Wanting to find the Best Replacement headlights -Ford Truck .. Halogen or HID or LED?
10-20-2017, 02:04 AM
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Wanting to find the Best Replacement headlights -Ford Truck .. Halogen or HID or LED?
I am looking at replacing my entire head light system but what to use HID, Halogen, LED? I want something that works good and lasts a reasonable amount of time.
10-20-2017, 07:18 AM
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HID retrofit. You can get a spare set of halogen lights used, and but all the parts from theretrofitsource.com and be well under $500 total if you do it.
10-21-2017, 06:57 AM
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I got these Nineo LED and they seem great, alot brighter than halogen and they seem to work fine in stock halogen housing https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
dont care what the led users say about no glare..... there is.....period!
that's why it's called a halogen reflector, not a halogen, led, hid reflector
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Stu Cazzo (10-21-2017)
10-21-2017, 09:17 AM
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Yeah, do the rest of us a favor and DON"T do retrofits!
Regardless of what all the marketing says the housings and reflectors are designed for a specific light source.
The position and shape of the light source is critical to get the light to go where it is supposed to go.
I completely understand wanting more light on the road to be able to see better, but it is just as important to not blind the rest of us on the road with you.
Color is important too.
The HID craze has produced a line of thinking that the more daylight (bluish) the light, the better. This is a load of crap!
Blue light is more prone to scatter, which is why the sky is blue.
This scattering of the blue part of the light spectrum is also what creates glare.
If I had a dollar for every time I really wanted to take a baseball bat to some *******'s blue/white headlights because they were blinding me, I'd be a rich man.
Another thing to keep in mind is that retrofits are illegal in most if not all states.
Just yesterday in another thread, someone posted a link to the Virginia motor vehicle inspection manual.
In Va, at least, the inspector is supposed to verify that headlights that have replaceable bulbs are checked for the specified bulbs installed and rejected if the proper bulbs are not in place.
Headlights are also supposed to be checked for proper aim and pattern.
If you do retrofits, you'll probably get away with it unless you have a really **** inspector.
If you do change your lights out, just spend the extra money and get housings designed for the light source of your choice.
Don't be that guy......
Do it right and you'll be able to see better and so will the rest of us.
Regardless of what all the marketing says the housings and reflectors are designed for a specific light source.
The position and shape of the light source is critical to get the light to go where it is supposed to go.
I completely understand wanting more light on the road to be able to see better, but it is just as important to not blind the rest of us on the road with you.
Color is important too.
The HID craze has produced a line of thinking that the more daylight (bluish) the light, the better. This is a load of crap!
Blue light is more prone to scatter, which is why the sky is blue.
This scattering of the blue part of the light spectrum is also what creates glare.
If I had a dollar for every time I really wanted to take a baseball bat to some *******'s blue/white headlights because they were blinding me, I'd be a rich man.
Another thing to keep in mind is that retrofits are illegal in most if not all states.
Just yesterday in another thread, someone posted a link to the Virginia motor vehicle inspection manual.
In Va, at least, the inspector is supposed to verify that headlights that have replaceable bulbs are checked for the specified bulbs installed and rejected if the proper bulbs are not in place.
Headlights are also supposed to be checked for proper aim and pattern.
If you do retrofits, you'll probably get away with it unless you have a really **** inspector.
If you do change your lights out, just spend the extra money and get housings designed for the light source of your choice.
Don't be that guy......
Do it right and you'll be able to see better and so will the rest of us.
Last edited by N3UP; 10-21-2017 at 09:20 AM.
10-21-2017, 10:04 AM
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Philips wouldn't make LED bulbs for halogen housings if this was true. The OP was looking for the best option and LED is not it, though. A proper HID retro is the way to go for the best lighting currently. LED projector technology is still the future even though it may never put out the same amount of light as HID.
Last edited by Chad Walker; 10-21-2017 at 10:06 AM.
