VAZ 2109 what kind of bulbs are in the headlights

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The headlights on the VAZ 2109, however, as in models 2108 or 21099, are made in a single housing, which combines the following lighting devices:

DRL;
low beam;
distant lighting;
dimensions;
turn signals.

The low beam of VAZ 2108, 2109, 21099 should illuminate the road surface so that the driver can see road users at a short distance. The low beam lights up somewhat asymmetrically - when driving on the right, the left side of the road is illuminated a little worse.

Low beam VAZ 2109

The headlight of the VAZ 2114 is very similar to the headlights of the VAZ 2109 and consists of:

plastic case. It contains other lighting elements. The lighting source is halogen, gas-discharge and other types of lamps;
reflector. Forms a beam of light and can have a parabolic or other shape. It consists of plastic, and to create a reflective effect, a thin layer of aluminum is glued onto it;
diffuser. Responsible for transmitting light flux and refracting it, and also protects lighting from external influences. Made from glass or plastic;
contact board (lamp holder);
sealing gasket. It is located between the car body and the headlight unit.

When operating the lighting system of a VAZ 2108, 2109 and 21099 car, the driver may encounter the fact that the headlight does not light up.

Headlight VAZ 2109

Lamps for VAZ-2109 and their LED replacements

Currently, I notice that all new foreign cars have exclusively LED light sources instead of the usual incandescent lamps in the rear lights as brake lights, side lights, and turn indicators.
As it turns out, this is no coincidence. According to research, using LED brake lights instead of conventional incandescent lamps gives the driver behind the vehicle additional moments to maneuver or make emergency braking. During this time, a car moving at a speed of 100 km/h travels 5-6 m. The fact is that an incandescent lamp takes about 0.3 seconds to achieve full brightness, while an LED lights up almost instantly, in about 70 nanoseconds I think the order of these numbers says a lot. Also, LEDs are better than incandescent lamps in terms of specific light output per watt of power and service life. Thus, the time between failures for LEDs is approaching 100,000 hours versus approximately 2000 for incandescent lamps. Also, incandescent lamps usually fail not because the filament burns out, but because of exposure to strong vibrations, especially given the quality of our roads. LEDs are completely immune to this kind of influence, which gives them a serious advantage when used in cars. IMPORTANT! LEDs have polarity, so if after installation the diode does not light up, you need to change the polarity of its power supply by simply turning the LED over.

Next, we will consider the types of lamps used in the VAZ 2108 car, and what LED lamps are suitable for replacing them.

These are halogen lamps, they have two spirals of low and high beam, H4 base. Installed in car headlights. Although LED analogues exist, when installed, the headlight light will not satisfy existing requirements (a beam of light of a given shape is not formed), the headlights will shine anywhere and can blind oncoming drivers, so they should not be used. Lamps with a colored bulb (blue, yellow) change the color of the beam, and under certain conditions, for example in rainy weather, visibility deteriorates.

The most common type of lamps in front-wheel drive VAZs. Installed in brake lights, direction indicators, rear fog lights, reversing lights. For replacement, there are various LED lamps based on SMD LEDs.

Used in rear dimensions. As a replacement, you can try lamps with a suitable base on SMD LEDs.

They are used in headlights as side lights, as well as to illuminate the glove compartment. To replace them, there are many LED lamps, with different numbers of LEDs. There are even LEDs, the color of which is almost indistinguishable from incandescent lamps. When choosing an analogue, you must ensure that the LED lamp fits in its regular place in the headlight.

This lamp is used to illuminate the instrument cluster and buttons on the instrument panel. To replace them, there are many LED analogues of various colors. It is better to choose analogues with one SMD LED (large area and brightness).

These lamps are installed in the interior lamps and rear license plate lamps. There are many LED analogues to replace them. To increase brightness, you can install a lamp with 6-9 LEDs in the interior. For license plate illumination - any with suitable dimensions and sufficient (but not excessive) brightness.

It is used in turn signal repeaters, as well as in a portable lamp. For turn signals, you can find LED lamps with a similar base.

