Improving headlights
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Purchased the Headlights and Fogs, incredible visibly. I've went with PIAAs, SilverStars & Phillips. The F150LEDs are a lot better than all.
If too expensive the Phillips would be my next choice.
I had my local Ford Dealership turn mine OFF while in for a service charged me nothing. Turning ON should be no big deal. Of course some dealers charge.
Purchased the Headlights and Fogs, incredible visibly. I've went with PIAAs, SilverStars & Phillips. The F150LEDs are a lot better than all.
If too expensive the Phillips would be my next choice.
I had my local Ford Dealership turn mine OFF while in for a service charged me nothing. Turning ON should be no big deal. Of course some dealers charge.
My advice would to not listen to the people in this forum. A lot of people here don't seem to understand optics and conflate blue/white color and foreground lighting with "good" lighting. A good halogen like Summers mentioned (philips crystal vision) will outperform an LED bulb any day. A reflector bowl is designed to take light in 360 degrees and focus and reflect outward. A halogen will emit in a consistent 360 degrees, an LED will not and can not. LEDs also have a tendency to over-illuminate the foreground, which is bad for night vision.
Stick with a good halogen or retrofit. Join headlight junkies on facebook or planethid forum if you want to learn more.
Stick with a good halogen or retrofit. Join headlight junkies on facebook or planethid forum if you want to learn more.
Last edited by cmbezln; Feb 13, 2017 at 11:17 AM.
My advice would to not listen to the people in this forum. A lot of people here don't seem to understand optics and conflate blue/white color and foreground lighting with "good" lighting. A good halogen like Summers mentioned (philips crystal vision) will outperform an LED bulb any day. A reflector bowl is designed to take light in 360 degrees and focus and reflect outward. A halogen will emit in a consistent 360 degrees, an LED will not and can not. LEDs also have a tendency to over-illuminate the foreground, which is bad for night vision.
Stick with a good halogen or retrofit. Join headlight junkies on facebook or planethid forum if you want to learn more.
Stick with a good halogen or retrofit. Join headlight junkies on facebook or planethid forum if you want to learn more.
My advice would to not listen to the people in this forum. A lot of people here don't seem to understand optics and conflate blue/white color and foreground lighting with "good" lighting. A good halogen like Summers mentioned (philips crystal vision) will outperform an LED bulb any day. A reflector bowl is designed to take light in 360 degrees and focus and reflect outward. A halogen will emit in a consistent 360 degrees, an LED will not and can not. LEDs also have a tendency to over-illuminate the foreground, which is bad for night vision.
Stick with a good halogen or retrofit. Join headlight junkies on facebook or planethid forum if you want to learn more.
Stick with a good halogen or retrofit. Join headlight junkies on facebook or planethid forum if you want to learn more.
I tried Philips Xtreme Power bulbs, and Silvania Silverstar Ultra bulbs a couple years ago. To me, the Sylvania was the better bulb with slightly better visibility and coverage. Used in the exact same housings the Philips had too sharp of a cutoff and didn't throw light where it needed to go.
This was a couple years ago. Right now I'm running stock halogens and I'm happy enough with them but will run Sylvania bulbs again when these die.
This was a couple years ago. Right now I'm running stock halogens and I'm happy enough with them but will run Sylvania bulbs again when these die.
Ive heard great things about the phillips x-treme vision, though.
Here's some standard reading for Halogen bulbs:
https://www.hidplanet.com/forums/for...-halogen-bulbs






