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> My headlight bulb went the other day. My replacement bulb kit has every
> bulb under the sun except a H7 - I must have used it years ago. So I
> stopped and bought a new one at a garage and replaced it (in the dark,
> by hand, 2 minutes - very unusual for modern cars - the alfa 159
> actually has easy access to the bulbs). Simples. However, it got me
> wondering about LED bulbs as they should last many times longer...
>
> A bit of googling later and I'm confused! There are lots of sites
> selling LED H7 bulbs, but they lumins rating is about 1/10th of a
> halogen bulb. This seems odd as the items are acompanied by reviews
> stating how much clearer and whiter the light is. Something doesn't add
> up.
>
> Thoughts / comments on LED headlights please:
>
>
> As a related side question: I know that HID conversions kits exist too -
> I had on my last car as the headlight cluster was suitable for the kit,
> but I can't find one to fit my Alfa 159 (facelift) - they don't appear
> to be compatible.
>
> There are plenty of sites stating that HID conversions are illegal in
> the UK, but like I said, I had one fitted previously and the beam
> pattern was clean, didn't glare and it sailed through a number of MOTs.
>
> Thoughts / comments on HID kits please:

My question, as posted in uk.rec.driving