How to Choose Your Car Headlights

Whether it’s because of a collision or because you want your drive to be more illuminated, picking aftermarket headlights is an important task. This is especially true when picking 2006 Nissan Altima headlights because there are a lot of options available. Today, we go through the main considerations when picking new headlights and where you can find them once you know what you’d like.

Think About Bulb Types

The key consideration when picking 2006 Nissan Altima headlights is the type of bulb. Each type comes with its own advantages and disadvantages. Let’s look at each of them individually.

LED headlights

LED lights don’t rely on resistance like old bulb styles and instead push photons, or light particles, through a tiny semiconductor. The result is a light that ranges from 4,000 to 6,000 Kelvins. These lights use less energy than the others and are quite small, making them a flexible choice. Their chief drawback is they are usually more expensive than your other options.

Halogen headlights

These bulbs are easily the most popular as they are the more affordable option. These use a filament like incandescent bulbs, which can be adjusted for brightness fairly easily. Their main drawbacks are they emit a yellow light rather than pure white and often at less brightness than their LED equivalents.

Xenon/HID headlights

Also known as High Intensity Discharger (HID) these are a combination of both types of bulbs and are available as 2006 Nissan Altima headlights. There’s no filament to burn out, which makes them last up to 10,000 hours and they emit a very bright blue-white light. Their brightness is both a pro and a con. They can illuminate the road very well but are so bright that oncoming drivers may complain and navigating in direct light may be tricky.

Think About Brightness and Light Color

We’ve walked through the different bulb types, their brightness and the light color they emit, but what does that all mean? In general, you want your lights to be as bright as possible so you can see more. With the Xenon/HID option, you can actually have too much of a good thing if you aren’t careful.

For color, yellow light has fallen out of favor in recent decades. That said, they offer superior visibility in foggy and rainy conditions. Depending on where you live, they may be the better option. White lights are better for all-around driving conditions, which make them the better fit for most people.

Where to Find Quality 2006 Nissan Altima Headlights

If you are on the hunt for 2006 Nissan Altima headlights, then be sure to check out the wide selection available here at Partsmax. We have a wide range of headlights for your vehicle that we can ship to you quickly, and often for less than what they would charge at the shop. If you want to pick the perfect headlights for your needs, be sure to browse through our inventory today.