10-21-2017, 11:26 AM
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Yeah, do the rest of us a favor and DON"T do retrofits!
Regardless of what all the marketing says the housings and reflectors are designed for a specific light source.
The position and shape of the light source is critical to get the light to go where it is supposed to go.
I completely understand wanting more light on the road to be able to see better, but it is just as important to not blind the rest of us on the road with you.
Color is important too.
The HID craze has produced a line of thinking that the more daylight (bluish) the light, the better. This is a load of crap!
Blue light is more prone to scatter, which is why the sky is blue.
This scattering of the blue part of the light spectrum is also what creates glare.
If I had a dollar for every time I really wanted to take a baseball bat to some *******'s blue/white headlights because they were blinding me, I'd be a rich man.
Another thing to keep in mind is that retrofits are illegal in most if not all states.
Just yesterday in another thread, someone posted a link to the Virginia motor vehicle inspection manual.
In Va, at least, the inspector is supposed to verify that headlights that have replaceable bulbs are checked for the specified bulbs installed and rejected if the proper bulbs are not in place.
Headlights are also supposed to be checked for proper aim and pattern.
If you do retrofits, you'll probably get away with it unless you have a really **** inspector.
If you do change your lights out, just spend the extra money and get housings designed for the light source of your choice.
Don't be that guy......
Do it right and you'll be able to see better and so will the rest of us.
Regardless of what all the marketing says the housings and reflectors are designed for a specific light source.
The position and shape of the light source is critical to get the light to go where it is supposed to go.
I completely understand wanting more light on the road to be able to see better, but it is just as important to not blind the rest of us on the road with you.
Color is important too.
The HID craze has produced a line of thinking that the more daylight (bluish) the light, the better. This is a load of crap!
Blue light is more prone to scatter, which is why the sky is blue.
This scattering of the blue part of the light spectrum is also what creates glare.
If I had a dollar for every time I really wanted to take a baseball bat to some *******'s blue/white headlights because they were blinding me, I'd be a rich man.
Another thing to keep in mind is that retrofits are illegal in most if not all states.
Just yesterday in another thread, someone posted a link to the Virginia motor vehicle inspection manual.
In Va, at least, the inspector is supposed to verify that headlights that have replaceable bulbs are checked for the specified bulbs installed and rejected if the proper bulbs are not in place.
Headlights are also supposed to be checked for proper aim and pattern.
If you do retrofits, you'll probably get away with it unless you have a really **** inspector.
If you do change your lights out, just spend the extra money and get housings designed for the light source of your choice.
Don't be that guy......
Do it right and you'll be able to see better and so will the rest of us.
You probably encounter asshats with pnp HID kits or LED bulbs, because its the same way here... I want to take a baseball bat to headlights sometimes, but never properly equipped HID headlights.
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10-21-2017, 02:44 PM
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Philips wouldn't make LED bulbs for halogen housings if this was true. The OP was looking for the best option and LED is not it, though. A proper HID retro is the way to go for the best lighting currently. LED projector technology is still the future even though it may never put out the same amount of light as HID.
10-21-2017, 03:31 PM
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Just saw some car the other night with matching bright white LEDs in headlamps and fogs. Blinded me no matter what angle I was at, but barely reached one block down the road. Ridiculous! I wish more people had thoughts in their head.
Chad, LED can definitely match HID. The 2015+ trucks have the LED option and it is said to be just a couple lumens below the HIDs from our trucks. They can be brighter than that.
Chad, LED can definitely match HID. The 2015+ trucks have the LED option and it is said to be just a couple lumens below the HIDs from our trucks. They can be brighter than that.
10-21-2017, 03:57 PM
#10
LED lights Do Not Belong in Halogen housings...can't believe DOT hasn't mandated anything on this or forced manufacturers to make fittings on LED lights so as to not allow them to fit into halogen housings.
There is glare...really getting kinda fed up with this stuff.