![]() Light bulbs that use filaments are called incandescent light bulbs. Simply put, a light bulb has a filament and when electricity is applied to each side of the filament, the filament gets very hot and reaches a state of incandescence. Thomas Edison, the inventor credited with the first long-lasting headlamps in 1879 used incandescent light bulbs and most cars today are based off his original designs. The lamps used in the first vehicles were very rudimentary basically, they were lamps that used a glass housing with a candle burning inside it to light up the road. Discover which Haynes Manual is best for you.NEW Fault Finder - Diagnose the problem.That's my experience anyway, Xenon depot replaced mine multiple times in 2 years under warranty, I put Halogen back in before trading the GC in. I think the only way LED will be as bright and long lasting as HID is if the OE designed it into the assembly not a replacement bulb. ![]() Would be great if some people could do a side by side (using 3 vehicles simultaneously) with comparable vehicles on the same road, Halogen, LED upgrade, and HID to see the actual difference. Keep in mind the pictures shooting straight into the headlight will look super bright no matter what kind of bulb you put in there, its more the pattern on the road that counts. ![]() For the 18 Durango I went with HID's from the factory and they are great, extremely white and very bright on the road surface. On my last 14 Grand Cherokee, I tried all sorts of LED's (Xenon Depot and others) and they were the right color temperature but not nearly as bright in actual use as HID (probably slightly brighter than Halogen much less yellow) and they only lasted a year or less since they all seemed to have overheating issues in the small area designed for halogen (all sorts of different heat sinks, braided mesh, flower of heatsink, tiny fans). I would be interested to know how LED's are working out for people as replacements for halogens. The HID's are nice and bright at night especially on dark un lit back roads so with that being said maybe worth the extra cost to some. I'm a performance guy and I could care less about lights, I just need them to work. OR if your willing to spend all the money time and effort to upgrade to HID, they are much brighter but also cost much more when they go. If your happy with the brightness of your current bulbs man stick with that style and watch YOUTUBE videos on the best Halogen bulb for your vehicle and go that route. They had a instant rebate on the actual factory bulb so I ran got it felt taken and at the same time felt relieved I save a few bucks and then wished I had Halogen bulbs due to the difference in replacement bulb cost. I got my money back, called Pap Boys and found a deal for like $99 or something like that. I almost fell on the floor the difference in cost from one style build to the other. I went back to the Zone and Told them I had the other and the new bulb as like $150.00. When I pulled out the old bulb which sucked to get out I learned I had HID bulbs and not Halogen. That made me happy and I went home to install. I went to AutoZone and picked up a replacement bulb and they gave me the Halogen bulb and it was only $30. I had no idea what I had and never looked into headlights for an upgrade. I recently had the passengers side head light go out.
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