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Old 04-11-2017, 08:05 AM
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1998 F250 Headlight Conversion

The headlights on my f250 are hazed as ***** and it's on the inside. I'm going to replace the whole housing.

So my question is does the truck put out enough power for me to replace the headlights w/ projectors and HIDs?

A few people have told me the truck's light output won't be bright enough if I switch over to projectors.

Has anybody done a Projector/HID conversion on a '98 f250 and how does it look? Pics? Thanks in advance!
 
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Old 04-11-2017, 08:46 PM
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Plug and play Projectors are garbage.
You can do your own retrofit to HID projectors for excellent output.
Or even just upgrade to Lightning/HD clear lens housings with some good halogen bulbs will give a very good output.
The Housings are also what you use when you do a retrofit.

Here is a thread on another forum about it
 
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Old 04-12-2017, 02:59 PM
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Wife bought the son Lightning replacement headlights (entire unit). They are clear, and have excellent distance once you adjust them correctly. I forgot the name of the website she ordered from. A search here should pull it up a thread or two.
 
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the lightning headlights had projectors?
 
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No, the Lightning headlights are clear lens reflector housings.
There are no mass made projectors for this gen truck that have decent output. Only way to get good projectors is to do a retrofit.
 
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