Common Mistakes When Buying LED Headlight Bulbs
The sheer number of choices can make shopping for a new LED headlamp for your car very confusing, especially because many of them make the same claims about brightness and lifespan, along with plug-and-play installation. The problem is that those claims don't tell you whether the bulb will work properly in your vehicle, so you might make mistakes such as: Choosing the wrong bulb size Different bulbs are designed for different applications, so an H11 LED bulb isn't built the same way as an H4 dual-beam bulb. The type of headlight housing your vehicle uses affects which bulb performs best. So before you order an LED headlamp for your car, check your vehicle's handbook or confirm the correct bulb size. For example, 9005 (HB3) bulbs are commonly used for high beams because they produce a bright, focused beam that reaches further down the road. Meanwhile, you can fit 9006 (HB4) bulbs to low beams or fog lights, where a wider, softer beam helps im...