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replace halogen high beam with led. can this give s problem?

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I have xenon lights. The high beam is H1 halogen. Can I replace the bulb for led without canbus problems?

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    It's more the beam pattern you will have problems with.

    Canbus issues can be down to luck

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    For high beam the pattern is less relevant than normal beam. Have to see.

    Canbus errors are annoying.

     

    Noone tried so far?

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    Simple answer is yes you can, depending on what brand of LED bulbs you use the beam pattern will be slightly different but for intermittent high beam use I can’t see it really being a issue as the xenon’s are lot better at night vs halogen anyway.

    one issue I discovered when changing bulbs in my 2013 galaxy was I lost DAB signal when the high beams were on. This doesn’t affect my 2017 galaxy. Might have been a issues specific to the brand I was using (autobeam) 

     

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    I have changed many halogen and xenon bulbs to led and never had a problem

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