Used as a lamp for lighting the engine compartment. This is its only use in the VAZ 2109. Any LED lamp with the appropriate base will be suitable for replacement.

Used only to illuminate the cigarette lighter socket. Any LED bulb with the appropriate base will be suitable for replacement.

If your VAZ 2109 is equipped with fog lights, then they have halogen lamps with a power of 55 W. There are LED analogues for them too, but you can’t get the same brightness as from halogens. However, they can only be used as daytime running lights.

Now about the benefits of this modification. LEDs consume much less energy compared to standard incandescent bulbs used in cars. That is, by introducing this modification you make life easier for your battery. Plus a visual effect a la xenon. And it just looks good. I would like to immediately warn readers that all colors other than white and yellow in the car’s headlights are regarded by the traffic inspectors as a gross violation of current norms and rules, so I warn you against installing LEDs of other colors in the dimensions, since almost all LEDs are available for sale colors of the rainbow. Be smart in your choice. Just don’t take lamps with LEDs that are too bright so as not to blind the drivers behind you.

Useful information: I also cannot help but note the negative aspects. So, if your car has a function for monitoring the serviceability of side light lamps and brake lights (injector, high panel), the burnt-out lamp indicator will always remind the owner of the malfunction. The fact is that the LED consumes much less current than an incandescent lamp, and the lamp health monitoring relay (RLIL), having detected too low a current in the lamp power circuit, informs the driver about the breakage of the incandescent lamp filament by igniting the corresponding lamp on the instrument panel, or by beeping the on-board control systems (BSK) on cars with Europanel.

Also, a white LED, installed instead of a standard lamp in the head marker lights, does not emit absolutely white light, but often has a shade of blue, lilac, violet, which can raise questions from a traffic inspector on the road. Go prove to him that the color meets the standards. You may prove it, but you will waste time. In general, decide for yourself.

For those who are comfortable with a soldering iron, you can solve the problem of the warning lamp of the relay monitoring the health of the lamps when installing LEDs in the front dimensions by modifying this relay. It is necessary to unsolder the wire resistances (see pictures below), and instead of them solder resistors with a nominal value of 2...3 Ohms, with a dissipation power of 3 W. With this modification, this relay retains its functionality, and if the LED fails, it works as expected, lighting the warning lamp on the instrument panel. Similarly, you can modify this relay to install LED lamps in the rear marker lights.

If you install multi-element LEDs in the front dimensions, which resemble grenades in appearance, consisting of several emitting modules that shine in different directions 360 degrees, you can achieve a fairly bright glow of the headlights (as in the photo below), in the dark you can even park with them light.

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Comparison of xenon and diode headlights

The design of an LED headlight is even more common than that of a xenon headlight, therefore, in addition to other advantages, a low price is added. Xenon lamps are an advantage of business class cars, and despite the highest light emission properties, their service is very expensive. Just look at the cost of a separate ignition unit and control unit! In addition, switched on xenon headlights consume a cyclopean amount of energy - switched on at full power, they can drain the battery in just a few hours.

LED headlights have record low energy consumption. In addition, they are easy to install, they are lightweight and take up little space. A VAZ-2109 with diode headlights may not need to be serviced for 10-15 years. In addition to all the above advantages, LED headlights operate even faster than others. Taking into account all the positive properties of LED lamps, in the future they are predicted to completely replace xenon and, even more so, halogen headlights.

What kind of lamps are in the headlights of the VAZ 2109

The incandescent lamps in the front headlight unit of VAZ 2108-2109 cars are changed quite simply, and to complete this procedure you will only need a few minutes of time, as well as pliers or a thin flat-head screwdriver. Of course, in most cases you can do everything with your bare hands, but it’s still worth keeping in mind that a lamp of oversized dimensions can sit quite tightly in its place.

