I cleaned up my headlights a couple of weeks ago. I wet sanded them with 120 grit, up to 2,000 grit sandpaper. Then I sprayed them with a clear coat made for headlights.
I also replaced the bulbs with LEDs, and the difference was amazing. I used Auxbeam F15 bulbs and they are crazy bright. The truck was literally dangerous to drive at night before. It's not perfect now but it's so much better I am satisfied. I am just not willing to spend the money on the Morimoto headlights that everyone says are so good.
I am amazed that Ford sold these trucks with headlights that were that bad.

 

Spoken like someone who has never driven a car from the 60s. I think the halogens on my 2014 are fine.

 

I have driven lots of older cars. I was born in 1960. You obviously have never driven something with good headlights.

 

1960’s lighting technology was pretty much the same as it was in the 40’s and 50’s. And even most of the 70’s as well. Halogen headlights were a game changer in the late 70’s. But they are old technology once HID and LED technology became more widely used. The HID’s in my 2014 F150 Limited are an improvement over the halogens, but are far inferior to the LED headlights in my 2025 Audi.

I would tend to agree with Murf that the halogen headlights in the early 2010’s and later are inferior when compared to other types of headlights of the day. There were much better options available at the time. Most people would have paid a few extra hundred for better headlights IMHO.

 

Maybe I didn't explain my thoughts correctly. My main complaint about my factory halogen headlights is the beam pattern was so bad. I credit the LED bulb being so bright with helping overcome the inferior beam pattern.

 

Make sure the LED bulbs are properly installed in the housing with the emitters facing the 3 and 9 o'clock position to retain as much of the halogen pattern as possible. If you just threw them in there n didn't ajdust properly the super bright is affecting other drivers on the road and yourself by reflecting back at you off of highway signage. If super bright, I'd also recommend adjust your assemblies down a little bit, again so as not to blind others. Just my dos centavos. Peace.

 

very true. please make sure they're adjusted properly. amazing how now modern cars coming with LEDs stock and now blinding drivers legally. I see a lot of Camry/Corolla's not properly aligned.

 

It's jacked up bro-dozers in my area. Lol.

Some of those jackasses I know are rolling around with stupid HID bulbs in their fogs and since they lifted and didn't bother adjusting they driving around blinding the **** out of everyone.

Also they like to drive around at night with just the parking lights and fogs on like idgits.

And also they like to put rock lights all over the wheel wheels so you can see their ****ty Chinesium rubberband thick tires with 90 percent of the tire sticking out from the fender for that stupid look and also they put some white LED lights in the wheels to highlight their stupid choice of fugly-*** wheels. LOL

Sort of like this....

 

I'm confident there may be "enforceable" regulations in the future as this seems to be an increasing problem.
I'm proactively prepared in the event of a nighttime incident where I may be held liable, to have any other involved parties lighting brought into the liability (at fault) determination.

 

For sho. Super bright improperly adjusted lights everywherr. Also no lights is an issue too. I've lost count of the number of cars I've tried to signal that are driving around at night with only their parking lights on. Like bro, how do you not see your lights aren't on? LOL