4,000 Lumen LED Driving Lights vs 12,000 Lumen #LED vs Halogens

Another day, another set of LEDs upgraded. For those of you with a good memory, this is my fourth set of driving light bulbs. Some of you may ask if the others didn’t work properly, or if they simply were not bright enough. The answer is neither; Like wanting to eat the last slice of pizza when you’re already full, there’s always room to cram more goodies in. You can find my original reviews linked below for comparison, with the new review under the original two.

2,200 lumen halogens vs 2,400 lumen LEDs

https://www.carthrottle.com/post/n44d53o/

2,400 lumen LED vs 4,000 lumen LED

https://www.carthrottle.com/post/woo3b2o/

4,000 lumens vs 12,000 lumens review

So far, every bulb that I’ve put in for the driving lights (lights mounted in the front bumper, commonly mistaken for fog lights) have been drastically different. I’ve gone from oem halogens, to SMD LEDs, to COB LEDs to now having COB LEDs with heat sinks and fans. That’s a lumens output of 2,200, 2,400, 4,000 and 12,000 respectively.

These latest 12,000 lumen bulbs are definitely the largest jump I’ve made, tripling the light output of my last bulbs. It really shows just how much brighter it is when you look at the light coverage on the ground. Both bulbs are 6,000K ultra white, although the camera seems to have picked up the colour of the old bulb rather oddly.

Even with the higher light output of 12,000 lumens, these new bulbs still take up less power than oem halogens would. They do a terrific job of lighting up the road surface while driving at night. Also worth noting is that all of these photos were taken close to midnight, with basically no other lighting sources around.

These bulbs nicely accentuate my 16,000 lumen headlights, and bump my total white lumens on the front end to 30,000 lumens. That should be more than enough light should I ever need to unleash the full amount at once. For those of you that will ask, no they do not unintentionally blind other motorists at night. All bulbs have been adjusted and tested to ensure that they do not blind people, with the exception of the high beams.