Sylvania Zevo 9006 LED

[George7941]

Installed them on my truck a couple of months ago and they seem to be working well. As you can see from the photo, Sylvania has done a good job of mimicking the geometry of the halogen 9006 which is what the reflector is designed for. The point source led is located exactly where the halogen filament is located and there is no light output straight ahead. I have noticed no glare while looking at the lights at night from a hundred feet away.

They have a cooling fan. These bulbs are legal in Canada but apparently not in the US.

To my (subjective) eye, light output seems to have increased considerably. I can see better at night.

 

[dogememe]

Last time I made a post about aftermarket LEDs that are properly designed and installed such that the LEDs itself are in the same place as the filament on a regular bulb I got flamed so good luck with your post. Though I do love my LED headlights in both my vehicles and they don't seem to affect oncoming drivers.

 

[George7941]

They are available at Canadian auto parts stores. I bought them from Canadian Tire, not from some questionable e-bay source.

 

[Danno]

Originally Posted by dogememe
Last time I made a post about aftermarket LEDs that are properly designed and installed such that the LEDs itself are in the same place as the filament on a regular bulb I got flamed so good luck with your post. Though I do love my LED headlights in both my vehicles and they don't seem to affect oncoming drivers.


Sylvania is an OE supplier, so I assume they know how to properly engineer a car headlight bulb, if its a halogen or LED.

 

[spk2000]

These are available in the US at places like Autozone. Not sure that makes it legal but I would have trouble believing they would sell these if they were not. People would be suing them for causing the accidents by selling them to those ignorant that they are not legal to use.

 

[bullwinkle]

Originally Posted by Danno
Originally Posted by dogememe
Last time I made a post about aftermarket LEDs that are properly designed and installed such that the LEDs itself are in the same place as the filament on a regular bulb I got flamed so good luck with your post. Though I do love my LED headlights in both my vehicles and they don't seem to affect oncoming drivers.


Sylvania is an OE supplier, so I assume they know how to properly engineer a car headlight bulb, if its a halogen or LED.
If you had ever used a SilverStar or SilverStar Ultra and had them fail prematurely, you wouldn't be making that statement. Unless Sylvania's goal is to sell more headight bulbs!

 

[tomcat27]

On Sylvania's website, they advertise the Zevo as being "color-changing" and "app-controlled" with sample shots of red, blue, green. How easy it will be to turn your headlights red and blue! mimic the Five-O! sweet!
they also advertise "sync your headlights to the pulse of the music!" Really? What are they thinking?!?!?!?

 

[George7941]

If you look at my photo closely you can see on the package "For sale in Canada only". US stores probably skirt around regulations with the disclaimer "for fog light use only" or some such nonsense. Just like diesel ECM tuners are sold "for offroad use only"

. Thank goodness EPA fined Banks heavily for their idiocy.

 

[tomcat27]

I would love to have properly-designed and functioning LED bulbs - but color-changing? I know that some of the local idiots will be sporting these soon.....

 

[George7941]

Originally Posted by tomcat27
On Sylvania's website, they advertise the Zevo as being "color-changing" and "app-controlled" with sample shots of red, blue, green. How easy it will be to turn your headlights red and blue! mimic the Five-O! sweet!
they also advertise "sync your headlights to the pulse of the music!" Really? What are they thinking?!?!?!?

That is a different Zevo 9006. The US Sylvania does not show the Zevo I bought. It does not change colour or swing to music. I could not find a Sylvania Canada website.

 

[JeffKeryk]

They are illegal in CA. Nobody, including the police, cares.
I replaced the tail lights in our trusty TSX; I like them because they are fast...

 

[xxch4osxx]

Originally Posted by George7941
They are available at Canadian auto parts stores. I bought them from Canadian Tire, not from some questionable e-bay source.



Do they have other bulb configurations? I will have to go have a look at these.

 

[Danno]

Originally Posted by bullwinkle
Originally Posted by Danno
Originally Posted by dogememe
Last time I made a post about aftermarket LEDs that are properly designed and installed such that the LEDs itself are in the same place as the filament on a regular bulb I got flamed so good luck with your post. Though I do love my LED headlights in both my vehicles and they don't seem to affect oncoming drivers.


Sylvania is an OE supplier, so I assume they know how to properly engineer a car headlight bulb, if its a halogen or LED.
If you had ever used a SilverStar or SilverStar Ultra and had them fail prematurely, you wouldn't be making that statement. Unless Sylvania's goal is to sell more headight bulbs!

