While I agree that it may not be legal, there are LED bulbs out there that produce a nearly identical beam pattern to halogen and perform much better than halogen without glare. Plenty of videos out there to show this.
Naw, they may look the same to the casual observer. But when compared to actual beam patterns produced by halogen bulbs in those headlights, they don’t match the brightness centers and they produce too much glare. In lab tests, they still fail, which, again, is why they can’t claim they’re street legal. They can’t possibly produce the same beam pattern, because the light source itself is a different shape and doesn’t broadcast light in 360°.
While I agree that it may not be legal, there are LED bulbs out there that produce a nearly identical beam pattern to halogen and perform much better than halogen without glare. Plenty of videos out there to show this.
What you say used to be true, but not any longer.
Naw, they may look the same to the casual observer. But when compared to actual beam patterns produced by halogen bulbs in those headlights, they don’t match the brightness centers and they produce too much glare. In lab tests, they still fail, which, again, is why they can’t claim they’re street legal. They can’t possibly produce the same beam pattern, because the light source itself is a different shape and doesn’t broadcast light in 360°.