I know the LED taillights on our semis are usually covered in snow

 

not true, the LEDs themselves (especially high power versions such a these) generate a hell of allot of heat, this is a fact.

i don't believe drivers are utilized in this application (not 100% sure on this), as the source for power is DC, drivers are typically used when the source is AC, in which case it must be converted to DC for the LEDs to illuminate

 

I got some fog lights for my Expy on amazon and they were very good quality and have a really good output. They were a tower with a few leds facing out to light up the housing and a projector on the end with 4 leds inside and they are better than the headlights...granted one is out and the other doesn't work well lol.

 

Right. Like I explained in another thread.

 

point? should the fact have not been reiterated? two individuals stating the same thing just reinforces the statement.

 

I'm just restating for exposure.

 

Just a bit of personal experience I installed alot of these in Alaska. They defiantly held up at low temps better than HID's and never had an issue with icing on the lenses. But just to clarify I never installed them on any fords because my supplier didn't have h13 bulbs when I needed them.

 

Any update on the light placement issue within the housing?

 

I admit I didn't read every single post in this thread, but I did just install a set of the Lifetime LED H13 70W 3200Lumen lights in my stock 2008 F250 housings.

They fit right in with no problems. The low beam side is facing to the fender side of the housing reflector and the high beams use the whole housing reflector (fender side and grill side). I haven't been flashed yet. Hopefully, my description of low beam / high beam is understandable.

These lights are fantastic. Thank you OP for starting this thread. I wouldn't have known about them except for your review.

I also have to say that Lifetime LED has been very good to deal with. The first set of lights they sent me had obviously been used and returned. They were greasy with messed up connectors and the fan was really loud on one of them

When I sent them an email telling them about the set they sent they responded that it was their mistake by sending them out. They then sent me a new pair with a return label in the box. They took ownership of the problem and made it right without any issue.

 

Good to hear they made it right for you and they're standing behind their product I've been contemplating these lights since this theard started just having a hard time dropping 150 bucks on a set of light bulbs especially since if I do the headlights I'll want to do the fogs too they gotta match you know

 

Matching the Fogs is part of what opened my wallet. That and along with the fact the 2008 F250 has some of the worst headlights I've ever encountered. I always felt I was tooling along in an Army Duece and a half with light discipline in effect. They were that bad.

I've got Sound Off Signal fog/flood lights in the bumber opening and Rigid D2 Hyperspots in the stock fog light location. Everything looks to be abut the same temp as the Lifetime LED Superbright Headlights.

I was about to replace the Sylvania Silverstars with a new set since they only last about two years for me. At $50 +/- a pair I thought I'd just put the money toward LEDs. I think it was a good choice. These LEDs blow the Silverstars away.

I went with the H13 Superbright LED headlights at $249.00. I wanted the 70watt brightness. If you use a coupon code it will take some of the sting out of the purchase. I used this code: PIRATE4X4 and it took $24.90 off the
price. That paid for shipping and then some. I don't know if that code is still current, but I used it less than a month ago.

 

I turn my Hellas on up front if I am being blinded.

 

I had a set in my 1988 Ranger that were 85/125 per side.
They were pointed way down at the ground. Lost of controlled
light on the road right in front and not going down the road.
BUT flash me and you were in for it. I had even checked it
out at night with a friend driving by me and was ok.
I only wished that they were what they used in the newer trucks.
Glass Hellas with the good metal reflector and cutoff shield.
On high beam I could turn off the next door neighbor's night lights
on there driveway. But on low they stayed on. Worked really well
out in the woods at night. You could see the big critter in the road
before you hit it. I think in the last 30 years I have hit 3 deer,1 dog,
1 cat,1 owl and enough bugs to fill a trash dumpster.
One of the deer hit me. Ran right into the side of the truck. The dog
I just bumped and the poor cat ran out and went under my little VW
bug and got up and ran off. I did not kill any of the deer on the spot they
all ran off after. (NOTE : We have stupid deer here)

Anyway back to the topic.
Someone said that they had used the LEDs up in Alaska and did
not have any problems with ice over the headlamps. Have you been
out in the freezing fog with them also? I just don't feel that there is
enough heat to keep things clear. here we start with rain then sloppy
slush that freezes and then snow on top of all of that.

I can see cold snow not sticking once the temp is low enough so that
it does not melt the flake when it hits. Just worried that the stuff we call
snow here in Western Washington would stick and freeze on hard.



Sean

 

I have drop in LED's in my fogs on my F-150 and so far i'm happy. I'll see if they ice up at all if we ever get snow...

 

Just to be clear, if I wanted to use the H13 Superbright LED headlights to replace my current 2002 F-250 bone stock headlights, is the installation basically as simple as changing out a standard incandescent headlamp?