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For those with the comments, LED lights are not illegal in the headlights. The LED BARS are illegal on public roads, but headlights are not. They can be considered frowned upon, but they are less-power consuming and I am hard of sight. I work late at night and brighter headlights are what I chose to go with besides new glasses. Check the reason/intent before making a comment. I asked how to put them on/in, not the laws behind them. :)
The single biggest issue with putting a different light source into a halogen reflector and expecting good or better performance than stock is the beam. Typically with LED's 'bulbs' or plug and play HID's you get brighter light in the immediate vicinity right in front of the vehicle. So people think 'great! Its bright, itll be better!", but there is no long distance light projection. Further down the road you can actually see LESS than with stock. This can lead to 'out driving your lights' at speed. This is due to the location in the reflector where the light is generated. Manufacturers put a LOT of time and effort into getting that right, and $50 source lights won;t improve it. The ONLY way to change the light source and get an improvement is to change the entire unit. Retro fit HID projectors, install true LED projectors. There is more to be gained from a pure down the road light projection stand point by upgrading your halogen bulbs to something like SilverStar bulbs than putting off the shelf light source into the halogen reflectors.