socaligs

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Can anyone shed any lights on HID v. LED headlamp bulbs for CT200h? Which is brighter? If LED, fan v. fanless? Thank you.

MAizz

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Generalization but HIDs will give you better light output versus LEDs. With HID conversions (from halogen) you will need to add a ballast and should only be used with projector lenses because of the throw, they also have a warm-up period they so are not ideal for high beam use.

I replaced my high beams, low beams and fog lights to 6000K LEDs and am very happy with the quality and results. IMO they are a cost efficient and labor efficient upgrade from stock. The output is certainly not as high as HID but better than the stock halogens, they look much cleaner and do not require any special wiring - plug and play. If you go the LED route, get fan-less bulbs because the fans are notorious for failure which causes the bulb to over-heat and become non functional.

socaligs

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thank you. If go HID route, what temperature matches best with our LED DRL

MAizz

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I believe 4300K. The 6000K LED I have are much whiter than the LED strip which has a slight yellow-ish hue.

xis

I put in auxbeam F-16 and love them. I have morimoto HIDs in my Infiniti...
Similar output. LED's are instantaneous instead of needing 20-30 seconds to warm up and get bright like HID's

tofuprod

I had fanless LED back when I had my CT, loved it.. no quality issues and worked wonderfully. Even my current LS with the HID setup doesn't come close.

XenonDepot

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Not sure how new your CT200h is, or whether you have a model with projector-style headlight lenses, but we have a great review from someone who put our new H11 Xtreme LED PRO headlight kit in a 2017 CT200h, which might be of some interest to you.

2017 Lexus CT200h H11 Xtreme LED PRO Kit Review

~Robert