Caterham high intensity LED headlights option - Worth it?

[Gibbo205]

Hi there

I see an option on configurator is LED High intensity headlights for £800.

Has anyone been able to compare these with regular Halogen factory fit, worth the extra or can better bulbs be put into halogen units?

[Gibbo205]

Tiddy7 said:

There are many alternative LED options out there, from the cheap £50 e bay versions to the slightly more expensive, legal e-marked versions at £120 a pair to the Caterham OE ones

compared to the halogen ones putting in LED lights was probably the single best mod that I have done to my car, it easily added 10mph to my speed at night and its so much safer (i used e-marked £120 lights) however I can not see how Caterham can justify the cost of the ones they fit, i cant imagine they are 4x better as the LEDs are already 10x better than the halogens.

Was fitting the e-marked £120 set an easy modification, require much work?

[Gibbo205]

Tiddy7 said:

I bought the ones from originalcaferacer.com, currently advertised at £129 a pair but you can get 10% discount. They are e- marked, I did not get any conformity paperwork’, but I believe others have. They are a direct replacement for the halogen lamp lenses you remove the three bent steel clips ( preferably without firing them across the garage never to be found again……) put the new lenses in and replace the clips (you can buy new clips from eBay…just saying) then plug directly into the existing halogen bulb connector.

They are a flat dip, but the mot guy was very happy with them , so no issues

Sounds like an easy mod and far cheaper than the £800 Caterham LED option, are these as good?

Seen some reports saying Caterham LEDs are way better than halogen and some post saying they are hardly any better.

[Gibbo205]

K800 RUM said:

Is that £800 each or for the pair?

It a configurator option when speccing a new build, so the £800 gets you the pair.