I've bought some led bulbs from absolute hids, I got the CANBUS HEADLIGHT LED KIT 4800 LUMENS 6000k. I've installed them in my 2010 F150 Xl. I understand that the bulb orientation is left and right. My question is what way do the high or low beams go? Low beams face towards the motor or towards the outside?

Sorry if this is a dumb question and thanks in advance

 

Orientation for led bulbs in halogen housing is as follows.

 

LED bulbs shouldn't be installed in halogen housings.
Given that you aren't sure how to install or orientation...you'll just be blinding everyone on the roads.

Why not just get a good set of halogen bulbs like PIAAs?

Why do people do this? is it to make the truck look "cool"? or for improved lighting? Because the improved lighting, as minimal as it is, comes at a huge disadvantage to other motorists.

DOT really dropped the ball on this one!!!
When aftermarket LED bulbs came out, they should have been designed to have a different install system so they could not be used in halogen housings.

 

This is true for the majority of LED bulbs out there, but there are many companies that pride themselves in producing high quality LED bulbs that produce excellent beam patterns with sharp cutoff lines that will not blind anyone. My my LED headlight bulbs are much brighter than the stock bulbs and they project much further down the road. I got them because the factory high beams on our trucks suck and I live in an area riddled with deer that abruptly run across the road and I want to avoid accidents. I looked into auxiliary high beams or off road lights, but there wasn't any good way to implement them without breaking state laws for vehicle equipment. My LED bulbs aren't illegal under state law in my state because they meet the minimum light output requirements and when tested using a headlamp aimer or aiming screen they pass because they do not scatter light or produce a weird beam pattern.

 

If they produce a beam pattern with light scatter above the cutoff line like the bulb on the left then yes, I agree with you. However, if they produce a defined hotspot, a sharp cutoff line, and have no light scatter above the cutoff line like the other bulb I had installed on the right when this photo was taken then I disagree. LED bulbs in halogen housing are often junk, but some manufactures do spend the time and money to get it right and offer great products that while being more expensive than standard halogen bulbs are significantly cheaper than an OEM HID or LED housing conversion.

 

I have heard of DOT approved led bulbs, problem is most people won't spend the extra few $$ to get them and buy the cheap crap that blinds every one else on the road. This subject is a particularly raw subject with me as I do a lot of night driving and if I wasn't in a company vehicle I might just install rear facing HID's to show them what it's like. It's just as blinding from behind as it is oncoming.

 

I do not consider these the cheap ones going off the ones i can buy at canadian tire or part source. I do a lot of night driving in northern alberta which is full of deer and moose. I've hit enough deer i don't need to hit any more. They are sure brighter than any halogen. I'm assuming it doesn't matter what way they face going off the replys here today. Sorry to the other drivers

 

As long as you're able to get an nice beam pattern like I had on the passenger side bulb in the photo I posted you're fine. The orientation of my bulbs was also adjustable, I just put them in the headlights but didn't put the headlights all the way back in the truck and rotated the bulbs until I got a beam pattern I was happy with.

 

Thank you! I will be sure to do this to make sure. About how far back were you?

 

I was about 25 feet back from the garage door, make sure you check the pattern for both the low beams and the high beams while you're getting it set up, you might find that the low beam looks good in more than one position depending on how much adjustment your bulbs offer. The high-beam may only perform as expected in one of those positions depending on the exact bulbs you have.