Whenever people pick their dream ride, they want everything to be perfect. The color has to nicely complement the vehicle design; features should be practical, and you’ll want an engine capable of ...
When driving off-road at night or even down rural roads, it becomes very apparent that the factory headlights and fog lights leave a lot to be desired, even with the high beams on. In the past, ...
Car headlights were once comparatively straightforward affairs, consisting of a bulb, a reflective bowl and a glass front. While better than nothing, a couple of well-placed tealights would have ...
Not all headlights are created equal, and in the modern automotive market, LED lighting has become the standard, having pushed HID bulbs to the side over the past decade. There are still a few models ...
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Over the last decade, LED headlights have made their way from luxury models to everyday cars — and for good reason. Traditional halogen bulbs, ...
A halogen bulb is similar to an electric bulb found in any household. But while your regular bulb has a filament (small wire) that heats up and emits light, the halogen lamp uses halogen gas to ...
Charlen holds a BA Languages & Culture degree and has over a decade of experience in automotive journalism. His work experience includes stints at CAR Mag and News24 Motoring. Charlen didn't grow up ...
Modern headlights are a technology that is hardly explained or discussed. It's mainly due to their complexity and also as it's no where near as sexy as say power or torque figures, but when it comes ...
We’ve long known that having xenon headlights on your car makes for a huge improvement over regular halogen bulbs, both in terms of safety and, let’s face it, styling too. But what about the next step ...
Not all that many fans of the Porsche 911 spend their nights thinking about the kind of lights available on the rear-engined machine. Nevertheless, when you actually head into a dealership to buy a ...
Over the last 30 years, as automotive lighting has graduated from incandescent bulbs to halogen, xenon and now LED, headlamps have definitely gotten brighter. But they haven’t necessarily gotten ...