MK8 LED Dipped Beams

[Jim H]

Just out of curiosity, Do your cars with factory fitted LED headlights have Headlight washers? I'm sure a read a few years ago that cars with HID/Xenon lights had to have washers and auto levelling by law to stop/reduce glare. Are LEDs different?  My brothers car (non-ford) has Full LEDs and both washes and levelling.

[ElliotReid]

11 minutes ago, Jim H said:

Just out of curiosity, Do your cars with factory fitted LED headlights have Headlight washers? I'm sure a read a few years ago that cars with HID/Xenon lights had to have washers and auto levelling to stop/reduce glare. Are LEDs different?  My brothers car (non-ford) has Full LEDs and both washes and levelling.

No washers on mine.

[mitch84]

I have the full LED headlights on mine, I hope they have good longevity, seen as it’s a complete unit that would need to be replaced, I can imagine they are quite pricey.

Anyone happen to know the price of a complete LED headlight unit?

[Daggerit]

12 hours ago, mitch84 said:

I have the full LED headlights on mine, I hope they have good longevity, seen as it’s a complete unit that would need to be replaced, I can imagine they are quite pricey.

Anyone happen to know the price of a complete LED headlight unit?

I know it'll have the Audi tax added, but my S4 with the Matrix LED headlights were £1,600 each so I doubt you'd see much change from £1,000 for the Fiesta headlights.  But that's just a guess.

[Daggerit]

On 1/26/2020 at 6:41 PM, Jim H said:

Just out of curiosity, Do your cars with factory fitted LED headlights have Headlight washers? I'm sure a read a few years ago that cars with HID/Xenon lights had to have washers and auto levelling by law to stop/reduce glare. Are LEDs different?  My brothers car (non-ford) has Full LEDs and both washes and levelling.

The Audi A4/S4 model I had came with washers for the Matrix LED headlights but not the standard LED headlights (washers were an option for them though).

[mitch84]

34 minutes ago, Daggerit said:

I know it'll have the Audi tax added, but my S4 with the Matrix LED headlights were £1,600 each so I doubt you'd see much change from £1,000 for the Fiesta headlights.  But that's just a guess.

Wow, hope they last!

[JF288]

Has anyone asked the ford dealer about this? Would be good to know if they can just upgrade the standard halogen bulbs with LED Bulbs at Ford.

[Matt12341234]

I was pleasantly surprised when I picked up my 70 plate fiesta replacing my 18 plate and the lights came on during the drive home. The new led headlights are way better than the halogens. 

 

[Guest]

Perhaps I've misread some of the thread but my MY2021 ST Line X hasn't got the full LED setup but was shown as having the LED Dipped beam, BUT, I do also have the headlight levelling dial in the middle of the light control?

[TomsFocus]

8 minutes ago, Peejay1977 said:

Perhaps I've misread some of the thread but my MY2021 ST Line X hasn't got the full LED setup but was shown as having the LED Dipped beam, BUT, I do also have the headlight levelling dial in the middle of the light control?

LED dipped beam is still a normal 'bulb' essentially, you would need to level it manually if you load up the boot.  Only the adaptive lights are self levelling so come without the level dial.