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Headlight upgraded to LED

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Hi Guys,

I finally did the headlight upgrade to LED. Last year I upgraded my stock headlight bulb to Sylvania Zxe which I think is way better than the stock bulb.

Today I replaced the Sylvania Zxe with Fadyshow H7 LED Headlight which I bought from Amazon. Apparently, this is cheaper than the Sylvania Zxe and the result is way better than Halogen.

For those who want to have a brighter and more white look, this Fadyshow H7 LED will be a good upgrade.
 

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It is definitely brighter than stock bulb. I really hate the stock bulb. It is hard to say whether it is brighter than sylvania zxe but it is whiter and cooler colour.
 
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We had 2 identical Volts for a few years and I had good quality LED's in my wifes, and cheap-ish HID's in mine. I find the HID's to be far superior. I had to wire in a relay to feed the initial higher startup amperage requirements for the ballast, but with that done, they work perfectly.

I'll be installing HID's in our new Ioniq, no question.
 
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When I do the HID upgrade on the Ioniq I could look at doing a write up.

I'm hoping that the wiring Hyundai used to feed the existing bulbs is a little better gauge vs what GM used on our Volt, and accordingly, it won't need a relay setup to fire off the ballast reliably. Won't know until I actually go for the install.
 
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Thanks in advance if you can put together a how to. I have taken the headlight assembly apart and the wires seem to be of standard thickness. I would think going with a relay harness would be insurance against frying the OEM wires. Although I did do an install of a HID kit without relay harness on a 2003 Mazda 6 without any issues 10 years ago. It was my old car before getting the Ioniq EV. The only issue I see the the limited space in the headlight housing to hold HID bulb. In this thread https://www.ioniqforum.com/forum/313-exterior/30630-[diy]-change-low-beam-headlight-led.html another member did LED H& bulb swap and it seems that HID would be possible using this method.
 
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Those are for foglights!

I ordered something similar on Wish.com, no heatsink etc. They're like 1400lmns which is even weaker than stock halogens. Real LED H7 are 4500lmns or more. Once I did a bit of research I found that some cars have H7 bulbs for foglights are the LED bulbs I got were for foglights.
 
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Interesting, I want to do it, but it's illegal. From what I have seen, even the manufacturers of the LED bulbs state it's not legal for road use. Apparently, you cannot add an LED bulb to a fixture designed for Halogen. It violates the DOT certification of the headlight. If anyone knows a work around, let me know.

Thanks!
 
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Hi Guys,

I finally did the headlight upgrade to LED. Last year I upgraded my stock headlight bulb to Sylvania Zxe which I think is way better than the stock bulb.

Today I replaced the Sylvania Zxe with Fadyshow H7 LED Headlight which I bought from Amazon. Apparently, this is cheaper than the Sylvania Zxe and the result is way better than Halogen.

For those who want to have a brighter and more white look, this Fadyshow H7 LED will be a good upgrade.
Hey @MikeC are you still running these LEDs and have they held up since your installation? How long ago was it?
 
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Oh it work well but there is one issue the dashboard keep showing the notification that head light is not working. The light keep coming on. I dont like that error message even though the light are working. Eventually, i changed it to other light.

Now I traded my EV for PHEV.
 
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