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Old 05-09-2018, 03:44 PM
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I’ve been waiting a while to see if anything comes up but I haven’t come across anything. Does anybody know or heard of when aftermarket manufacturers are going to come out with a set of head lights for the 2018 model XLT? I’m hoping for something similar to the 15-17 switchback types that are on the market.
Old 05-11-2018, 01:08 PM
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These shold be out soon .
https://www.theretrofitsource.com/assemblies/headlight-assemblies/ford-f150-xb-led-headlights.html
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Originally Posted by Suzukifd
I'll pass those look like crap IMHO lol
Old 05-14-2018, 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Suzukifd
These shold be out soon .
https://www.theretrofitsource.com/assemblies/headlight-assemblies/ford-f150-xb-led-headlights.html
I like the look of those but according to the product description, it requires that your OEM headlights are already equipped with LEDs. I have an XLT and it come equipped with the halogen assembly. I know that with the 15-17 models, some aftermarket manufacturers produced headlight assemblies specifically for trims with halogen set ups, that were LED. For example: https://www.gorecon.com/product/ford...-clear-chrome/
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those are all over $1,000 options and putting LED's into halogen housings have no cut off for glare so people get glared coming at you.. not safe and not cool. So.. I think we are stuck with crap 2018 XLT halogen headlights unless we want to pay over 1000 bucks to fix it. Damn.
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Do a hid retrofit for under $500. Better than the led. End of story.
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Why make aftermarket housing's that only work on trucks that came with LED's. They should make an aftermarket housing for us Halogen guys!
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Originally Posted by mdphotographer
I'll pass those look like crap IMHO lol
Looks like the took them off the Griswold family truckster.
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Originally Posted by matt1m
Looks like the took them off the Griswold family truckster.
lol!
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you guys read? You can select the option of "my truck has halogen factory lights". They put a harness to convert the connector for them, turns factory halogen into LEDs.


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