So, first of all, you need to open the hood of the car and open the protective cover of the VAZ 2109-2108 headlight unit from the inside, as is clearly shown in the photo below:

After this, we get free access to all incandescent lamps: low and high beam, as well as side lights:

For the low and high beam in the headlights of the VAZ 2109-2108, one lamp with two spirals is responsible (personally in my case this is exactly the case), respectively, if one of them burns out, you will have to change the lamp. To do this, disconnect the power plug:

And after that, move the spring clamp apart so that it disengages, as shown below:

Then we lower the latch all the way down and you can safely remove the lamp, since it is now free:

We take a new lamp of the same marking and install it in the reverse order in its original place.

As for the parking light bulb, the so-called dimensions, it is also easy to change, but in some cases you have to use pliers to remove the base from the reflector:

After it is removed, we turn the lamp counterclockwise, and it itself is removed from the holder under the action of a spring:

If it requires replacement, take a new one and install it in reverse order. And at the end of the work, don’t forget to connect all the plugs and wiring in place so that there are no problems with lighting later! If you have any questions about this article, ask them in the comments!

Currently, I notice that all new foreign cars have exclusively LED light sources instead of the usual incandescent lamps in the rear lights as brake lights, side lights, and turn indicators. As it turns out, this is no coincidence. According to research, using LED brake lights instead of conventional incandescent lamps gives the driver behind the vehicle additional moments to maneuver or make emergency braking. During this time, a car moving at a speed of 100 km/h travels 5-6 m. The fact is that an incandescent lamp takes about 0.3 seconds to achieve full brightness, while an LED lights up almost instantly, in about 70 nanoseconds I think the order of these numbers says a lot. Also, LEDs are better than incandescent lamps in terms of specific light output per watt of power and service life. Thus, the time between failures for LEDs is approaching 100,000 hours versus approximately 2000 for incandescent lamps. Also, incandescent lamps usually fail not because the filament burns out, but because of exposure to strong vibrations, especially given the quality of our roads. LEDs are completely immune to this kind of influence, which gives them a serious advantage when used in cars.

Next, we will consider the types of lamps used in the VAZ 2109 car, and what suitable LED lamps exist for replacing them.

AKG 12-60/55 (60/55 W)

A 12-21-3 (21 W)

A 12-10 (10 W)

Used in rear dimensions. As a replacement, you can try lamps with a suitable base on SMD LEDs.

A 12-4-1 (4 W)

A 12-1.2 (1 W)

AS 12-5-1 (5 W)

A 12-5-2 (5 W)

It is used in turn signal repeaters, as well as in a portable lamp. For turn signals, you can find LED lamps with a similar base.

A 12-5 (5 W)

Used as a lamp for lighting the engine compartment. This is its only use in the VAZ 2109. Any LED lamp with the appropriate base will be suitable for replacement.

AMN 12-3-1 (3 W)

Used only to illuminate the cigarette lighter socket. Any LED bulb with the appropriate base will be suitable for replacement.

Lamps in fog lights

Useful information: When replacing incandescent lamps with LED lamps in parking lights and brake lights with a working on-board monitoring system (OBS), it will signal a break in the filaments of the incandescent lamps of the corresponding lamps due to a much lower current in these circuits. To bring the operation of this system into compliance, while maintaining the function of monitoring the health of the lamps, it is necessary to modify the relay for monitoring the health of the lamps (RKIL). You can read about this in this article.

Currently, I notice that all new foreign cars have exclusively LED light sources instead of the usual incandescent lamps in the rear lights as brake lights, side lights, and turn indicators. As it turns out, this is no coincidence. According to research, using LED brake lights instead of conventional incandescent lamps gives the driver behind the vehicle additional moments to maneuver or make emergency braking. During this time, a car moving at a speed of 100 km/h travels 5-6 m. The fact is that an incandescent lamp takes about 0.3 seconds to achieve full brightness, while an LED lights up almost instantly, in about 70 nanoseconds I think the order of these numbers says a lot. Also, LEDs are better than incandescent lamps in terms of specific light output per watt of power and service life. Thus, the time between failures for LEDs is approaching 100,000 hours versus approximately 2000 for incandescent lamps. Also, incandescent lamps usually fail not because the filament burns out, but because of exposure to strong vibrations, especially given the quality of our roads. LEDs are completely immune to this kind of influence, which gives them a serious advantage when used in cars.

