Researching before buying and was curious how good/bad the halogen headlights are on the newer body? My 16 halogens were horrible.

 

Still is bad, if you can get the LED, it's worth it.

 

Yes, I added F150leds.com leds, in low/high/fogs....way better. But now getting the Alpharex LUXX

 

The halogens are shamefully bad. Get LED if you can, or upgrade to aftermarket projectors.

 

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The halogens on my 21 are ten times better than the halogens on my 2019. But yea, LED's would be way better.

I would like to upgrade the bulbs. But when I did that to my 2019, I was blinding oncomming traffic. Dont want to be doing that.

 

IIHS rates the halogens "poor" the reflector LEDs "acceptable" and the projectors "good".
https://www.iihs.org/ratings/vehicle...022#headlights

 

Man I disagree with their assessment. I know the lights in my 21 Sierra were ridiculously good (LED reflectors) and they rate them poor as well. I had zero complaints. I guess we will see how they compare against the 502A lighting.

 

The light output of the LED reflectors is far and above that of the halogen reflectors. I have not seen the projectors to compare them. As much as I like bright headlights, though, I cannot stand the light from bright LEDs. I believe it is the flicker. Not that I consciously see the flicker but it affects me anyway. I am trying to order one with halogens but it sure does limit what I can get. Most of the luxury stuff comes in packages with LED headlights.

It is apparent that IIHS does their tests on flat ground. Projectors in general and the LED reflectors on the new F150 are awful on hilly roads on low beam. The cutoff on the low beams that keeps them from blinding oncoming traffic makes the throw so short on hills it is dangerous. They might as well be aimed into the ground, with total blackness past that. I did not notice this with the halogens but maybe if they were brighter it would be more noticeable on them. Headlights on older vehicles do not have this problem.

 

Bringing back an old thread here.... but looking to buy XLT or Lariat and rented a very very base XLT for the day to get a long test drive, check fit in the garage, all that stuff. I'm not sure the package. It is a 2023, but has to be super base, small screen, doesn't have the Class IV hitch, halogen lights, the basic rims. It does have a V8 though, and jeez does this thing actually almost have too much power....

I come from older Toyota sedans with halogens, and I have to say (granted headlamps may have been a bit coated in winter grime on the F150) that my old Corolla has better low and high beams than the F150 Halogens.

They just don't seem to shine very far it seems. Like the world is just more dim.

I'm sure I could manage a truck with these lights but are the LED (without the adaptive turning) a "huge" improvement? I don't need the best of the best but I live in a rural area and lights do matter. With that said I've been in other cars with LED lights and they're bright/intense but don't shine very far either. They have a bad cutoff on the low beams.

I'd probably prefer not to go aftermarket or add LED bulbs to halogens. I hate people that do that and blind me and I'd be a hypocrite if I did it to other people.