A friend wants brighter headlights, and she asked my opinion of LEDs. I don't have an opinion, but I suspect someone here does.

Are they worth switching over? Would adjustment be required? What about DRL? Ordinarily, DRL are the high beams run at reduced power. I don't think LEDs can do that, can they?

I use regular bulbs in my Fit, and they've lasted ten years and 90,000 miles. I'm sticking with them. Thanks in advance for your replies.

 

There are LED lights that are a direct fit like your current garden variety big box Halogen light bulbs like these lights.

Simply plug and go. No adjustment needed. No worries about installing sideways or upside down like the adjustable LED lights.

Beam pattern is the same as your current Halogen light bulbs only alot brighter. I even upgraded my driving lights to LED Lights.

The brightness is awesome. You can see alot further down the road. Especially in dark unlit roads.

I'm hoping longevity will be the same as Halogen lights. I've had my LEDs for about 4 months. So far so bright.

Will I ever go back to Halogen Sylvania Silver Star lights? Heck NO!!!!!!

 

Night time lighting.

DRL lighting. Yes you still retain you day time running lights with LED's. You can tell these are the daytime running lights because my orange turn signal lights are off.

 

You could go to Amazon.

I bought mine at Mr. Kustom in Chicago, ILL.

Irving Park Road and Elston Avenue.

I would rather purchase in store than go on Amazon. Because if there's a problem I can go directly to the store. Rather than go through the hassle of going to Amazon.

You can't order these LED lights through Autozone and Advance Auto as far as I know. I tried at my local stores. I was told they can't order these LED lights.

 

Looks like the DRLs are at full high beam brightness according to the pic, not sure I'd want that, but it's helpful to know that they at least work. I really don't like the dated dimmed down yellow look of the stock halogens high beams DLRs.

 

DRL is pulse-modulated high-beam. In other words, really fast strobing (on/off) of the high-beam.
Filament bulbs will glow at a lower brightness, which is the intended behavior.
Most LED bulbs will react literally to the pulse and strobe. Some people will notice the strobing, whereas others won't.
If you take a video of it, it'll almost always show up as strobing.

 

The daytime running lights look like regular beam lights because I took that picture at night.

The LED daytime running lights are definitely brighter than the Halogen daytime running lights. But the LED daytime running lights don't blind oncoming drivers.

 

Also called Hyper Flashing.

I have no Hyper Flashing issues with my LED Lights.

 

The phrase "hyper flashing" is normally associated with turn signal flashing faster than 120 per minute due to car detecting lower than expected current draw from the circuit. I'm not talking about that.

I'm talking about the DRL _faking_ lower output power by rapidly turning the power on & off to the high beam circuit. This is more efficient than using a resistor to lower the light output, because a resistor will end up turning some of the electrical energy to heat. Using switching circuit to rapidly turn it on & off wastes almost no power, and since incandescent bulb reacts slowly to this, the outcome is the same: reduced light output. Search for "Pulse Width Modulation" and "Duty Cycle."

Unlike incandescent bulbs, LEDs can switch on & off incredibly quickly, so they literally just turn on & off at the same rate as the rapid pulse. I'm not talking about turn signal "hyper flash" rate (little more than 120 flashes per minute). I'm talking pulses per SECOND, not per MINUTE. I don't know the exact pulse rate, though.

Some DRL circuits will complain (dash warning light) if high beam bulb is changed to LED (low-current requirements). I don't believe Honda Fit's circuit cares.