04-18-2024, 03:46 PM
It really is a combination of a few things making the sum of the whole more than the sum of the individual parts.
LEDS are brighter, headlights were designed for dimmer halogens, SUV's and trucks are higher. The first two issues are a problem, but add in the third and it is impossibly dangerous. There should be aftermarket headlight housings to replace those made for halogens, but carmakers have made the housings in shapes that make it all but impossible to do economically - The Ford Fusion cost is $2000, and that doesn't include the labor to pull body panels.
LEDS are brighter, headlights were designed for dimmer halogens, SUV's and trucks are higher. The first two issues are a problem, but add in the third and it is impossibly dangerous. There should be aftermarket headlight housings to replace those made for halogens, but carmakers have made the housings in shapes that make it all but impossible to do economically - The Ford Fusion cost is $2000, and that doesn't include the labor to pull body panels.