Thank you for your video. Best explanation of how these LED lights work. We have a Superb Sportline with these lights and will reassess how we use them now. Thanks again.
Yes I have these on my Audi A4, I’m from the U.K. they are amazing in country roads (secondary roads). For motorway roads however when there is a solid barrier separating the carriageways the camera is unable to detect the headlights of oncoming cars and thus doesn’t dip the high beam. This happens a lot with trucks/SUVs as the headlights are low and blocked by the barrier but the driver of the truck sits up high and is dazzled by the matrix high beam. This also occurs when a truck is oncoming towards me on A/B roads (secondary roads) and we are both approaching an incline. The headlights aren’t visible to the matrix lights and the high beam blinds the trucker until we are both high enough on the incline. Trucks/SUV need to have lights at the top of the vehicle to stop this from happening, many new trucks already have this, ( you see the smaller lights at the top).
@@daveythe2nd146 I’ve had it over a year, there was an issue with a gearbox oil leak which was fixed via warranty. Apparently the new Audis 2015+ use a plastic sump on the S tronic and they can fail. Otherwise I’ve just had to replace the passenger heated mirror glass and that’s all. I’m pleased with the reliability. Let me put it like this, I recently had a reminder to renew my AA membership and I was considering to cancel it had it not been for the risk of punctures etc.
Hello, I am an Octavia vehicle owner. My vehicle does not have matrix headlights, it only has LED headlights. Are LED headlights insufficient in terms of illumination? Does the matrix headlight have any illumination advantage other than passenger and vehicle protection?
The advantage of the matrix-lights is when you are meeting another vehicle or have another vehicle in front of you. A normal dipped beam means that the headlamps doesn´t give much light on the left side (if you're in a country with right hand drive. Matrix only dims a small area where the other vehicle is. There´s no, or very little difference in high beam.
@@beyhun It depends on your driving. I do a lot of nighttime driving in areas with wild animals so for me it´s an advantage. Day to day commuting in urban areas, no advantage
Wow those lights are amazing! I have AHS on my "grandpa Corolla TS" and they are quite sad compared to these. :D Looked at the VAG PHEV line, but due to "fiscal issues", I drive a Toyota for the next few years.
Its very much up to where you drive. I live in an area with lots of animals along the road and IO´m always trying to avoid moose. Its the scariest part of night driving here and those lights are the best performers so far.
@@Bilresor Same here I have a few moose areas on the highway section I drive daily. The moose fence has few gaps and there have been few accidents every year. I still like the AHS on my Toyota, the lights still luminates the ditch much better than normal lights.
Are these the lens-type LED lights with LED turn indicators like on the VRS variant or the multi-reflector LED units with halogen turn indicators on the base variant?
It depends on where you're living and what type of driving you have. They're definitely the best choice, but the biggest advantage is when you have much nighttime driving in rural areas. Especially where there's a big presence of wildlife. Day to day driving to your work along city roads och motorways might be overkill with those headlights.
Matrix looks great but I'm not a fan of the low beam - there seems to be a bit too much light right in front of the car and the range on the left could be a bit better/further.
Well, to me its one of the best low beams to, the range on the left side has to be short. I've driven may different cars and I take extra care when it comes to night time driving. In my point of view those lights are among the best. Ok, there's some competitors thats equal, but I cannot remember any one being significantly better. Maybe its a bit difficult to judge from the video.
@@Bilresor Left side has to be short-er than the right side but it doesn't have to be short. It applies to the center of the beam as well. It is important because you cannot use matrix light all the time.
That´s an idea. I´ll take a look in my archive, but i don´t think I driven the latest Superb i darkness. I´ll ask Skoda for a testcar. Anyway the Matrix headlamps of the Octavia are great.
I own a Superb. It's Matrix-LED headlights are definately worse than these shown in the video. The Superb is not capable of masking road signs and the light cones are pretty imprecise; e. g. they mask the whole road instead of the left or right lane only.
