Halogen vs. LED Lights – What’s the Difference?

As LED headlights become more common on new car models, it is important to know the difference between LED headlights and the halogen headlight housings they are replacing. LED headlights tend to be brighter and produce a sharper beam pattern than halogens. But this is not always the case.

Auto manufacturers will up the prices on their vehicles, citing the LED headlights’ updated appearance and improved performance. The downside being these lights are often negligibly different than the halogens. Only aftermarket brands such as Morimoto, GTR Lighting, and Alpharex offer improvements when it comes to a noticeable performance change over OEM housings.

Dimensions for Morimoto 2 Stroke 3.0 LED Bulbs

Picture this, you have just purchased a set of LED bulbs for your vehicle. When you go to install them, you realize the bulb is too wide. It happens, we get it. If only there were a guide on all the necessary measurements needed to ensure you have purchased the right bulb…

You are in luck! To answer that question, we have gathered the bulbs from four different brands: S-V.4, Morimoto, GTR Lighting, and Xenon Depot. Over the last few weeks, we measured various points on each bulb so that you can be sure that the bulb is the right fit for you.

For a long time if you wanted to update your headlights to something brighter or a different color than stock the only option was to install an HID conversion kit, and this product has really been the only decent option for about 10 years now. In late 2013 a new product was announced by GTR Lighting that is set to shape the headlight landscape for the foreseeable future! I’d like to introduce to you the LED conversion kit and hopefully explain to you what the difference between this new LED kit product is when compared to an HID kit.