mlmorris88

I would like to know what everyone thanks on this.

I am looking to upgrade my headlights in my 94 F150. I wanted to know which one you think would be better. Doing and HID setup or an LED setup. And why.

Crownman

Personally I like the HID's. However, if you do HID's make sure to buy the correct housings.

fltdriver

HID is the way to go! Love mine, had them in about a little over a year and haven't had to turn my high-beams on once. I live in a rural area and do a fair bit of night time highway driving, they light up the night. It's also helped with my being blinded by oncoming cars on dark stretches of road (symptom of my astigmatism) by producing enough light that my eyes don't have to adjust to the oncoming car's headlights. LED's may last longer but you'll get more light output with HID. Just be sure to projectors otherwise the light just scatters and it dazzles oncoming vehicles.

Stick with 6500k or under otherwise you end up with more color and less actual usable light ( I have 6000k and it has just a tiny hint of blue on the edge of the beam)

s.sunday02

What brand did you go with? i want to update my headlights but want to do soemthing i can do an LED colorshift ring on. looked unto the projector headlights you can buy for our late model truccks, but im not a fan

fltdriver

Just my parking lights on.


I think this is the set I got, I've had zero issues with them in the year I've been running it.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/6000K-HID-HALO-PROJECTOR-BLACK-HEADLIGHTS-FORD-1992-1996-BRONCO-F150-F250-F350/381414542246?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D33601%26meid%3D2a97ff6fa7fc497092c9bcbb7e1f1c12%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D10%26sd%3D231360550228

s.sunday02

How hard are these to install and did you have to buy a seperate hid kit along with it? ive looked into these exact headlights but was unsure about buying them

olie

It looks like you have to buy the high-beams separately, is that right?

fltdriver

NO, HID comes with it as long as it says it does, you can get them with or without the kit. Mine was like $170 w/kit. As for the regular bulbs it comes with both the low/high beam bulbs. You don't want high beam HID unless it's the dual bulb that does both as it takes HIDs about 5 seconds to "warm" up when you turn them on, start out kind of dim then build in intensity. If you have a separate HID for high beams you can potentially be driving for a few seconds with limited vision, needless to explain why that's dangerous.

fltdriver

As for installing it was simple, taking the old ones out was a pain because of the headlight clips. What I did was remove the entire plastic assembly that the grill/lights mounts to and pull the clips with it on the ground (so much quicker and easier- I tried for 30 minutes in the trucks and could only get the easiest to reach). When I reinstalled I only pushed the clip on halfway that way they can be pulled without having to "unlock" them.

Wiring the HID ballast to the bulb was just basically color matching wires, maybe 5 minutes for both, done before installing. Longest thing besides removing the old light was dialing in the beam setting as you have to pull the housing out a ways then adjust with a screwdriver then remount to get accurate beam reference. I did it parked behind my convertible, because it's fairly low sitting, and dialed them in. Haven't had one person flash me while driving by or any friends complain that I've followed- all said it was less blinding than with the OEM lights.

smcox1

I went the led route but it also comes with a hefty price tag.



I believe I'm in these headlights for around $550 in materials no cheap ebay parts were used in them.