LED headlight bulbs
09-08-2018, 10:27 AM
#11
09-08-2018, 10:33 AM
#12
I for one am getting really fed up with all these aftermarket cheap *** led bulbs that everyone is jamming into their halogen housings.
(no offence to the OP here)
I do a lot of highway night driving to and from my cottage(150 miles worth) and I'm about to go buy the biggest LED light bar and install my PIAA x4 front light bars and start blinding the **** off these *****!
OP - anyone will sell you anything! If you want better lighting consider upgrading the bulbs in your truck with halogen and look to someone like PIAA!
They cost more...for a good reason.
(no offence to the OP here)
I do a lot of highway night driving to and from my cottage(150 miles worth) and I'm about to go buy the biggest LED light bar and install my PIAA x4 front light bars and start blinding the **** off these *****!
OP - anyone will sell you anything! If you want better lighting consider upgrading the bulbs in your truck with halogen and look to someone like PIAA!
They cost more...for a good reason.
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09-08-2018, 11:54 AM
#13
Senior Member
I have auxbeam bulbs in mine. And no I don't blind oncoming traffic. If you aim them properly they are harmless. In my opinion the hids factory or not are far worse if you are driving any kinda hills. They do blind people. The only disadvantage to led is your high beams are worthless. But I have auxiliary lighting for that.
09-08-2018, 12:12 PM
#14
Senior Member
The eBay ones are junk, those amazon bulbs are junk and f150leds are junk. If you don’t want to spend $200 ish, don’t bother. Just keep what you have.
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09-08-2018, 12:48 PM
#16
Senior Member
If you want better lighting, do a proper retrofit. If you blind other drivers, and they crash into you than it will be on the top of your priority list.
If you want, we can get into the physics behind why an LED/HID light in a halogen housing will produce wider brighter light up close but won't reach the same distance as the halogen bulb. So you can see everything right in front of you really well but down the road is worse.
https://www.theretrofitsource.com/20...reselect=53704
Kind of a side note, but even Ford's factory LED's on the newer vehicles are rated terribly for glare. One of the worst for factories. I will see if I can find that article.
Edit* Here it is: https://www.iihs.org/iihs/news/desktopnews/most-pickup-trucks-have-poor-headlights-iihs-tests-show
If you want, we can get into the physics behind why an LED/HID light in a halogen housing will produce wider brighter light up close but won't reach the same distance as the halogen bulb. So you can see everything right in front of you really well but down the road is worse.
https://www.theretrofitsource.com/20...reselect=53704
Kind of a side note, but even Ford's factory LED's on the newer vehicles are rated terribly for glare. One of the worst for factories. I will see if I can find that article.
Edit* Here it is: https://www.iihs.org/iihs/news/desktopnews/most-pickup-trucks-have-poor-headlights-iihs-tests-show
Last edited by jdunk54nl; 09-08-2018 at 01:04 PM.
