dkj313

Wonder if these can be added as an upgrade later on for the XLT packages.
I bet they will be expensive...

captainnemojr

iTrader: (1)

Are the fogs LED as well? They look halogen to me.

Misterwlm

I either read or saw a video a few months ago about the fogs....I recall them being halogen.

Ron AKA

Actually they can't produce much heat at all or they would not be so energy efficient. The wasted energy in a light bulb always shows up as heat.

k-stater88

With Compact Fluorescent (CFLi) Integrated lamps and LED lamps, heat isn't so much a problem in efficiency, but rather, with life. We've seen when developing these lamps, that heat will drastically shorten the life expectancy (maybe a quarter of expected life) of electronically ballasted lamps.

pb65stang

Good info. Would we expect these headlights to be "lifetime"? I know on my Tacoma, the LED tails were marketed that way, and I haven't had any issues with them.

Also, WAR EAGLE tonight (I'm a Jayhawk)!

k-stater88

oh man....gotta pull for the cats.

I work in the professional sector, so i'm not sure what the automotive and led group is doing, but i can do some poking around to see what Philips is coming out with.

tewest86

What I get frustrated about is that they are only offering the LED headlights in the upper trims. LED's are cheap. They come standard on a $117,000 Corola but not on a $40,000 truck. I'm not just pointing out Ford. All truck makers are making a killing on us. You mean to tell me that on the $30,000 "work truck", it can't come with painted door handles, carpet, LED headlights, rearview camera, chrome/body color bumpers, and nice wheels but all that is standard on a $17,000 Corola? I know they want people to buy the more expensive models but this is getting sad.

Curmudgeon

Manufacturer margins (profit) on a Ford truck are estimated by analysts to be in the ~ 20% bracket while margins on the rest of the lineup are estimated at ~ 11%. The F150 is a cash cow for FoMoCo.

Misterwlm

I like this quote:

"To Ford, having the F-150 is akin to having an obscure, rich uncle die every single year, leaving behind a pile of cash. It’s a constant—pretending for a moment that the Ford Motor Company has an endless annual supply of faceless, loaded, and doomed extended family members—there to add icing atop the balance sheet in good years and help prop up the company in the bad years."

From this article:

http://www.caranddriver.com/ford/f-150