IMPORTANT! LEDs have polarity, so if after installation the diode does not light up, you need to change the polarity of its power supply by simply turning the LED over.

Next, we will consider the types of lamps used in the VAZ 2108 car, and what LED lamps are suitable for replacing them.

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Reasons for failure

What are the reasons that the headlight does not light up:

The fuse blows. This is due to shaking while driving or power surges. To repair the lighting system, you will only need to replace the fuse itself, which can be found according to the diagram presented on the cover of the unit;
light bulbs burn out;
the low beam relay becomes faulty;
fuse contacts oxidize;
deformation of the sockets of the headlight switch lever clamps occurs;
The lever mechanism is jammed.

A breakdown may be accompanied by a lack of operation of the lighting system or its incorrect operation. Even if only one headlight (left or right) is broken, this will significantly reduce visibility and increase the likelihood of an accident.

Reasons for headlight failure

To fix the problem, you need to replace the entire car's headlights or their components. To do this, you need to know which components of the lighting system can be installed on the VAZ 2109.

LED in the head light. Selection of LED lamps

For those who have not read previous entries about replacing the windshield and installing PTF, please read them)

And so, as was said earlier, after replacing a regular windshield with a tinted one, the question of headlights became very relevant. I wanted to change the head light for a long time, but somehow I never got around to it, but now it’s already a necessity.

I started looking for information and thinking about what would stand for me. 1. Halogen

.
I immediately removed this option, because I think that due to the yellowness it will not penetrate the tint so well (my personal opinion, I don’t insist on it). 2. Xenon
.
If xenon, then only into the lens. Not a bad option, but again, the cost of lenses + polished glass, xenon and it is unknown what will happen to the lamps and units, how long they will last. I bet in the PTF at my own peril and risk. 3. LED
. And now we come to the option that I settled on. A popular thing now is LED lamps. There is a large selection on the market and I started searching for information and a selection of lamps.

And so, the most important thing is that the light is bright and that there is a cut-off line (cut-off line). Let's start studying LED lamps.

!
There are lamps like these on the market.
I’ll say right away that they won’t contain STG, so I don’t recommend them Diode

.
There are diode lamps with 2 types of diodes: CREE
and
COB.
Lamps with a COB diode type have a high probability that the STG will not be clear, but blurred or completely blurred. I decided to play it safe and not take lamps with this type of diode, so I settled on CREE diodes.

Cooling

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Diode lamps can have 3 types of cooling: passive
,
active (with cooler)
,
passive petal.
Both passive and active cooling have advantages.

Plus passive cooling:

stable operation of the diode without the influence of external factors, compactness of lamps with petal cooling (you need to open the petals as best as possible).
Disadvantage of passive cooling:
the peculiarity of such cooling is that during prolonged operation, the brightness becomes lower due to heating of the diode.

Plus active cooling:

stable cooling of the lamps, therefore there will be no deterioration of light.
Disadvantage of active cooling:
dust can cause the cooler to malfunction and the cooler is noisy.

A couple of days later I picked them up from the post office. First impressions: the box is nice, the light bulbs are good quality, in short, I liked them

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A concise overview of the design of auto optics

The design of an ordinary headlight is not complicated. In most cases, the headlight combines the following elements:

light source (LED, metal halide, xenon and other lamps);
reflector (reflective element);
light-scattering element (corrugated glass);
housing with fastening.

Frontal headlights with super-bright diode lamps are very popular among car owners. Such headlights require a record low amount of energy and can operate for a long time without interruption.

The operating hours of similar headlights range from 30 thousand to 100 thousand hours, while an ordinary halogen lamp has a service life of only about 2000 hours.

