LED low beam - Peugeot 208 2016 - Customer Review

Interesting customer review of Arno and his Peugeot 208 from 2016: from old light bulbs to beautiful new LED headlamps. Includes a short how-to.

Why did you choose for a Peugeot 208 LED kit?

First, to get a better view when driving in the dark, and secondly because there is a LED strip in the headlight. Third, an ugly candle in the dipped beam did not look like it should.

Finally, it pays off because the LED lamp lasts extremely long.

How was the H7 LED kit installed?

Easy, the led lamp was in its place. However, I had to adjust the cover, which did not matter.

Used LED Kit

• Dimmed beam: H7 L2 LED, Hilox Evolution
• 52mm Rubber Housing Cap

Suitable for all Peugeot models

Do you want such a Hilox LED kit in your Peugeot or do you have another brand car? The Hilox LED kit fits in as well as any car, young, old, fat or thin. All you need is a left and a right hand (installing a LED kit is very easy) and a LED kit in the right fitting. Don't you know which fitting your car has? Then check our LED low beam and high beam kits or contact us.

What do you think of the final result?

Satisfied. The light image is the same because my headlight has a lens and the LED lamp has exactly the same focal point as the standard bulb. This is the result: lots of light and better visibility.

Do you have any tips about buying and/or installing?

No tips needed. Installing is self-evident and is no more difficult than replacing a light bulb, only the standard cover needs to be adapted.

Pro Installation Tips: Install LED Kit

1. To install the H7 LED kit, you can loosen the base of the LED lamp, which makes the installation even easier. You first put the H7 foot into the headlight so that you can turn the LED into it.
2. And do you have too little space? Then, make sure that the deeper rubber housing caps enable installation.

Pro Installation Tip: Adjusting the LEDs

Because the headlight itself does not change anything except the lamp, you do not have to reset the headlight in most cases. But nevertheless, it's wise to see if you do not blind oncoming traffic. Put your car with the standard lighting against a wall and draw a line along the light beam with a pencil. After installing the LEDs, check if this is the same.

What you should know about the H7 XTR Black LED kit

Arno used the H7 L2 LED from the Hilox Evolution line. The H7 LED kit in the current Hilox range is the H7 XTR Black LED kit, 5700K, Hilox Evolution. According to the product information, these are the key specifications:

• Light output: 3600 lumen per lamp, which is 3.5 times more light than a halogen lamp.
• Colour temperature: 5700K, a white colour of light.
• LED chips: Luxeon Z ES chips from Lumileds (Philips), which last up to 50,000 hours. That is 50 times longer than halogen and 12 times longer than xenon.
• CAN-bus: each lamp comes with a CAN-bus II module (12V), so the LED works on cars that monitor their bulbs.
• Adjustable: the LED can be rotated 360 degrees, so you can fine-tune the light image in both reflector and lens headlights.
• Waterproof: the XTR LED is IP68 rated against water and dust.

In the box you get 2 H7 XTR Black LED lamps (36.2mm), 2 drivers (66 x 31.1 x 15.7mm) and 2 CAN-bus II modules (70 x 38 x 23.5mm). Check before ordering whether there is room for the drivers and modules behind your headlight.

Halogen, xenon or LED low beam: the differences

A standard H7 halogen lamp produces a yellowish light and has the shortest lifespan of the three. Xenon gives a lot of white light, but needs a short warm-up time before it reaches full strength and works with ballasts. An LED lamp is at full strength the moment you switch it on and, like the H7 XTR Black, lasts much longer than both halogen and xenon.

For a car like the Peugeot 208 with lens headlights, the position of the light source matters most. A lens headlight projects exactly what the lamp puts in its focal point. That is why Arno's light image stayed the same: the LED has the same focal point as the standard bulb. With a reflector headlight the same principle applies, which is why an adjustable LED helps to get a clean cutoff line.

Prefer xenon? Then take a look at our xenon kits.

Checklist before you install an H7 LED kit

1. Check which fitting your low beam uses. In Arno's Peugeot 208 this was H7.
2. Measure the space behind the headlight. Arno had to adjust the cover; a deeper rubber housing cap can solve this.
3. Check whether your car uses CAN-bus, so you know whether you need a CAN-bus module.
4. Mark the light/dark cutoff of the standard lamps on a wall before you start.
5. After installing, compare the new light beam with your marking and have the headlights adjusted if needed.

After installation, check whether your car still meets the APK requirements. If in doubt, ask the RDW or your inspector. The Hilox product information also states that LED lamps with an H fitting designation cannot obtain ECE approval and are intended for circuit and private terrain use only.