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I did not reinstall the rubber seals over the back of the fan cooled LED bulbs. I noticed the rubber covers obstruct the fans, thus could cause overheating, failure. These LED models are advertised as "waterproof". As high as they sit from the ground, and the overall coverage, I believe they'll be fine.
I went through the wheel well covers, and replaced all 6 of them in about 30 minutes. I just pull the fender well covers back to about to the top of the fender well (12 o'clock position).
Hope this helps.
Wouldn't the rubber seals help keep moisture condensation from forming on the inside of the plastic lens? Good catch on the fans being obstructed though. I think some kits come with deeper replacement covers so I might look for something like that.
Have experience with DD and HR. Went an more expensive route for testing/evaluation/customer service. Not interested in a part replacement warranty/customer service usually found with Amazon type vendors.
DD SL1's fit my sons 2019 fine with good cut-off,
Oem halogen on left SL1 right. Much better lighting on the road but have a bit of stratification visible in the beam. One low beam darkened after a year DD replaced them with a new pair within a week.
My 2017 has HR recommended Supernova v.3's.
OEM on garage door (my drive is sloped).
V.3's, prior to final aiming. These are older style LED's but with a very good cut-off and even illumination. Been very happy with them for 3 years now. No problems.
The biggest consideration in LED chip is designed size and placement to duplicate the filament of a halogen bulb. Basically a thin circuit board and small correctly placed chips.
The government came down on US sellers last spring because the bulbs have not been licensed or checked to meet standards. This didn't affect offshore sellers/distributors like Ebay and Amazon but caused DD and HR to sell the bulbs as "off road use only" KM
Wouldn't the rubber seals help keep moisture condensation from forming on the inside of the plastic lens? Good catch on the fans being obstructed though. I think some kits come with deeper replacement covers so I might look for something like that.
I was inspecting the gasket seal around the LED portion that twist locks into the lamp housing. It seems to be able to keep the moisture out. And, the built in fan on the backside draws air heated air away from that area. I may be wrong in my assumption but, fingers crossed.
If anyone here that has more knowledge can add to this, I'd greatly appreciate your wisdom.
Today I replaced the Fogs with Seabright LED bulbs, This was a 5 minute job this time, there was a big enough gap in the wheel well to get my large hands inside and swap the bulbs over
This gap here is large enough to get your hands in to swap Fog Light bulbs, The cover will move enough without taking any hardware off LED Fog Lights installed
Installed the Sealight S1 kit to replace the high and low beams. I removed the entire headlight assemblies rather than deal with the dreaded rigid wheel well liner again. I have yet to check the aim, but the Sealight LEDs certainly are brighter and whiter. I hope they hold up for a long time! If they don't, I might just suck it up and buy some Morimotos and go full LED. Would rather not spend $1500 more on something that should be standard, though...
I was inspecting the gasket seal around the LED portion that twist locks into the lamp housing. It seems to be able to keep the moisture out. And, the built in fan on the backside draws air heated air away from that area. I may be wrong in my assumption but, fingers crossed.
If anyone here that has more knowledge can add to this, I'd greatly appreciate your wisdom.
I don't think I'd be leaving those assemblies open, without the covers. If you're really worried about fan space, replacement covers are less than $10 and will keep moisture, dirt, etc. out of those highly polished reflector enclosures. How will you clean those once dust and moisture get in there? It won't take long for enough crud to build up that any advantage brought by the LEDs will be defeated by the reflectors getting dirty.
I don't think I'd be leaving those assemblies open, without the covers. If you're really worried about fan space, replacement covers are less than $10 and will keep moisture, dirt, etc. out of those highly polished reflector enclosures. How will you clean those once dust and moisture get in there? It won't take long for enough crud to build up that any advantage brought by the LEDs will be defeated by the reflectors getting dirty.
I've installed LASFIT LED lights on my 4 cars. High beams, Low beams, and Fog lights on all. Absolutely flawless. I recommend the ones with cooling fans. From eBay.
This is what I installed on my F150. Ordered direct from their website. I love them and would definitely order again. Customer service was a little slow, but was good once they got back to you.
I did not reinstall the rubber seals over the back of the fan cooled LED bulbs. I noticed the rubber covers obstruct the fans, thus could cause overheating, failure. These LED models are advertised as "waterproof". As high as they sit from the ground, and the overall coverage, I believe they'll be fine.
I went through the wheel well covers, and replaced all 6 of them in about 30 minutes. I just pull the fender well covers back to about to the top of the fender well (12 o'clock position).
Hope this helps.
If you leave the rubber seals off, you will get a massive amount of condensation in the light fixture housing (ask me how I know). The LED's I used had fans and would not allow the OEM rubber seals to be used. I got aftermarket ones that allowed more room in the back and provided a good fit/seal. Haven't had any problems for the year I've had them.
