7.5 LED headlights - how good are they?

[Briggsy]

After doing my first night drive at the weekend I can report that the lights are nice and clear, powerful and a joy to use.

However I'd question whether or not the dynamic cornering adds much. Yes you can see the lights move slightly to the left and right but because the lights are so bright with a good pattern anyway it doesn't appear to add much more. The spots that light up the extreme corners are very good, much better than other cars I've had with spotlight cornering lights.

[SCOTTE]

Are they on par with Xenons or better?

[SRGTD]

Are they on par with Xenons or better?

I can't comment on what the LED headlights on the mk7.5 Golf are like. However, my Polo GTI has LED headlights and I find them very good.

I previously had a mk6 Golf GTD with xenons, and although the LED's on my car are probably not as technically advanced as those fitted to the latest performance Golfs, I'd say they are at least on a par with my previous xenons. The light is whiter, which IMO improves illumination and night vision.

Assuming LED technology has moved on from when the LED headlights were designed for the Polo, that suggests the LED headlamps fitted to the mk7.5 Golf should be good.

[Hertsman]

This is proper multi-beam from Hella - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su9f2yp_lrM

Unfortunately VW are not using this yet

Normally not too wowed by tech as most is a rehash or enhancement of something that has existed for a while. But this is genuinely great tech, and given its intelligence allows even greater brightness on standard setting ensuring other cars remain unaffected. Dimming for signs but just in the area of signs is pretty cool as tech goes.

Would actually option this against all my principles of avoiding options that are not going to change experience too much IE lights are pretty decent these days anyway

[Briggsy]

Are they on par with Xenons or better?

Better but not as much of a jump as it was from halogens to xenons.

I suspect the dynamic light assist LED lights are a huge step up though with the 'always full beam' approach.

[Hertsman]

Are they on par with Xenons or better?

Better but not as much of a jump as it was from halogens to xenons.

I suspect the dynamic light assist LED lights are a huge step up though with the 'always full beam' approach.

My move from an Audi with Halogens to my previous GTD with Xenon was a literally night and day move, the Audi was like candles in comparison.

LED lights have never been too attractive as in must have, as just see them as a different light, but do like the look of the matrix tech and hopefully by time it comes around for me to change the matrix tech will becoming the standard

[eatontrifles]

Better but not as much of a jump as it was from halogens to xenons.

I suspect the dynamic light assist LED lights are a huge step up though with the 'always full beam' approach.

Does yours have two beams & projectors like in my pic above?

[Briggsy]

Better but not as much of a jump as it was from halogens to xenons.

I suspect the dynamic light assist LED lights are a huge step up though with the 'always full beam' approach.

Does yours have two beams & projectors like in my pic above?

It has the 2 projectors like the pic above.

[Jim_mk7.5]

Don't think the std LED headlights will be night and day (pardon the pun) over the mk 7 xenons. In my experience, unless you pay the upgrade the lights will fine but not extraordinary. Does dyanamic light assist actually add anything other than the high beam assistant? My current car a C Class has the std LEDs and they are a nicer colour than xenon but wouldn't say illumination is out of this word but it is decent.

I had an M3 for a week last year with the adaptive LEDs and they were unbelievable. On the M1 at 2am when a car overtook me (I was taking it steady) they kept the left lit up and as the car moved across the lights moved round it. Pretty impressive.

[eatontrifles]

Don't think the std LED headlights will be night and day (pardon the pun) over the mk 7 xenons. In my experience, unless you pay the upgrade the lights will fine but not extraordinary. Does dyanamic light assist actually add anything other than the high beam assistant? My current car a C Class has the std LEDs and they are a nicer colour than xenon but wouldn't say illumination is out of this word but it is decent.

I had an M3 for a week last year with the adaptive LEDs and they were unbelievable. On the M1 at 2am when a car overtook me (I was taking it steady) they kept the left lit up and as the car moved across the lights moved round it. Pretty impressive.

That's exactly what DLA does - it's not just high beam assist.