How can changing my headlight cost $1000.00? It did on my 2014 Cadillac CTS VSport, the ballast and the bulb needed replacement and required the front fascia being R&R.

[image] shadowfax: Apparently the next trend will be very thin strips. Yup! In fact, the upcoming 2022 Tucson uses several thin strips on each side of the car for its headlights. This is not a luxury vehicle, so the trend of ever-increasing headlight cost replacement may be unavoidable i…

Those headlights will likely be LEDs, and will last until after the original owner is placed in the ground.

LEDs can last a very long time if not overdriven/overheated and gradually lose brightness instead of failing abruptly. However, drive circuitry can fail more often than the LEDs themselves.

What happened to cheap 4 bulb halogen setups which worked fine when designed right . Had a 85 Lebaron quad bulb setup and you could literally see a 1/4 mile down the road with high beams on . A lot better than some of these costly projector setups they think are so great now until the shu…

[image] vipergg: What happened to cheap 4 bulb halogen setups which worked fine when designed right Yeah I used to like those too, but then I got HID, and it was like driving in daylight. Really helpful when you’ve got about 20 deer per mile.

[image] bcohen2010: If replacing a headlight bulb costs more than $20, or replacing a headlight module costs more than $200, that’s not a vehicle I want to own. I think as time goes on there will be fewer and fewer vehicles that you will want to own. Even on a plain 12 year old Chevy Equinox …

[image] bcohen2010: The standard halogen bulbs usually cost less than $20 for a pack of two online I’ve got a couple Silverstars hanging on my pegboard that cost me $50 for the pair. Seeing costs money. But yeah, I replace them in pairs because the bumper cover has to come loose and a pain …

I hit a deer in 2019 with my 2018 Mazda 6 GTR. Insurance paid for the damage. The one headlight assembly was $2,500. It is an LED assembly with adaptive lighting (self leveling and swivels with the steering wheel to illuminate curves at night). I own several Mazda’s from a 2014 6 with 167,000 mi…

I’ll say lighting design has not improved in cars. In my 26 year old daily driven chevy with 280k miles, I have only replaced the sealed beam halogen headlights 1 time in 26 years. Cost was $18.00 for the pair. Most of the marker bulbs and turn signals have only been replaced 1 time also. I’ve only…

Very expensive headlight

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I agree. If replacing a headlight bulb costs more than $20, or replacing a headlight module costs more than $200, that’s not a vehicle I want to own. The standard halogen bulbs usually cost less than $20 for a pack of two online, and a set of two aftermarket headlight assemblies can usually be had for $100 or so.

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