fried electricals and busted reflectors by geniuses who've slapped on 100W halogens into their headlights. And they still think it'll make a life changing differance in clarity

Regarding the leds in halogen housings, the issue isn't the cutoff. Most of the reputed led manufacturers will have good bulbs that give the correct cutoff similar to the halogen. It's the light glare created by the leds in the halogen housing. You'll see oncoming traffic flash you thinking you're headlights are misaligned when intact they ain't. It's the bright glare created by the leds on the housing.

I actually keep my low beams lowered by the auto levelling switch ( switch to level 2/5 ). Havnt had the issue of blinding on coming traffic since and the road ahead is well lit

[devils_smile]

The cutoff is solid as seen on the sides

Here's a low beam / high beam pattern on my 2017 corolla. I hardly use my full beams at all except maybe on a road like this to avoid hitting any wild boars etc

[ahmed_11]

Yes that is why I’m not going for 100watt bulbs in high beam.

You are right about the strange positioning of high beam, as I mentioned earlier that it was mistake on my part.

Will try to take fresh pics today.

[ahmed_11]

From where did you get your hands on Koito LEDs? And for how much?

[engnr.mubashir]

That look Like projectors to me available to parts shop online.

[devils_smile]

Which lights are you referring to?

[haseeb.basharat]

From where did you get your hands on Koito LEDs? And for how much?

Somebody on pakwheels uploaded this photo. He already had them way back when 11th gen was launched.
I have the same ones, and I bought them from Bilal Ganj.

[engnr.mubashir]

How can you assure that these are koito low beam LED projector ? Because these lights were available for 32 to 35k back then.

[ahmed_11]

Ohh okay these seem projectors. While I thought you are running those in Halogen housing.

[haseeb.basharat]

Ohh okay these seem projectors. While I thought you are running those in Halogen housing.

Yeah low got projector led and high got bevinsee v55 led.