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Old 04-26-2017, 12:09 PM
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I am looking to upgrade my headlights bulbs. I bought a set of cree led h13 bulbs and was pretty disapointed they was not much brighter then stock. But i had bought a set for my wifes escape and they was really bright. The thing i am looking for is enought light to see in all weather because i am night blind and i drive home at 10pm straight highway. I have found some projector headlights that use just the H1 bulb. Anyone have any tips?
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Headlight mods are a touchy subject with lots of passion and personal preference mixed in.

I went with true HID retrofit in factory housing (bought already built on here) using Osram Nightbreaker Unlimited bulbs. They are amazing. Best light setup on any vehicle I have driven or ridden in.
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We sell a kit (H13) that would work on your truck but in all honesty... because it's a later model truck (or do they consider it an earlier model??? being a 2004-2008) you may have the same issues... it's just the housings on the older trucks are not that great to begin with. If you are trying ours already, you won't get better results with another product. If you are not using ours already, then ours MIGHT be an improvement (which kind are you using and I can tell you if ours would give you better results or not)

You can try another LED kit but you may have the same issue. Anytime a Nissan Frontier owner wants to buy our lights I always warn them because the Frontier headlight housings just SUCK.

I'd honestly recommend upgrading to Projectors if you can. We do have H1 and H3 bulbs available, we just don't advertise them because it would require new packaging/new specs/etc... so it's not worth all the hassle of marketing for the FEW customers who do need them.
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Originally Posted by 4x4TruckLEDS.com
We sell a kit (H13) that would work on your truck but in all honesty... because it's a later model truck (or do they consider it an earlier model??? being a 2004-2008) you may have the same issues... it's just the housings on the older trucks are not that great to begin with. If you are trying ours already, you won't get better results with another product. If you are not using ours already, then ours MIGHT be an improvement (which kind are you using and I can tell you if ours would give you better results or not)

You can try another LED kit but you may have the same issue. Anytime a Nissan Frontier owner wants to buy our lights I always warn them because the Frontier headlight housings just SUCK.

I'd honestly recommend upgrading to Projectors if you can. We do have H1 and H3 bulbs available, we just don't advertise them because it would require new packaging/new specs/etc... so it's not worth all the hassle of marketing for the FEW customers who do need them.


Several members on here have bought LEDs from this vendor and have had great luck. I don't remember who all had them. Im pretty sure @Summers22 has some but he seems to be MIA lately. There is a difference in LED headlights and they need to be the right ones or you can blind oncoming traffic.
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i thought about getting these but idk if it will be worth the money
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Here is a shootout between the OPT7 and our lights.

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Mine is a 04 new body style so what i am getting is my houseing is the problem but these are the leds i am useing right now
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LOL... yeah no wonder you're not happy. Go buy a set of ours. If they don't out perform what you have you contact me directly and i'll refund your money But I know you'll be happy.

I love the fake marketing... 25,200 lumen, lol.. in what world do those fake CREE chips produce 25,200 raw lumen hah
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Originally Posted by 4x4TruckLEDS.com
LOL... yeah no wonder you're not happy. Go buy a set of ours. If they don't out perform what you have you contact me directly and i'll refund your money But I know you'll be happy.

I love the fake marketing... 25,200 lumen, lol.. in what world do those fake CREE chips produce 25,200 raw lumen hah
i will try for it payday i would buy now but bur $135 is pretty high with limited funds at the moment.
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I ended up buying these and they was just god awefull i could not see the broad side of a barn i had to drive home with my high beams on. I ended uo retuning them but the first ones i bought i could not return so i might as well use them since i have them.



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