Lighting Technology Comparison

If you’ve ever wanted to see a direct comparison between all the lighting technologies and how they perform against each other, we’ve just done that!

Headlights & Components Used

Halogen: E90 pre LCI halogen with the front plastic lens removed
Bi-xenon: E92 pre LCI bi-xenon standalone projector 
Bi-xenon (upgraded projector lens): E92 pre LCI bi-xenon standalone projector with ZKW-R lens upgrade
Bi-xenon (upgraded projector): G5-BRT bi-xenon projector
Bi-LED: KYCS Bi-LED projector with LED bulb (low beam), high beam LED array twinned with low beam projector shutter
OEM Bi-LED: F22 LCI LED bi-LED projector
Upgraded bi-LED: KYCS integrated Bi-LED

All bi-xenon projectors used the same second hand bulb - expect much more light output when using a new set of quality bulbs like Osram Laser Nightbreaker! 

Lux Comparison

Please note that we don't have state of the art measuring equipment (yet) - take all figures as approximations, and they've been rounded to the nearest ten. Lux is a measure of brightness (Lumen per square meter).

Measurements are taken from the centre "hotspot", but this isn't the entire picture - beam pattern size (width and depth) also play a major factor in how much usable light you have. For example, our Bi-LED setup has a much larger width and depth (beam pattern) but a lower brightness than a comparable xenon setup which is a smaller beam pattern but a higher brightness. 

Need a hand deciding what you'd like in your custom headlights? Get in touch with us via the contact form and we'll be happy to help! 

Headlight	Low Beam (Lux)	Low & High Beam (Lux)
Halogen	200	420
Bi-xenon	1500	3300
Bi-xenon (upgraded projector lens)	2020	3900
Bi-xenon (upgraded projector)	4210	8320
Bi-LED	860	6280
OEM bi-LED	1580	5160
Upgraded bi-LED	4660	5940

 

Photos

Photos were taken on an iPhone with locked exposure and focus - unfortunately the white balance isn't consistent between photos, but the brightness is accurate!