dphelps1964

Ok so I am not very smart when it comes to lighting but I am wanting to get some LEDs for my headlights and tailights. Can I use the stock headlights and tailights? Thanks

Racinrhino17

You can't use led headlights on the road. They wont have any range and you'll blind everybody
Edit: i realize that's not a very helpful comment. First of all, led is a great option for everything but primary headlights for on road use. They just don't have the range and focus needed for that. The cheapest easiest option for headlights is to upgrade to silverstar ultra halogen bulbs. I don't recommend using hid unless you do a projector retrofit. I had hids in my stock housings and they were awful. I finally put projectors in mine and so do a lot of other members and the light output is unmatched (if you wanna be semi street legal). I'm talking about oem quality bi-xenon projectors that require some custom work. You can easily replace every other bulb in the truck with led in the stock housings and it looks really nice. If you replace the signal lights with led you will have to get inline resistors or an electronic controlled signal relay or the truck will think you have a burnt out bulb and you will get a "hyper-flash". I put a new relay in mine and i think its the best way to go. I got all my bulbs from v-leds.com and I highly recommend them.

dphelps1964

Oh ok. Do they make like kits that come with LEDs for backup lights and dome lights etc

Racinrhino17

Not that I know of. You will have to.find out which bulbs need replaced and get the part numbers. I edited my comment above if you wanna read it again.

benchwarmer4203

Go to sylvania's website with your year/make/model info.

http://www.sylvania.com/en-us/applic...s/lrgmain.aspx

Then check out any of 1000 websites for replacements LEDs of that bulb size.

I don't think many of the direct replacement LEDs you'll find will produce more useable light...it's mainly for looks. Don't get me wrong, there are a ton of LED options for auxilary lighting that have excellent output; but I haven't been impressed with direct replacements.

fcancer

Get hold of forum member(and vender) Jon_To, I just got a complete LED kit from him(havent had time to install yet)
I'll TRY to post the link https://www.f150forum.com/f37/2009-2...rranty-154869/
Another guy that has a real good write up about jons kit is Eco-BEAST 28

dphelps1964

thanks for all of the feedback and i got to looking and found that my low/high beams are h13/9008. I got on amazon and looked up the silverstar halogens and found these. Are these the ones that I need to get?

fcancer

I put them in mine, thier better then stock

dphelps1964

Are they more noticeable than stock? I was thinking about just buying a hid kit by xenon.

lewis26

iTrader: (1)

HID's don't belong in halogen reflector housing, like the stock headlights. HID's only belong behind a projector or reflector designed for HID's.

They are unsafe and blind traffic, and scatter light all over the road unless done correctly.