Topic Sponsor
Lighting Come discuss all Ford F150 Lighting questions here!

LEDs

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old Jan 24, 2013 | 11:32 AM
  #1  
dphelps1964's Avatar
Thread Starter
Member
 
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 82
Likes: 0
From: Central Illinois
Default LEDs

Ok so I am not very smart when it comes to lighting but I am wanting to get some LEDs for my headlights and tailights. Can I use the stock headlights and tailights? Thanks
Reply
Old Jan 24, 2013 | 02:09 PM
  #2  
Racinrhino17's Avatar
Senior Member
 
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 540
Likes: 18
From: Stillwater, OK
Default

You can't use led headlights on the road. They wont have any range and you'll blind everybody
Edit: i realize that's not a very helpful comment. First of all, led is a great option for everything but primary headlights for on road use. They just don't have the range and focus needed for that. The cheapest easiest option for headlights is to upgrade to silverstar ultra halogen bulbs. I don't recommend using hid unless you do a projector retrofit. I had hids in my stock housings and they were awful. I finally put projectors in mine and so do a lot of other members and the light output is unmatched (if you wanna be semi street legal). I'm talking about oem quality bi-xenon projectors that require some custom work. You can easily replace every other bulb in the truck with led in the stock housings and it looks really nice. If you replace the signal lights with led you will have to get inline resistors or an electronic controlled signal relay or the truck will think you have a burnt out bulb and you will get a "hyper-flash". I put a new relay in mine and i think its the best way to go. I got all my bulbs from v-leds.com and I highly recommend them.

Last edited by Racinrhino17; Jan 24, 2013 at 03:09 PM.
Reply
Old Jan 24, 2013 | 03:07 PM
  #3  
dphelps1964's Avatar
Thread Starter
Member
 
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 82
Likes: 0
From: Central Illinois
Default

Oh ok. Do they make like kits that come with LEDs for backup lights and dome lights etc
Reply
Old Jan 24, 2013 | 03:11 PM
  #4  
Racinrhino17's Avatar
Senior Member
 
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 540
Likes: 18
From: Stillwater, OK
Default

Originally Posted by dphelps1964
Oh ok. Do they make like kits that come with LEDs for backup lights and dome lights etc
Not that I know of. You will have to.find out which bulbs need replaced and get the part numbers. I edited my comment above if you wanna read it again.
Reply
Old Jan 24, 2013 | 03:20 PM
  #5  
benchwarmer4203's Avatar
Senior Member
 
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 494
Likes: 88
From: Morgantown, WV
Default

Go to sylvania's website with your year/make/model info.

http://www.sylvania.com/en-us/applic...s/lrgmain.aspx

Then check out any of 1000 websites for replacements LEDs of that bulb size.

I don't think many of the direct replacement LEDs you'll find will produce more useable light...it's mainly for looks. Don't get me wrong, there are a ton of LED options for auxilary lighting that have excellent output; but I haven't been impressed with direct replacements.
Reply
Old Jan 24, 2013 | 03:22 PM
  #6  
fcancer's Avatar
5 Year Member
10 Year Member
Liked
Top Answer: 1
 
Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 682
Likes: 93
Default

Originally Posted by dphelps1964
Oh ok. Do they make like kits that come with LEDs for backup lights and dome lights etc
Get hold of forum member(and vender) Jon_To, I just got a complete LED kit from him(havent had time to install yet)
I'll TRY to post the link https://www.f150forum.com/f37/2009-2...rranty-154869/
Another guy that has a real good write up about jons kit is Eco-BEAST 28
Reply
Old Jan 24, 2013 | 07:41 PM
  #7  
dphelps1964's Avatar
Thread Starter
Member
 
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 82
Likes: 0
From: Central Illinois
Default

thanks for all of the feedback and i got to looking and found that my low/high beams are h13/9008. I got on amazon and looked up the silverstar halogens and found these. Are these the ones that I need to get?

http://www.amazon.com/Sylvania-SilverStar-Ultra-Halogen-Headlight/dp/B005KDO8U0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1359074265&sr=8-1&keywords=silverstar+ultra+headlights+h13 http://www.amazon.com/Sylvania-SilverStar-Ultra-Halogen-Headlight/dp/B005KDO8U0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1359074265&sr=8-1&keywords=silverstar+ultra+headlights+h13
Reply
Old Jan 24, 2013 | 10:01 PM
  #8  
fcancer's Avatar
5 Year Member
10 Year Member
Liked
Top Answer: 1
 
Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 682
Likes: 93
Default

Originally Posted by dphelps1964
thanks for all of the feedback and i got to looking and found that my low/high beams are h13/9008. I got on amazon and looked up the silverstar halogens and found these. Are these the ones that I need to get?

http://www.amazon.com/Sylvania-Silve...headlights+h13
I put them in mine, thier better then stock
Reply
Old Jan 24, 2013 | 10:07 PM
  #9  
dphelps1964's Avatar
Thread Starter
Member
 
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 82
Likes: 0
From: Central Illinois
Default

Are they more noticeable than stock? I was thinking about just buying a hid kit by xenon.
Reply
Old Jan 24, 2013 | 10:20 PM
  #10  
lewis26's Avatar
Senior Member
iTrader: (1)
 
Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 1,036
Likes: 223
From: Southern Indianapolis
Default

Originally Posted by dphelps1964
Are they more noticeable than stock? I was thinking about just buying a hid kit by xenon.
HID's don't belong in halogen reflector housing, like the stock headlights. HID's only belong behind a projector or reflector designed for HID's.

They are unsafe and blind traffic, and scatter light all over the road unless done correctly.
Reply



All times are GMT -4. The time now is 10:05 AM.