In most cases, headlights are considered specifically in terms of their functionality, i.e. how well they perform their assigned functions - road lighting. But headlights can highlight the appearance of a car and add special features to even the most ordinary design.

In this article we will try to figure out which headlights are optimal for the VAZ-2109 car, methods of modernizing and tuning headlights, as well as common models of headlights and tail lights.

What are the dimensions of the lamps for the VAZ 2109?

Lamps used in Lada Samara VAZ-2108 2109 21099 cars

Light device	Quantity, pcs	Lamp type
High/low beam	2	H4
Front marker light	2	W5W
Front direction indicators	2	P21W
Front fog lights avtomanual.jimdo.com	2	H3 or H1 (depending on the configuration)

Standard equipment VAZ-2109

The average power of the lighting devices that come with the VAZ-2109 car is equal to about 60 Watts. Despite their low power, such headlights can easily serve for 10 years, and with careful use, even more. But if you received an uncertified headlight, its service life will not exceed several weeks.

There are quite a lot of headlight models for the VAZ-2109, but unlike the “official” models, it is not produced on an industrial scale, but is purchased as a piece. Therefore, when choosing, you should focus only on your own experience and the integrity of the manufacturer. In the 2nd part of the article we will tell you what to pay attention to when choosing headlights, but for now we will talk about tuned headlights, their systematization, varieties and distinctive features.

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https://www.drive2.ru/l/1822689/ https://tuning-lada-2109.ru/obzor-far-golovnogo-sveta-zadnix-fonarej-na-vaz-2109/

Varieties of these light elements

Currently, the auto parts market has several types of equipment such as H4 light bulbs, which can be divided into conditional categories according to the method of operation, durability and power readings:

Standard lamps installed on all machines from the assembly line.
With enhanced light emission.
All-weather lamps. Replaces fog lights.
With improved visual comfort.
Increased power.

H4 optics are designed for installation in a regular car headlight and have a standard power of 60-65 W. Depending on which electrode of the lamp emits light, it operates in this mode - low beam or high beam. The use of more powerful products is not recommended without installing additional electronic equipment, as it is possible to overload the vehicle's electrical wiring and damage the generator. Lighting devices are characterized by stable and uninterrupted operation throughout their entire service life, which has become typical with the use of modern production technologies. With the release of the law on the mandatory use of low-beam headlights during the daytime, manufacturers began producing standard H4 lamps with an increased service life. Such products can be used almost around the clock, without causing damage to the car or the lamp itself.

LEDs

An alternative to halogen and xenon products can be a diode-type headlight lamp. Such analogues have a number of features and advantages. The operating life of the device is up to 50,000 hours. At the same time, it does not heat up and consumes a very small amount of energy. If we look at it in detail, the H11-18SMD diode lamp is equipped with eighteen 5050 SMD type light diodes and is installed under the H11 socket.

The H11 diode lamp has the following characteristics. The brightness of the emitted light is 290 lm, the voltage consumption is 12 V, the power is 1.8 W. The lamp has modest overall dimensions - 38x38x50 millimeters.

H4 bulbs

Considering the fact that the H4 optics does not change its essence (two filaments), at the moment this lamp has all kinds of modifications and design changes. Various models of this device are aimed at a specific buyer with their own distinctive features. The components of the gas in the flask, the material and shape of the electrode holders, the spiral - all this affects the technical performance of the lamp. Also, the quality of the luminous flux is reflected in certain technological secrets of various manufacturing companies and methods of assembling lamps. The fact that products from different companies may have their own characteristics is indicated by various tests.

Osram

A fairly well-known German company, which is one of the leaders in the production of xenon lamps. The products of this company are popular and highly trusted among domestic car enthusiasts, who eagerly purchase headlight lamps for cars of this brand. The manufacturer regularly improves manufacturing technology and has a significant number of patented developments and innovations to its credit.

Supporters of Japanese quality and reliability can recommend lamps from the manufacturer IPF. It is worth noting that the price of this company’s products is quite significant. This is due to the use of the latest technological developments in terms of design and materials used, as well as production features.