With the popularity of cars, more and more car enthusiasts are modifying their car lights. Generally speaking, modification of car lights mainly involves modification of headlights and interior lights, which often requires professional modification masters. What the car owner has to do is to clearly convey the modification effect he wants. But for many car owners, they still find it difficult to start. I believe that after reading this article, car enthusiasts who want to modify their car lights will have a clear idea!
Annual inspection
No matter which part of the car is modified, policy issues must be considered first. Because many riders blindly make modifications and then fail to pass the annual review, ultimately wasting time and energy. Therefore, before modifying the car lights, you must be clear about the lighting requirements for annual inspections:
1. The color temperature cannot exceed 6000k. The machines in the inspection field can only detect light sources with a color temperature below 6000k. If they exceed this value, they will not be detected. If they are not detected, they will not pass the annual inspection.
2. The light source is divergent. The Road Traffic Safety Law stipulates that "vehicles shall not affect other road traffic participants when driving." This rule is actually relatively broad, but we can’t skirt around it. After all, it’s a matter of life and death!
3. The brightness is too low. The requirement for low-beam headlights during vehicle inspection is not less than 1,200 lumens. This is basically no need to consider. It seems that no one is willing to dim the car lights.
Types of car headlights
Currently, there are basically three types of car headlights on the market: halogen headlights, xenon lights and LEDs. Each of these three types of headlights has its own advantages and disadvantages. Which one to choose depends entirely on the car owner's preferences.
1. Halogen lamp
Halogen lamps have a long history and are currently the most widely used car headlights. Its principle is that the tungsten filament is heated and emits light and heat radiation. At the same time, the glass shell is filled with halogen element gas. This gas can extend the life of the filament and enable the filament to work in a higher temperature environment, thereby increasing the brightness.
Therefore, the advantage of halogen lamps is strong penetrating power, which is very advantageous when driving in rainy and foggy weather. It is also more reasonable to use halogen light sources for fog lamps; they are also low in cost, light up quickly, and reach maximum brightness immediately when powered on. The disadvantages are that the brightness is average, it consumes electricity, and the shape does not meet the "high-end" aesthetic needs of car enthusiasts.
2. Xenon lamp
The principle of the xenon lamp is to fill the quartz lamp tube with a mixture of inert gases including xenon, replacing the traditional filament. Through the starter and electronic ballast, the xenon gas is stimulated to emit light with a high-voltage current of 23,000 volts, forming a white color between the two poles. Arcs and glows.
The advantages of xenon lamps are low wattage, strong brightness, long irradiation distance, and relatively longer service life than halogen lamps. However, it can easily cause serious line of sight interference to oncoming vehicles, so it needs to be matched with a lens to focus the light and control the beam position.
The biggest disadvantage of xenon lamps is their slow lighting time, so xenon lamps are generally not suitable as the light source for high beams. In addition, xenon lamps are much more expensive than halogen lamps, so they are only used in early high-end models. Light sources have only been "decentralized" to ordinary models in recent years.
3. LED headlights
LED headlights, commonly known as light-emitting diodes, are the most common configuration in new cars today. The brightness of the LED light source is closest to natural colors, so it can effectively reduce visual fatigue when driving at night.
The advantages of LED headlights are low energy consumption (only 5% of halogen headlights), long life, instant start-up, and brightness when on. The disadvantage is that the cost is too expensive, and heat dissipation is also a problem, so currently only luxury brands use LED headlights on mass-produced cars.
Related noun analysis
1. Bifocal lens
A bifocal lens is something similar to a convex lens in the headlight. There is a condenser at the front and a solenoid valve device in the middle. The bulb uses a baffle in the reflective bowl at the rear to switch between high and low light. In the low beam state, the light does not diverge, and the irradiation range is wide and far, and is very uniform, so that your eyes will not be tired, and it will not cause glare to other vehicles; in the high beam state, the light irradiation is far and wide, and the field of vision is broad and bright. . This kind of lens is widely used in mid-to-high-end cars, such as Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Cadillac, Volvo, etc.
2. Angel eyes, devil eyes
Angel eyes and devil eyes are two concepts, both of which belong to the category of decorative small lights.
Angel eye is a circle of colored aperture around the periphery of the lens. It is named because it resembles the halo on the head of an angel. It was first used on BMW headlights and serves as a decorative, width indicator or daytime running light.
The devil's eye is installed on the inside of the lens and diffuses through the cotton light, making the lens reflect the corresponding color and look like an eyeball, which is a finishing touch. Some models with small lamp bowl space or trip computers that trigger alarms are difficult to install.
In addition, the installation of angel eyes and devil eyes will not affect the annual inspection. The annual inspection clearly stipulates that only the lighting is limited, and there are no restrictions on appearance.
3. Tearful eyes
Tearful eyes, tearful eyes. Car tear eye modification is named after the abstract feeling in the word tear eye. An abstract description of the effect displayed by modified car headlight tear eyes defines car tear eyes. There are two types of car tear eyes on the market: double-light and single-light tear eyes. Generally speaking, the tear eyes of a car have three functions: they can be used for viewing, as a width indicator, and as a turn signal.
There are two types of car tear eyes. One is the light guide, which is generally made of PC material or PMMA material and has good light guide performance. This material is installed inside the headlights with smooth and clean lines. One is granular tearful eyes, which are divided into round and polygonal ones. Round-shaped tear eyes were popular in the lighting modification industry in the past few years, but with the emergence of light guides and changeable tear eyes, they have gradually faded away. Polygonal pellet tears last longer than other types and failure is rare.
Appreciation of car light modification cases
Through the above introduction, everyone should have a certain understanding of the basic knowledge of car light modification. So, what kind of changes will the car light modification bring to the car? I believe the following sets of car light modification cases will definitely amaze you!
Bifocal lens + xenon headlight + angel eye + devil eye + LED decorative light
Xenon headlights + white light guide angel eyes, LED ice blue magic eyes
Upgraded bifocal lens + angel eyes + devil eyes + xenon headlights
Upgraded lens + angel eyes + LED tear eyes + gold light xenon fog lights
Upgraded xenon lamp + lens + added devil eyes + LED dual-color tear eyes
Headlight assembly + xenon lamp + LED daytime running light
For cars, headlights are not just about illuminating the road at night, but more often than not, they are a pair of deep, sexy, or cute eyes that allow your car to travel charmingly in the dark. Are you excited? If so, act quickly!
