My work location has been changed where I have to drive 26 miles of unlit back roads at night. As you all know, the stock headlights in these trucks suck. With that said, what is my best option between sylvania silver star ultra, sylvania silver star zXe, or putco silverlux led's? I don't want to change my headlights, just the bulbs. Thank you in advance!

 

One other question, if you went with the putco led's in the headlights, would you also put them in the fog Lights or would you just put the zXe's in the fog Lights? Just curious because I didn't know if the led's would get damaged from debris getting stuck in the back of them.

 

Years ago I put the silver ultras (I think) in - weren't really any better other than the light was a bit whiter. They blew out after two years, so I just stuck the oem bulbs back in

supposedly upgrading the headlight wiring harness to a heavy duty one connected to the battery gives off much better light. Supposed to be an easy upgrade, but I've never tried it though.

 

LED bulbs will give off interference that will mess with your CB radio reception.

 

I don't have a cb radio but I did read of someone having problems with his tpms system after installing led's.

 

You don't need a bulb upgrade, you need a headlight upgrade together with a good led kit for the fog lights.

You could do do these without paint or halos and get some money off

https://www.hidretrofitkit.com/product/2011-2016-ford-f-250-f-350-f-450-f-550-black-custom-bi-xenon-hid-retrofit-headlights/

 

They are nice but I don't want to change my headlights. I'm happy with the way my lights look, just not happy with there performance.

 

The next best thing is our bixenon hid system. You can find it here:

https://vanquishauto.com/hid-headlights/h1-va55-xenon-hid-conversion-kit.html

and matching fog lights

https://vanquishauto.com/hid-headlights/9145-g55-xenon-hid-conversion-kit-led-super-bright-replacement.html


Use coupon code SAVEME20% at checkout


Problem with led kits right now is that the lows turn off when the highs turn on and the highs shoot up to the trees. You literally loose all the light upfront. the low beams give out a lot of glare vs the hids and the hids are 3x brighter than leds as tested.

https://vanquishauto.com/led-comparison

 

I did this for under $100.

 

That looks sharp. Any info of where to buy that thin light Bar?

 

Superbrightleds.com.

It's the 30" slim single row. They have a labor day sale going on right now, 15% off with labor17 code.

I made my own brackets for the ends and ran the wiring through upfitter #3.

 

I swapped out my stock headlights with these 6000k LED lights and new housings. WOW, what a difference. It's like daylight in front of the truck.

 

ChiefGeek...how are the high beams with the new conversion? This kit has got me thinking!

 

I used these in my 2008......I did both headlights and fog lights ...very impressed with them......
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...t-upgrade.html

 

Low beams are great, high beam seems to brighten things up at a higher level.
I have no regrets and love the black-out on the upper part of the headlight casings. As my brother said, "That truck looks Bad A**",
and to think I just purchased it to pull our RV.
:P