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Sep 16, 2015 | 11:53 AM

wameyer

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Poor lighting

I have a '99 f250 with the '005 front end and the riffraff pigtail conversion. Is there a bulb out there that actually gives me light? I cant hardly see and If I put my high beams on they dont do any better.

Sep 16, 2015 | 07:22 PM

Gassy250

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Everyone will hate you but HID kit maybe? Does that year have a separate High and Low beam bulb? If you go HID just don't get some purple or blue, go with a 4300 or highest 5k and it's not so ignorant for everyone else.

Sep 16, 2015 | 08:15 PM

pirahnah3

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I will agree, the lighting is HORRIBLE on the 05. Have a 450 at work and everyone hates it after dark.

Sep 17, 2015 | 07:21 AM

killer608

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the lighting on the 05 is bad, i bought an hid kit from amazon, i used the kensun kit. it is actually pretty good compared to the opt7 kits. the ballast is very slim and it includes all the hardware to install it.

Sep 17, 2015 | 07:28 AM

scraprat

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I upgraded to SilverStar® ULTRA when I had my '05', they had plenty of light at night.

Sep 17, 2015 | 11:30 AM

NorEasterMA

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Poor lighting

I agree with the Silverstar ultra's - I have them in my regular/high beams and my fogs on my '06. I never really feel like I need extra light under regular driving conditions, and if I do I flip my high beams on. That being said, I can run my high beams and fogs at the same time because of the way I wired them, but it's PLENTY of light.