Those 2 aren't OE specs. And yes, i've used them knowing the life span isn't as long as OE. I trust you knew that too?
The LEDs are advertised to be guaranteed for 5 years, but I haven't read the fine print.

 

[George7941]

Originally Posted by xxch4osxx
Originally Posted by George7941
They are available at Canadian auto parts stores. I bought them from Canadian Tire, not from some questionable e-bay source.

Do they have other bulb configurations? I will have to go have a look at these.

Yes. The Zevo lineup at Canadian tire seems to have expanded considerably since I last checked
https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/search-results.html?q=zevo
Quite an array of bulbs. Makes me long for the good old days when a shop only had to stock round and rectangular sealed beams, 1156 and 1157 for turn, parking and backup, 194 for instrument panel and 211-2 for dome lights, to service any car.
Here is the listing for the 9006
https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/9006-sylvania-zevo-led-headlight-bulbs-2-pk-0202691p.html#srp
Canadian Tire had a promo, around Christmas time, where they mailed you a $50 coupon for a $200 online purchase, so I effectively paid $149.99 for a pair. Not bad at all if these last the rest of the life of this truck as I am expecting it to.
I did not see any fine print re the 5 year warranty. The Canadian Tire site lists this Zevo 9006 as approved for my truck and there is no maintenance required for these bulbs, so I don't see any basis to deny warranty.

 

[Dave9]

If you state they're legal I'd accept that, but your following two statements are impossible contradictions:

"I have noticed no glare while looking at the lights at night from a hundred feet away."

"To my (subjective) eye, light output seems to have increased considerably. I can see better at night."

There is no way to increase light output, particularly in a colder hue, without increasing glare. There is ALWAYS glare from headlights, just a matter of how much and where it's aimed.

It is not enough that they are in the same location as the original bulb filament. There is also the intensity, beam spread of the LED vs incan elements which have perfect spread. In order to get a less perfect spread to produce more usable light, you also produce more less usable light that is going off in the wrong direction that decreases the vision of everyone else. It is impossible to design an LED using current tech that does not do this because any angle (besides 90') goes through more phosphorous/etc coating depth to achieve white light from the blue LED die.

 

[Dave9]

Originally Posted by spk2000
These are available in the US at places like Autozone. Not sure that makes it legal but I would have trouble believing they would sell these if they were not. People would be suing them for causing the accidents by selling them to those ignorant that they are not legal to use.

Definitely does not prove they're legal for use as headlights in any specific vehicle.

Laws have plenty of loopholes like this, and if you want an extreme example it is legal to buy a firearm but not go around indiscriminately shooting people with it., legal to buy a laser pointer but not aim it at airplanes, legal to fly drones certain heights, legal to drink but not be drunk in public or driving, etc, etc, etc.

All it takes is a legal team that decides the profit is greater than the liability of having the product in the market, as marketed.

 

[George7941]

You don't have to take my word for it. As I have already pointed out, my photo shows on the package "For sale in Canada only"

What I meant about glare was " To my untrained eye, there is no noticeable extra glare from the leds compared to the halogens". Maybe there is, I have not noticed it.

Next chance I get I will check with someone who was driving in the opposite direction to me at night and ask if they noticed any issues with glare from my lights.

 

[Garak]

Originally Posted by Danno
Sylvania is an OE supplier, so I assume they know how to properly engineer a car headlight bulb, if its a halogen or LED.

This is true, but that doesn't stop them from making gimmicky blue tint halogen bulbs. I'm a huge fan of Sylvania Xtravision halogens, and, as you mention, they're an OE supplier. So, if I were compelled to try an aftermarket LED replacement for a halogen, it would be from a company like Sylvania or its major competitors first, rather than something found on Alibaba. I'd still like to see some independent testing results.

 

[JustinH]

I have been purchasing the german version of Sylvania halogen bulbs for my cars headlights for years.

They are Osram Nightbreakers. They are OEM quality, and not blue in color. Most are stock wattage, or very close, so it won't burn anything up.

When I researched LED lamps, I was concerned about extra elements of failure (ballasts, Fans, etc)..

Also I was concerned about extra non oem wiring.

Even for the plug and play brake lights and corner lights, you can't avoid hyperflash, unless you wire in a resister. This is another point of failure.

I stick with euro halogen.

 

[DzoG20]

I would love to see a comparison photo with one LED and one halogen bulb pointed at a wall.
LED with correct geometry should have very similar to the halogen cut-off.