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Old 10-28-2010, 08:50 AM
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New headlights arrived!

Now just need time to install them... My driver headlight lense has an inch of water in it from a crack somewhere, plus they are foggy as hell!

Also noticed that the plastic panel that everything mounts to is damaged. The passenger side has two big holes/cracks where the corner/signal light piece is supposed to bolt in. So that piece is only held in by the two screws on top. I hope I can pull it off and use some epoxy to fix that. Or find a good one at a junk yard.

I'll do a full write-up with pictures this weekend (hopefully).

Old and New

Much better!

Corners too!
 
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You should have bought the turn signals too!
 
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Are those OEM?They look nice and hopefully you can find some newer lenses. Let me know how much of a difference it makes; I have been contemplating going for an HID headlight kit as I do a lot of off roading and the headlights are about 1/8 the cost of a light bar and 2-3 HID's.
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Oh mann, ill have to get a pic of my headlights...Just to show how gross they are...Can hardly even see at night lol
 
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Originally Posted by superduty4x4
You should have bought the turn signals too!
I may do that later, but kinda like the orange ones and they're still in good shape.

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Are those OEM?They look nice and hopefully you can find some newer lenses. Let me know how much of a difference it makes; I have been contemplating going for an HID headlight kit as I do a lot of off roading and the headlights are about 1/8 the cost of a light bar and 2-3 HID's.
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They are aftermarket, got them on Ebay $80 shipped. Chase (superduty4x4) used the same headlights I got and did HID install also. The OEM headlights were never this clear.
 
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Old 10-28-2010, 09:15 AM
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Brown tells me you have completed an HID conversion on the Headlights... What brand did you go with? I am leaning on the Xenon 4300K. What kind of performance do you get and how often do you get flashed from oncoming? LOL
 
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The seller ID on ebay for the headlights is parasitesingle

Here's Chase's writeup:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...s-install.html

And here's a site for HID kits for good price, lifetime warranty:
custom HID conversions, HID kits, LED, CCFL specialists - retrosolutions
 
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Thanks again Brown
 
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The DDM kit that I used also has a lifetime warranty, but costs much less than retro solutions. I went 55w 5000k and couldn't be happier. So far no issues with any of the components. I get flashed occasionally, its very random when it will happen and who will do it. Aiming them down just a tad would solve the problem I'm sure.
 
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Originally Posted by superduty4x4
The DDM kit that I used also has a lifetime warranty, but costs much less than retro solutions. I went 55w 5000k and couldn't be happier. So far no issues with any of the components. I get flashed occasionally, its very random when it will happen and who will do it. Aiming them down just a tad would solve the problem I'm sure.
Thanks, I checked out the install posts, great to see pictures and instructions . How much of a difference does the high beam option make? Could I save money by just getting a non switching unit?
 
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Only a $20 difference between the high beam option and the single...
 
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Very nice -
 
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Only a $20 difference between the high beam option and the single...
So, with the 55w system, does the High beam only operate at 55w and the Reg beam at 35w?
 
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That's a good question... not sure about that.
 
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With HIDs they don't change brightness, they change angle when you switch low beam and high beam. the bulb moves internally to change viewing angle, the light doesn't get brighter.
 


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