13 November 2022

Let There Be Light!

The previous owner of The Beast "upgraded" the headlights to LED bulbs.

It was not an upgrade.

Clue: If the bulb maker spends more time talking about what the material the thing is made from and the color of the LED than things like output...  Not a good brand.

Happily, Sylvania makes some outstanding H11 bulbs.

I chose the Silverstar Ultras.

It's nice to be able to see again!

Comparing the Beamtech LED bulbs to some standard Sylvania bulbs, I start to see some issues.

The LED is considerably farther forward in the capsule than the filament of the incandescent.

That probably moved it well forward of the focus point of the reflector.

The next problem is the LED just shines left and right and not 360° from the filament.

For the driver's side capsule, in particular, that meant almost no light made it to the road.

If you must upgrade to an LED H11 bulb, I'd say avoid the Beamtech brand.


Posted by Angus McThag at 23:11
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  1. Anonymous14 November, 2022 03:26

    the people that engineer the new cars who see how much crap they can shove under the hood and make it nearly impossible to replace a headlight without removing half the front end need to be shot in both knee caps...panzer guy

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