Quote Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe View Post
In my experiences, after market HID's are junk. The ballasts just don't last, or the bulbs crap out, or both. A lot of these new cars with LED head lights are really bright. Especially in the mirrors when you're driving a semi.
OEM shouldn't be if they are aimed correctly.. aftermarket HID are junk most people put them in halogen reflector housings and all they do is scatter the light everywhere, they are not "brighter" just flood light everywhere and blind other drivers.. If I could legally shoot out the lights with a pellet gun every time one of these bozos gets behind me I would.

LED lights are more natural lighting and I own 2 vehicles with them as OEM, if they are properly aimed then you shouldn't be seeing glare, there are only a few vehicles that have actual OEM LED lights and they all have self leveling units, only some Lexus, MBZ, BMW, and Audi have them, if you are seeing "bright" or glaring light from a newer car, likely you are seeing HID not LED lamps. If the car has a projector lamp (like most BMWs and MBZ) those are HID not LED, LED does not use a large round projector like this:
HID-Xenon-Projector-Light.jpg

they use multiple mini reflectors, not projectors. like this
Audi-Matrix-LED-Headlight.jpg
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my biggest complaint about OEM LED is they are not replaceable, if they go out you are out of pocket $500-$1500 for a whole light fixture if you are out of warranty.