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Old Feb 12, 2017 | 10:36 PM
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Great Lights from F150LEDS.com
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.
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Old Feb 13, 2017 | 10:44 AM
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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.

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Old Feb 13, 2017 | 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by cmbezln
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.
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Old Feb 14, 2017 | 07:36 AM
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Originally Posted by cmbezln
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.
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Old Feb 14, 2017 | 07:45 AM
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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.
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Old Feb 14, 2017 | 09:52 AM
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This is why I have yet to do a headlight bulb change. There is so much debate on what to go with its confusing.

I want a drop in bulb that will perform without having to swap over to HID.
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Old Feb 14, 2017 | 11:12 AM
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Silverstar ZXE. I've had them in several vehicles and I think it's the best halogen upgrade there is.
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Old Feb 14, 2017 | 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by STR8JAKT
Silverstar ZXE. I've had them in several vehicles and I think it's the best halogen upgrade there is.
The problem with the ZXEs (and the crystal visions for that matter) are that they have a tint to them to give them the white/blue hue, so you're inherently losing light output.

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
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