Toyota Prado - How to Change Your H4 Headlights // LED & Halogen
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I'm pleasantly surprised that the Prado uses the H4 bulb. I have a H4 LED for my previous motorcycle and I got it from AliExpress. My particular LED bulb has a cooling fan and the light range is further than the stock light bulb. I rarely have to use the high beam when riding at night. Why a cooling fan? Because LEDs get hot in the long run and the light dims as well. I saw this demonstration of a Malaysian made LED light 15 years ago in Singapore from someone who specialises in the battery industry. The technology today hopefully would have dealt with the heating issue.
Sadly (or happily), as you know, I upgraded to the Goldwing and the Wing uses the H7 bulb, so I have no choice but to get another pair of LED light bulbs. My reason why I change to LED bulbs is because it uses less wattage and therefore draws less power from the battery. You wouldn't want to push start a motorcycle, especially when it has a full tank of fuel!
For those not in the know, H7 bulbs are single filament and H4 have 2 filaments (one for low beam and the other reserved for high beam). So on my Goldwing, the low beam lights are always on and to activate high beam, there are 2 separate bulbs that when switched on, have further range than the low beam. Also for the H4 bulb, if the low beam filament blows, you can use the high beam and the other filament should get you by until you replace the bulb. Useful tip for those riding a motorcycle with a single H4 bulb.
Thanks Johan.... That's very informative. 👍👍
@@jelreviews You are welcome.
Great review
Thanks mate
That metal clip does a job of holding the bulb in place, but is so annoying to put back in if it comes out; which ours did this morning. It was only when I paused your video to see how that metal clip was placed that I could work out how to get it back in.
A video on how to put those wicked pins back in if they come out would be beneficial.
Cheers.
Glad to hear it helped!
Very Similar Setup To My Wife's Car, I Just Recently Replaced her Head Light Bulbs Also. Easy Repair, Good Job Mate.
Yes, this was a lot easier than I expected. Thanks Bat👍👍
@@jelreviewsJapanese cars are usually easy. Not over engineered like SOME other brands.
Learned something
Hi, i have a question. Do LEDs work in normal headlight fittings designed for halogens? Don't they cause excessive glare? Or are such LEDs specially designed for retrofitting? Because i read somewhere that this mod is illegal in many European countries due to glare causing major safety hazard on the road...
Thanks
In my video I showed that H4 LED lights can be retro-fitted into H4 halogen light fittings. They are designed to do this and work perfectly. In terms of glare, my H4 LEDs do not cause any major safety hazard glare. My car is as 2003 model so very old.... and where I live in Australia, all the more recent model cars have LED lights. Hope that helps.
@@jelreviews thanks, if I'm not wrong most modern cars with H4 type led bulbs usually have projector style headlights, no?
In my neck of wood, you can get led bulbs with a lens type thingy mounted on the h4 body, to act as sorry of a projector.. needless to say it's quite a useless gimmicky product.
Your LEDs have a very clearly defined cutoff line with negligible to no glare I think. Just like a led-specific headlight. It's me think about trying some myself too. Cheers
Easy to change just the battery slows the process.