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Old 12-03-2017, 06:48 AM
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Originally Posted by blackhawk12332
Sorry if this is a stupid question but if you want high beams as well you have to buy the high beam led light? Or will only one or the other work?
Yes you have to get LED bulbs for both high and low beam separately.
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Originally Posted by CuJo
Where did you get a canbus adapter or which one would you recommend?
I got mine from 4x4truckleds when I purchased the lights. Since installing them I have not had any issues at all.
Old 12-03-2017, 06:53 AM
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Also, if your buying the lights from 4x4truckleds they sell a relocation kit that includes bigger dust covers that give you much more room to install the lights. I highly recommend these as well.
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Old 12-03-2017, 11:48 AM
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Thanks for doing this thread, will do the upgrade when I get my F150.

My Sierra is a nightmare for changing headlights.
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Originally Posted by ThreeFirsts
I spent hours reasearching led vs hid aftermarkets. Forget what you read about lumens and all that other nonsense. I realized that once I installed the LED kit, none of that mattered, what did matter was I was able to see a lot better than factory and it was BRIGHT!
That's what I said after I did the swap.
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Originally Posted by Bob Mayo
...you had factory halogens? Reading multiple headlight threads on here is utterly confusing. So you just put in bulbs so aren't you going to blind all oncoming traffic because your housings scatter the light everywhere or no?
People tend to be overly dramatic about that. Quality bulbs don’t scatter light excessively.
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Do you have a good Pic at night that shows the cutoff of headlights, like against a wall or something?
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Originally Posted by Bob Mayo
...you had factory halogens? Reading multiple headlight threads on here is utterly confusing. So you just put in bulbs so aren't you going to blind all oncoming traffic because your housings scatter the light everywhere or no?

Actually I tested the "height" if you will, of the factory spread compared to these leds, low cars will only get blinded because they are BRIGHT, not because the are angled higher or throw light higher. I drove in front of y own truck and had someone flash high beams and the factor high beams shoot higher and blind you .
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Originally Posted by chris3677
He should have used Canbus resistors. There is a good chance he will get flickering or light out issues.
zero flickering, when the auto engine shut off restarts at a light when i remove my foot from the brake, it flickers once, due to power turning back on from the accessory state.
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Originally Posted by rook514
I have the same lights on my 18...to answer a few questions....
Yes you will need the canbus adaptors, the flickering is minimal but it bothered me alot.
The DRL do not work with these bulbs.
They have a clean cutoff and do not blind traffic anymore than your stock halogens would.
Overall I love these lights and would buy again.


What is DRL?

i have zero flicker on my 18. I looked real hard for it and not even the faintest flicker at all. 100% sure on this.

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