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Old Mar 18, 2017 | 12:08 AM
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Hey guys, I'm new here so bear with me.

i have searched the web with no luck so I'm hoping y'all can help out.

I recently hit a deer so it was time for some new parts. I bought some insurance quality head/fog lights and decided to go ahead buy some led bulbs for each.
The things were awesome, but the problem was they wouldn't focus the light for nothing. So I took it back to the retailer that I got them from, he verified the issue, and told me he would trade me for a set of hid's.

1) the hid are no where near as bright as the led's.
2) the low beams are focused correctly, but when I click on to high beams, the light becomes lower th and low beams, but it dispurses the beam very sporadic.

What at I would like to do is find a headlight housing that will flow the led beams correctly. Is there any such thing? Would the halo style housings work with these led bulbs(9007 racesport gen 3) or am I just up the creek without a paddle?

Thanks in advance!
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Old Mar 18, 2017 | 08:44 AM
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Halogen housings need halogen light bulbs. Period.
Buy a set of Lightning/Harley housings (clear lens) and install some decent Halogen bulbs and you will have pretty good lighting.

If you want HID, do a HID projector retrofit.
If you want LED, buy a vehicle that has them from factory.
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Old Mar 18, 2017 | 09:41 AM
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I agree with what Blu mentioned. When I bought my truck, it had low beam only HIDs. They looked real bright when you looked into them, but did not produce much light. I swapped in a pair of Lightning housings and halogen bulbs and I can now see a lot better at night.
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